Second Life for Shipping Containers: Selling Bao Buns and Baked Goods
The brightly colored steel boxes are being repurposed by developers in an effort to liven up bars, cafes and restaurants inside food halls.
Tinker Coffee spruced up a shipping container for its cafe inside the AMP food hall in Indianapolis.Credit.Stacy Able for The New York Times
By Julekha Dash
May 11, 2021
To drum up publicity for his downtown Indianapolis food hall, Craig Baker posted photos of orange, turquoise and hot pink shipping containers on Instagram. They might seem like an odd way to promote a food emporium and culinary incubator, but the steel boxes piqued locals’ curiosity.