The Ocean Restaurant Pod

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.