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Hawthorne Asylum
Food cart pod in Portland, Oregon, U.S. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Hawthorne Asylum is a food cart pod in the Hawthrone District of Portland, Oregon, United States. There are more than 20 carts, as of April 2021.[1] The pod also has picnic tables and fire pits.[2]
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History
The food cart pod opened in February 2019 and was named after the Oregon Hospital for the Insane and its co-founder (and also the district's namesake) James C. Hawthorne.[3][4] Approximately a dozen carts were burglarized in January 2021.[5] Vendors have included:
- Bake on the Run[6]
- Bark City BBQ[7]
- Black Dagger PDX[8]
- Montage ala Cart[9][10]
- Smaaken Waffle Sandwiches
- Tall Boy Fish and Chips[11]
- Your Side Chicks[12] (closed in 2024)[13]
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Reception
Pete Cottell of Willamette Week wrote, "Named after a 19th-century hospital for the mentally ill, the pod looks like what might happen if Tim Burton were commissioned to design a Portland-themed section of Disneyland."[14]
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