Hawthorne Asylum


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. The pod also has picnic tables and fire pits.

History

The food cart pod opened in February 2019 and was named after the Oregon Hospital for the Insane and its co-founder James C. Hawthorne. Approximately a dozen carts were burglarized in January 2021. Vendors have included:

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."