Portland’s famous Alder Street food cart pod, recently evicted to make way for a Ritz-Carlton hotel, has secured a new location along the North Park Blocks.
City officials had been working to arrange the new spot for the carts to help the chefs who run them and to revitalize the underused park space, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported last month. A nonprofit working with pod owners called Friends of the Green Loop announced Wednesday the spot had been secured.
About 30 carts will move next to the curbs on Southwest Park Avenue, 8th Avenue and Ankeny Street at the southern end of the North Park Blocks, the Green Loop said.
Schematics show there may be partial or full street closures to accommodate the food stands. Plans say seating may be provided on the park space between the carts, sometimes referred to as Ankeny Square.
