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Food Cart Pod Opening on NE Fremont Street: Update

The lot that will be home to the food cart pod on NE Fremont Street, as of June 24, 2024

Formerly the location of Barrett Automotive, and soon to be a food cart pod, this property on NE Fremont Street in Beaumont-Wilshire is now a mostly empty lot. I often drive or walk by the property and always gawk at it. The first major phase of demolition has happened already, and I wanted to know what’s next. I chatted with Daniel Silvey of DBS Group, the firm that is developing the pod, to get some updates, and I’m sharing them here.

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Four Things I Learned This Week (June 21)

Happy summer! We have crossed the summer solstice and are now officially into summer by the solar calendar (midsummer by the Celtic one). The Oregonian has a listicle of rooftop bars and patios on which to enjoy a meal al fresco.

TANAKA is open in Gresham. This katsu sandwich shop (“Inspired by Osaka. Created in Tokyo. Baked in Portland.”) opened June 14 in the Alta Civic Station building but they have a special through the month of June: “20% off all menu items at TANAKA Gresham from June 14th-30th 2024, Dine-in only, Excludes Retail & Cold Case, Some Exclusions May Apply.” 1493 NW Civic Drive, Gresham

Fundraiser for the Recovery Café Roseway tomorrow. Part of the Recovery Café Network, the Roseway café is hosting a fundraiser for their important work. A Recovery Café is “committed to serving people who have experienced trauma and the results of trauma like homelessness, substance use disorder, addiction, and other mental health challenges.” This fundraiser is Roseway’s first. There, you can enjoy food and drink, live music, and brief program with remarks from Recovery Cafe Network Co-Founder Killian Noe. You can also tour the cafe space: meditation, exercise, and art rooms. Saturday, June 22, 10am to noon . Buy $25 tickets here. 3516 NE 71st Avenue, Portland

Slow Food Portland’s June convivium is next week. I’ve been to a couple of these events and always had a good time. On Wednesday, June 26 the topic will be “Portland’s Farm to Table, the Past and the Future: An Evening with Cory Schreiber.” A James Beard award-winning chef, writer, and teacher, Cory will “share his experiences and insights on the early years of the farm-to-table movement, current trends, and his vision for the future.” Happening at Cookshop. Doors open at 6pm, presentation from 6:30pm to 7:30pm, snacks and beverages available for purchase. More info and (free) ticket link are here. 2625 SE 26th Avenue, Portland

1919 to open in old Sessionable space. A new lounge called 1919 is opening up on Division Street. The idea is that it will be “a public room in which to sit and relax.” Sounds like they want to be a neighborhood local. Work is being done on the interior and I’m looking forward to seeing what they do with the place. 1919’s website, at the writing of this piece, is not accessible, but the domain exists. Sessionable closed in July 2023. Keep up with 1919 on their Instagram. 3588 SE Division Street, Portland

Stories you may have missed this week on Bridgetown Bites:

Lone Wolf Watering Hole Is Coming to South Waterfront
All Your Heart Coffee To Open in South Waterfront
Top 5 Posts on Bridgetown Bites, May 2024

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Top 5 Posts on Bridgetown Bites, May 2024

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Google’s “helpful” content update continued to wreck havoc on the blog, but the good news is that it put a fire under me to implement an alternative strategy. Good news: things are better in June. The numbers for May? 8,800 unique visitors and a little over 11,000 page views.

As for the top five posts May, it was a fascinating mixed bag: the real estate angle on food cart pods, some openings, closings … and Salad Week post from 2022 about where to get a big salad in Portland!

Thanks, as always, for reading and sharing stories from the blog.

5. Where to Get a Big Salad in Portland

The Hercules Salad at Garden Monsters food cart in Portland, Oregon.

Over the years, I’ve heard people ask, “So where can I get a big salad in Portland?” If they are a New York transplant, they are probably thinking of those chopped salad and panini spots that were (are?) ubiquitous in Midtown Manhattan. Or the kind of “Big Salad” referred to in Seinfeld. But really—sometimes you just want a big salad, no matter where you come from. 

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