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3700 NE 82nd Avenue: Goodbye Rip City Food Carts Pod?

3700 NE 82nd Avenue in fall 2022. The house behind it would also be part of a new 4-story mixed use development.
3700 NE 82nd Avenue in fall 2022. Photo credit: Google

There’s a little food cart pod over at 3700 NE 82nd Avenue (the northeast corner of 82nd Avenue and NE Beech) called Rip City Food Carts—I mentioned it back in September 2022 along with a bunch of other Portland food news. Currently, it’s home to the Salt & Pepper Peruvian food cart (there used to be a Mexican food cart there, too, but it left a few months ago). And now it looks like, via an Early Assistance permit listing (set up May 2, 2024), that the pod could go kaput—with a mixed-use building going up in its place.

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A New Location for Rocky Butte Farmers Market in 2024

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Fun times at the old location of the Rocky Butte Farmers Market, with even more enjoyment coming to their new location. Photo credit: Rocky Butte Farmers Market

After a pop-up (2018), a monthly market (2019), a COVID break (2020), and three years of weekly markets (2021 to 2023), the Rocky Butte Farmers Market returns in 2024 with another season of weekly markets—at a new location.

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Around the World in 82 Dishes Starts October 21

The premiere event from the 82nd Avenue Business Association is, arguably, their Around the World in 82 Dishes food week. With the mission of promoting the variety of food cultures represented on and around 82nd Avenue, it has become over the years a meaningful Portland food event. There are changes to the program this year, which I’ll outline below (read our coverage in 2019, 2021, and 2022, for reference).

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Around the World in 82 Dishes Is Back in 2021 in Portland

Things you might find along 82nd Avenue during Around the World in 82 Dishes.
Some of my favorite things on 82nd Avenue.

After being cancelled in 2020, Around the World in 82 Dishes—a celebration of global food options situated on and around 82nd Avenue—is back! This “international food tour” runs three consecutive weekends between Saturday, October 23 and Sunday, November 7, 2021: October 23 & 24, October 30 & 31 and November 6 & 7.

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