What We Talk About When We Talk About Seattle Street Food

One clear difference between Portland and Seattle’s street food scenes is the more communal nature of Portland’s street food pods, where, leasing private space, seven or eight street food vendors might set up semi-permanently in a street food caravan. This way, they create street food destinations in neighborhoods throughout Portland. (It’s the same principle that’s activated the Madison & 12th Avenue area, for instance, where Lark, Canon, Cafe Presse, and Stumptown have clustered together.) Continue reading What We Talk About When We Talk About Seattle Street Food

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Land Rush! Seattle Street Food Gets Council Okay to Park It

At Cornichon, Ronald Holden makes the better point: “Where in the municipal code does it say that a particular category of entrepreneur is entitled to a city subsidy? …Seattle’s getting it exactly wrong, while Portland (with food pods equipped with city-supplied power, water, sewage) seems to be getting it right.”

Seattle’s parking rate “rents” are weirdly untethered to anything like a market rate. (The 4-hour time slots go for $2.25 per hour.) Continue reading Land Rush! Seattle Street Food Gets Council Okay to Park It