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Chow Archive

Ready to Serve

When Holiday Farm Fire hit, Busy Bee Cafe in Springfield offered free meals

Chow 5 years ago

Clara Kolessar’s Apple Watch buzzes. She looks at it and is hit with surprise.  “Oh, holy moly,” she says. “I just got another $500 donation.”  … Continue reading →

More Quesabirria, Please

Look out, Eugene, the quesabirria has arrived

Chow 5 years ago

Originating from the Mexican state of Jalisco, birria is a stew-like dish served at weddings, baptisms and other special occasions (like hangovers). The meal is … Continue reading →

A Salvadoran Dream

A woman escapes civil war and gang violence and builds her mother’s pupusa business in Eugene

Chow 5 years ago

Some of Eugene’s best pupusas, tacos and burritos, come out of a sea-blue trailer in the parking lot of an auto shop near 7th and … Continue reading →

Bring the Heat

Stay on Main Street to find some of the best Mexican food in Springfield

Chow 5 years ago

By Jade Yamazaki Stewart and Henry Houston Imagine a world where there’s one long stretch of road with several stellar Mexican restaurants and carts along … Continue reading →

Top Take-Out

Eugene businesses rise to the challenge of serving the community during the time of coronavirus

Chow 5 years ago

Takeout food is normally the back-up meal, the one you get when you’re too lazy to cook a real dinner or when you’re too busy … Continue reading →

Open Pantry

Pantry-share services provide a new business model for local restaurants

Chow 5 years ago

Shortly after COVID-19 restrictions swept through Oregon in March, Jessie Scarola, president and CEO of Elegant Elephant Fine Foods, began grocery shopping for her more-vulnerable … Continue reading →

Northern Soul

Eugene has soul food once again — and it’s better than ever

Chow 5 years ago

Sometimes, Tye Bell’s phone goes off at 3 am with an alert from DoorDash that a customer sent in a preorder for Straight Outta Soul … Continue reading →

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

Support the local Black-owned restaurants in town

Chow 5 years ago

Eugene-Springfield’s Black-owned restaurants include:  Alma Food and Catering, AlmaCatering.net Addis Ethiopian Food, 541-510-5011, 321 Main Street, Springfield.  BBQ by Tony, 541-505-2991, 1295 Highway 99 N.  … Continue reading →

Sweet Life Patisserie Reopens

After closing in late-March due to COVID-19, the bakery reopened May 2

ChowCulture 5 years ago

Sweet Life Patisserie and Sweet Life Petite reopened with limited hours  May 2 after receiving a Paycheck Protection Program loan. The two Sweet Life locations … Continue reading →

Turmeric Bliss

Coconut Bliss's new Golden Banana Brownie Swirl for your healthy pandemic 4/20 munchies

BlogCulture 5 years ago

There are some themes running through the COVID-19 experience. Stress eating, trying to stay healthy, consuming more cannabis because one, this is Oregon and it’s … Continue reading →

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