As you approach Glisan Street in Northeast Portland, boisterous colors and sounds from a handful of tiny restaurants spill out of a building once owned by a Dodge dealership. Rolling wooden garage doors, glossy picnic benches and bright marquees mark the mini-restaurant hub. Each of the four restaurants -- a taqueria, a burger joint, a Korean fried chicken wing spot and a meatball shop -- are doing something new, or at least new to Portland, a level of experimentation possible because of the small spaces, and low risk, inherent in the idea. Featured in the Oregonian.
As you approach Glisan Street in Northeast Portland, boisterous colors and sounds from a handful of tiny restaurants spill out of a building once owned by a Dodge dealership. Rolling wooden garage doors, glossy picnic benches and bright marquees mark the mini-restaurant hub. Each of the four restaurants -- a taqueria, a burger joint, a Korean fried chicken wing spot and a meatball shop -- are doing something new, or at least new to Portland, a level of experimentation possible because of the small spaces, and low risk, inherent in the idea. Featured in the Oregonian.