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. The pod also has picnic tables and fire pits. History. The pod opened in February 2019. 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."