Hawthorne Asylum

The Hawthorne Asylum is a food cart pod in southeast 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]

Hawthorne Asylum
Entrance, 2021
Location	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Hawthorne Asylum
Coordinates: 45°30′46″N 122°39′18″W

History

Montage ala Cart, 2021

The pod opened in February 2019.^[3][4] Approximately a dozen carts were burglarized in January 2021.^[5]

Vendors have included:

• Bark City BBQ^[6]
• Black Dagger PDX^[7]
• Montage ala Cart^[8][9]
• Smaaken Waffle Sandwiches
• Tall Boy Fish and Chips^[10]
• Your Side Chicks^[11] (closed in 2024)^[12]

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."^[13]

References

1. Frane, Alex (2021-04-07). "Southeast Portland Food Cart Pod Hawthorne Asylum Is Getting a 40-Tap Beer Hall". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
2. Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2021-05-17). "The Eater Portland Guide to Eating Outside". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
3. Church, Joy (2019-04-16). "Seven Things to Know About the Hawthorne Neighborhood's Newest Food Cart Pod". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
4. Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2019-02-04). "A Huge New Food Cart Pod Is Opening on SE Madison". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
5. Haskins, Devon (2021-01-06). "Food cart and restaurant owners report rash of break-ins to start the new year". KGW. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
6. Russell, Michael (2019-01-29). "One of Portland's best barbecue carts is moving across town". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
7. Townsend, Nick (2021-05-05). "Six Portland patios to hit up this summer". Portland State Vanguard. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
8. Russell, Michael (2020-09-11). "Portland restaurants turn to food carts to make it through pandemic". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
9. Frane, Alex (2020-07-30). "Shuttered Portland Institution Bistro Montage Is Returning as a Food Cart". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
10. Hale, Jamie (2021-05-17). "The 12 best fish and chip spots in Portland". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
11. Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2023-07-20). "An Expat of the Wolfgang Puck Empire Is Slinging Chicken Tenders in Hawthorne Asylum". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2023-07-25. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
12. Wong, Janey (2024-07-11). "The Portland Restaurant Closings to Know, July 2024". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
13. Cottell, Pete (2019-05-22). "The 10 Best Menu Items at Hawthorne Asylum, Portland's Newest Food Cart Pod". Archived from the original on 2021-05-29. Retrieved 2021-05-29.

External links

• Food portal
• Oregon portal

• Media related to Hawthorne Asylum at Wikimedia Commons
• "Hawthorne Asylum". Tripadvisor.