Author: Henry Houston
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Best Place to eat and not worry about allergies
1. (tie) Home and Jazzy Ladies, 560 Oak St., 541-636-9923, JazzyLadiesCafe.com. 2. Acorn Community Café, 769 Monroe St., 541-403-7647, EatAcornCafe.com. 3. Morning Glory Café, 450 Willamette St., 541-687-0709, MorningGloryEugene.com. Yeah, if you’ve got a food allergy, maybe it’s best to eat at home. But cooking…
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Best Mixed drinks
1. The Monkey’s Paw, 420 Main St., Spfd., 541-505-7975, Facebook.com/themonkeyspawtikibar. 2. Party Bar, 55 W. Broadway, 541-345-8228, PartyEugene.com. 3. Crow & Cart, 543 Blair Blvd., 541-505-7240, CrowandCart.com. Some people have neighborhood bars where sports highlights light up the TV screens and the hoppy beer flows…
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Best Place to go for a run
1. Amazon Trail, starts at the intersection of Amazon Parkway and 24th Ave. 2. Pre’s Trail, Alton Baker Park, 200 Day Island Rd. 3. Mount Pisgah, 34901 Frank Parrish Rd. Don’t let Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks football team or the growing number of…
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Best record store on Main Street in Springfield
Little Axe Records 325 Main St., Springfield. 503-320-3656. LittleAxeRecords.com. Sure, Eugene has many great record stores, from the iconic House of Records to the hip Moon Rock Records. But Little Axe Records is Springfield’s answer to my age-old weekend question: Will I find a Steely…
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Best place to taste the Levant in Springfield
Shalosh Levantine Cuisine in Public House 418 A Street, Springfield. Find on Instagram. All it takes is one bite of the chicken flatbread wrap at Shalosh Levantine Cuisine’s food cart to become a believer. The mix of chilled vegetables with juicy chicken can remind someone…
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Best New Restaurant
1. Dueling Spoons 39074 Jasper Lowell Road. Fall Creek. 541-398-8929. DuelingSpoons.net. 2. Jade Dumpling and Noodle House 2560 Willamette. 541-968-9258. Instagram.com/jade_dumpling_eugene. 3. Osteria DOP 1122 Oak St. 541- 913-6460. PizzeriaDop.com. Whenever you step inside Dueling Spoons, right away you become a part of the family.…
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Best Chef
1. Crystal Platt Lion & Owl 60 E. 11th Ave. 541-606-0626 LionandOwl.com. 2. Taro Kobayashi Akira Omakase 359 Mill St. 458-205-8288. AkiraEugene.com. 3. Billy Reid Dueling Spoons 39074 Jasper Lowell Rd. 541-398-8929. DuelingSpoons.net. It’s been quite a year for Crystal Platt, chef and owner of…
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Best Pizza
1. Hey Neighbor! Pizza House 1621 E. 19th Ave. 605 W. 19th Ave. 541-505-9302. H-n-p-h.com. 2. Mezza Luna Pizzeria 933 Pearl St. 541-684-8900. MezzaLunaPizzeriaEugene.com. 3. Slice Pizzeria and Bar 325 Blair Blvd. 541-653-9937. Slicepizzeriaandbar.com. A corgi mascot at Hey, Neighbor! makes sense. The herding dogs…
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Best Eugene-based pro wrestling brothers
The Blanchard Brothers POWProWrestling.com. When the Blanchard Brothers strut their way to the Eugene-based POW! Pro Wrestling ring, you know you’re in for a treat. Jeremy and Bubba Blanchard look and act the way I imagine pro wrestlers in the “territory” days were like, a time…
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Best New downtown beer bar and bottle shop
A Beer Club 472 W. 7th Avenue. Ste 5. 541-636-3094. ABeerClub.com. Walking into A Beer Club, located at Washington and 7th, the first thing you’ll probably notice is the massive amount of empty beer cans and bottles decorating the walls. It’s a collection that owner…
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Best Latin American food
1. Nelson’s in the Whit and Nelson’s Taqueria 394 Blair Blvd. 541-844-8404; NelsonsInTheWhit.com; Nelsons-Taqueria.Business.Site. 2. Tacovore 530 Blair Blvd. 541-735-3518. TacovorePNW.com. 3. El Buen Sabor 650 Blair Blvd. 541-653-2517. ElBuenSabor.us. Nelson Lopez’s two restaurants wear many Best Of crowns this year: Best Latin American Food,…
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Best Barbecue
1. Rackhouse BBQ 207 Madison St. 541-285-0518. TheRackHouseBBQ.com. 2. Paper Plate BBQ 263 Mill St. 541-606-2130. PaperPlateBBQ.com. 3. Hole in the Wall 3200 W. 11th Ave. 541-683-7378; 1807 Olympic St., Springfield. 541-726-1200. HoleintheWallBBQ.com. The Pacific Northwest isn’t the best place to barbecue year-round. I mean,…
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Best Bartender
1. Thor Slaughter (Akira) 359 Mill St. 458-205-8288. AkiraEugene.com. 2. Steve Salazar (barTini bistro) 1203 Willamette, ste. 130. 541-359-1235. Facebook.com/bartinibistro/. 3. Abby Young (Nelson’s in the Whit) 394 Blair Blvd. 541-844-8404; NelsonsInTheWhit.com. It’s a packed night at Akira, one of Eugene’s hottest restaurants and cocktail…
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Best Indie bookstore
1. Tsunami Books 2585 Willamette. 541-345-8986. TsunamiBooks.org. 2. Smith Family 525 Willamette. 541-343-4717. SmithFamilyBookstore.com. 3. Books With Pictures 99 W. Broadway, C. 541-485-1048. BooksWithPictures.com. Whenever I have family in town, one of the first things we do is hit up all the bookstores in town.…
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Best of Eugene 2021-2022
There’s a popular song about wanting to be the very best — and to catch them is the protagonist’s quest. OK, that’s the intro song from the Pokémon TV series. But the sentiment is similar to the spirit of the annual Eugene Weekly Best Of…
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Best Latin American Food
1. Nelson’s Taqueria 394 Blair Blvd., 541-844-8404. Nelsons-Taqueria.Business.Site. 2. Tacovore 530 Blair Blvd., 541-735-3518. TacovorePNW.com. 3. El Buen Sabor 650 Blair Blvd., 541-653-2517. ElBuenSabor.Us. Fellow transplants from California, let’s stop saying there’s no good Mexican food in Eugene. Don’t believe it? Head over to Blair.…
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Best Burger
1. Killer Burger 50 W. Broadway, 541-636-4731. KillerBurger.com. 2. Cornucopia 295 W. 17th Ave., 541-485-2300; 207 E. 5th Ave. Ste. 109, 541-485-2676; 521 Main St., Springfield, 541-485-2879. CornucopiaEugene.com. 3. Little Big Burger 1404 Orchard St., 541-357-4771. LittleBigBurgers.com. During high school, I worked at an American…
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Best Classical Music Group
1. Eugene Symphony 115 W. 8th Ave. #115. 541-687-9487. EugeneSymphony.org. 2. Oregon Mozart Players 317 Goodpasture Island Rd. Ste A. 541-345-6648. OregonMozartPlayers.org. 3. Delgani String Quartet 541-650-5040. Delgani.org. Eugene may never know how lucky it is to have Francesco Lecce-Chong leading the Eugene Symphony. Over…
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Best Barbershop
1. American Traditional Barber Shop 23 E. 11th Ave. 541-915-9613. Facebook.com/AmericanTraditionalBarbershop. 2. Tim’s Trims 27 W. 5th Ave. 541-393-6312. TimsTrims.com. 3. Blessings Hair Design 315 E. 13th Ave. 541-344-2994. BlessingsHairDesign.com. Brooklyn Damon opened American Traditional Barber Shop in 2014 to get out of the bartending…
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Best DJ (Radio)
1. Val Steele 101.5 US101, 104.7 KDUK. 2. Liz and Reiley Mix 94.5 FM, KMGE. 3. Downtown Deb (Deb Trist) KLCC. For nearly 27 years, Val Steele’s voice has been on local radio waves in Eugene. She started spinning Top 40 hits on KDUK, but…
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Best French Fries
1. Cornucopia 295 W 17th Ave. 541-485-2300; 207 E. 5th Ave. Ste. 109; 541-485-2676; 521 Main St., Springfield, 541-485-2879. CornucopiaEugene.com. 2. McMenamin’s (all of them) 1243 High St. 541-345-4905; 22 Club Rd. 541-343-5622; 1485 E. 19th Ave. 342-4025. McMenamins.com. 3. Little Big Burger 1404 Orchard…
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Best Musical Instrument Store
1. McKenzie River Music 455 W. 11th Avenue. 541-343-9482. McKenzieRiverMusic.com. 2. Buy and Sell Center 410 E. 11th Avenue. 541-344-9273. BuyNSellEugene.com. 3. Beacock Music 791 W. 8th Avenue. 541-653-9929. BeacockMusic.com. No one in Eugene has a better selection of stringed instruments than McKenzie River Music.…
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Best Yoga
1. Eugene Yoga 245 E. Broadway. 541-520-8771. 3575 Donald Street. 458-205-8378. EugeneYoga.us 2. Everyday People Yoga 352 W. 12th Avenue. 541-513-0180. EpYogaEugene.com. 3. Wild Light Yoga 820 Charnelton Street. 541-349-9642. WildLightYogaCenter.com. Getting fit can take different avenues. For me, there’s nothing like spending some quality…
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Best Journalist
Rick Dancer Rickdancer.com. Meerah Powell Eugene Weekly. Rick Levin Eugene Weekly. In an alternate world, Rick Dancer defeated Gov. Kate Brown for secretary of state. In this world, when former Gov. John Kitzhaber resigned due to scandal, it would’ve been Dancer who would be in…
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Best Place to Get Fit
Outdoors Eugene YMCA 2055 Patterson Street. 541-686-9622. EugeneYMCA.org. Downtown Athletic Club 999 Willamette Street. 541-484-5410. DowntownAC.com. For a city that calls itself Track Town, USA, it’d better have a plethora of running trails. In fact, there are more than 42 miles of shared-use running paths…
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Best Rabblerouser
Frog Lefty Tim Lewis Not many rabblerousers can say they fought the law and won like good ol’ Frog (David Miller). The city of Eugene tried to kick him off the streets with their pesky laws that prohibited selling anything other than food, beverages, balloons…
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Best Pizza
Mezza Luna 933 Pearl Street, 541-684-8900; 2776 Shadowview, 541-743-2999; 115 S. 5th Street, Springfield, 541-653-8661. Mezzalunapizzeria.com Sizzle Pie 910 Willamette Street, 541-683-7437. Sizzlepie.com Coburg Pizza Company 90999 S. Willamette Street, Coburg; 1710 Centennial Boulevard, Springfield, 541-484-6600. Coburgpizza.com I had never eaten at Mezza Luna until a restaurant opened…
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Best Ice Cream/Fro Yo
Prince Pücklers 1605 E. 19th Avenue. 541-344-4418. Princepucklers.com. I Scream for Waffles 1412 W. 7th Avenue. 541-729-1732. Iscreamforwaffles.com. Coconut Bliss 725 W. 1st Avenue. 541-345-0020. Coconutbliss.com. Prince Pücklers is one of the only businesses in Eugene that can genuinely say, “Thanks, Obama.” While campaigning for…
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Best Burrito
El Super Burrito, 2566 Willamette Street, 541-485-0619. Burrito Boy, 510 E. Broadway, 541-344-8070; 2511 W. 11th Avenue Suite A, 541-338-4219; 1840 Chambers Street, 541-246-8775; 1060 River Road, 541-689-7970; 1889 Olympic Street, Springfield. Burritoboy.com Burrito Amigos, 1333 W. 6th Avenue, 541-338-9190; 2445 Hilyard Street, 541-868-1528; 1600…
