If you ever go to Crater Lake you must promise me you’ll stop by Beckie’s and have a slice of pie. Beckie’s is tucked away among the weathered pines of the Rogue River National Forest. You’ll find it just before Highway 230 departs from Highway 62 if you’re traveling eastbound to Crater Lake. For me … Continue reading »
Our field trip to Portland continues with Kay’s. To check out the first part of our trip–which uncovers the wonderful establishment called Mother’s Bistro and Bar–or to find out why the heck we’re in Portland for summer, click here. To check out our stop at Bluehour click here. Kay’s is in the super-cool Sellwood area. … Continue reading »
Have you ever stopped at a diner in rural Oregon. The kind with endearingly mismatched chairs, a small staff and good home-style cooking? It’s the kind of thing you occasionally crave, maybe it reminds you of dinner at grandmas house. That’s exactly what Mom’s Pies on Willamette Street in Eugene is. A small menu offers … Continue reading »
Dropped by La Perla for the first time. La Perla can be pretty spendy, my advice is to save money and order from the special menu during lunch. It’s the kind of Italian/artisan pizza you enjoy over a glass of wine, not the kind you’d order while playing Halo with 8 of your buddies. Overall … Continue reading »
Located in the bottom of the new Skybox apartment complex, Little Big Burger offers a simple, affordable menu. Eugene’s location is one of four for the Portland-based company. Inside, the atmosphere is modern meets gymnasium. The loud ’90s music encourages conversation that would otherwise echo off the walls for all to hear. Burgers, veggie burgers, … Continue reading »
Just south of Sweet Life, you’ll pass a small building with a red door. Don’t miss it. Inside you’ll find Nib, Modern Eatery, a small eatery owned by Shane & Tiffany Tracey. According to a Register Guard article, the restaurant can seat about 30, though when summer rolls around an additional 25 seats open on … Continue reading »
With the advent of the Internet, food reviewers have faced a new problem: people want reviews of new restaurants now. Chicago Magazine food critic Jeff Ruby said in the 2010 issue, “Anthony Bourdain told a crowd at a Manhattan Barnes & Noble that I was dead. My cause of death was Yelp.” Readers can turn … Continue reading »
As a general policy I’ve decided to wait to fully review a restaurant so that it can work its kinks out. After all, my allegiance is to you, the reader and I want to make sure I’m describing a typical experience. Given that, I’d like to share my initial thoughts of Webfoot Bar and Grill. … Continue reading »
The Fisherman’s Market on 7th Ave. is just what you’d expect: good food, quick service, and fresh fish. As is expected the market serves clam chowder, though they also have a tomato-based seafood stew. The appetizer list is comprehensive including things from drunken clams to calamari. And with 12 different options, fish and chips has … Continue reading »
Metropol Bakery Our adventure continues with Metropol Bakery, a bakery where everything is made from scratch and the dessert case is full of both classic and unconventional creations. It is very obvious that the bakers at Metropol put a lot of love and care into each pie. Apple Crumble: The crumble is perfectly crunchy, … Continue reading »
On the corner of 4th and Blair sits Papa’s Soul Food Kitchen where outside sketchy men in their 20s have no qualms telling you that your bike might get stolen because the lock isn’t thick enough and inside the staff calls you ma’am. The menu reads like an early 1900s newspaper ad, and the prices … Continue reading »
And thus our journey begins with mixed berry pie from Sweet Life. Part of what’s unique about Sweet Life is that you can just look at the pie and know that it wasn’t made in a factory. You can see where the filling bubbled over while it was baked. It is served warm (upon request) … Continue reading »
One of the best parts about a baseball game is the food. Overly priced hot dogs, pretzels, candy, soda and beer–things we find at many other sporting events. But it just seems that hot dogs go with baseball more so than any other sport. It could be the endless movie scenes of fathers eating them … Continue reading »
Happy hour at Rogue is not that impressive. In fact, it might be renamed “mediocre hour not featuring any exciting drink specials, actually you might as well just come in later because you’re not going to save any money drinking.” In order to be special enough for happy hour, you have to actually sit at … Continue reading »
Bite of Eugene is an annual event where local food vendors offer “bites” of their fare. Most plates cost between $1 and $6. During the event, which is held in Alton Baker Park, there is also live music, cooking classes and an Iron Chef competition. Continue reading »
Agate Alley is known for quite a few things–Mac and Cheese that is well worth the $9 they charge for it, an extensive cocktail list, outside seating and local food–but the creme brulee is worthy of its own blog post. Of course the best part of dessert at Agate Alley is that the waiters don’t … Continue reading »
I’m not a cake person. I don’t know why, but I never have been. I’m also not one for spending just as much money on one cupcake as I would an entire batch of homemade cupcakes. Yet, circumstances led me to the Divine Cupcake earlier this week and being a person fully in support of … Continue reading »
About halfway though the term I couldn’t resist trying Papa’s Soul Food Kitchen. Classmates professed of its amazingness, telling of large plates of food at marginal prices and it was conveniently located next to my house. I convinced myself that taking the time to enjoy a meal out would save me time so I could … Continue reading »
