Alabama NewsCenter — New Pop Ramen food truck to hit the streets of Birmingham

By Tara Massouleh McCay
SoulGrown

Like the start of many new businesses and pursuits, Pop Ramen’s origins began during the pandemic. And after two years of speed bumps and hard work, the new food truck is finally ready to hit the streets of Birmingham with its creative take on ramen.

Pop Ramen is the brainchild of chefs Addison Porter and Cory Bolton, longtime friends and industry veterans who met working at Birmingham seafood restaurant Ocean several years ago. During COVID-19, they made the move from Tuscaloosa back to Birmingham to take jobs at the former Fancy’s on 5th in Avondale, and that’s when the idea for Pop Ramen sprang up.

“In the middle of COVID, we were thinking about what we were cooking at home all the time,” Bolton says. “What’s something that spoke to us, and how can we translate that into a business that might have a better footing during times like COVID? That kind of came as a noodle cart, and then it kind of evolved from there.”

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