HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Beating the weather at ‘Charli’s on I-5’

Written April 15th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

On rainy days last winter, customers of “Charli’s on I-5,” the food-trailer pod on Airport Road in Albany, were able to stay warm and dry inside igloo-like shelters. The city says the structures are not approved and will have to go.


At food pod, that tent is gone for now

Written July 21st, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Since last winter there has been a pod of food trucks, “Charli’s on I-5,” near the freeway in Albany, just off southbound Exit 234 on Airport Road.


 
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