Notable tenants include Bing Mi, Stretch the Noodle, and Tokyo Sando.

[2][1] Food & Wine has said the pod "specializes in Korean tacos, Mexican, and Egyptian cuisine".

[5] In 2016, Matthew Korfhage of Willamette Week reported, "The bustling pods at Southwest 5th Avenue and Stark Street, Southwest 2nd Avenue and Stark Street and Southwest 3rd Avenue and Oak Street are on the list of properties announced for future development by Greg Goodman, co-president of the Downtown Development Group and scion to one of Portland's most powerful property-owning families.

[7][8] In May 2023, an update and renovation funded by Expensify in collaboration with the restaurant group ChefStable was announced.

[10][11] Businesses which operated in the pod prior to the 2023 rebrand include: Businesses that have operated at Midtown Beer Garden include: In 2023, in response to Food & Wine naming Portland "the best food truck city in America", Michael Russell of The Oregonian wrote, "No argument there, though I don't necessarily recommend following the magazine's advice about where to start (Stretch the Noodle is great, but the Third and Fifth Avenue carts downtown have seen better days).