food
scout
beer
garden @
tidbits
because pods are places,
too...and beer is yum.
Food carts have been a popular trend
in metropolitan cities for a hot minute.
But one thing has been missing in
the food cart game for a while now-a
place to get your drink on. Cartlandia
on SE 82nd recently put a bar on the
pod grounds, but nothing compares
to an actual beer cart amongst the
regular food carts. Scout Beer Garden
was the first to offer this luxury,
originally located in the Good Food
Here collection of pods on SE Belmont
and 43rd. As of late, the newest food
pod to pop up in Portland, Tidbit Food
Farm and Garden on SE Division and
28th Place, houses the second location
of Scout.
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Ironically enough, size doesn’t
really matter in this case. Though
smaller than its Belmont brother and
cozily nestled underneath the heated
tent along with the seating area, the
Division location of Scout offers 10
taps, one to two of which are usually
ciders. Now that it’s cold out the cart is
offering more dark, winter appropriate
beers. Regardless of the season, Scout
always tries to stock new and as localcentric options for its patrons. “We try
to test out everything that’s available
from Oregon’s many microbreweries
as opposed to the standards that are
sold in big stores,” boasts Jose Amador,
Scout on Division’s main employee
and occasional Belmont Scout worker.
Aside from size, Scout on Division does
differ in the actual selections of beer
and food served.
According to Amador, the beers at the
Belmont Scout are more hard to find
because that location is more specialty
beer based. “Unless you went to the
brewer’s own personal pub houses,“
adds Amador, “I’d doubt it to see these
beers on tap at most bars.” Consider
The Commons’ Gose (5%) and Logsdon
Farmhouse’s Kili Wit, (Witbier, 5.5%).
Even if the beers at Scout on Division
may be slightly easier to find, they
take the cake with their hot mulled
cider and one of the highest selling
and perfect for wintertime beers, Fort