More local tree trauma: 1800 E. Burnside (updated)

The East Burn restaurant at the 1800 block of Southeast Burnside has a delightfully juicy pork sandwich that is garnished with a potato pancake, onions, sour cream and apple chutney.

They also have a street tree outside that is going to die.

“If this was an intentional prune, it was done without adequate understanding of proper pruning techniques,” said Dr. Tree, the Friends of Trees in-house urban forester.

Whatever the means—huge truck, wind storm, two NFL linemen hanging from the branch—this street tree has a rough road ahead of it.

Here’s to protecting our shared street trees and replacing them when they’ve been harmed.

Co-owner Mike Bender had this response:

Yes, unfortunately this tree was done in by a delivery truck. The rerouted traffic into the parking lane hasn’t helped either. We have the permit in hand and need to have the tree removed and replaced. Thank you for the concern.

–Toshio Suzuki