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e dark, damp mornings and blustery delivers beer and wine. In fact, they’ve ere’s a wide selection of beers to evenings of recent weeks are not exactly been o ering alcohol delivery for three choose from, most of which are not motivating to get outside. Picture this: it’s years, and it has de nitely caught on. listed online. Of course, you can request 9 p.m. on a ursday night. Maybe you’re Currently, orders for food and booze popular IPAs by Ninkasi and Oakshire, trudging home from the library, or you delivery are placed over the phone, but Cascadian , and classics like PBR, just  nished up a group project and it’s his web developer is putting the  nishing Budweiser and Coors. e choices don’t time to celebrate. You could just be sitting touches on the online system that will be stop there; Cornucopia also o ers dozens at home in your pajamas. Whatever your ready Nov. 1, just in time for the nasty of microbrews that are coming to the situation, the problem is the same: it’s weather to really settle in. website soon. For the rest of us, there’s raining, and you’re out of beer. a decent selection of wines including Cornucopia is known for their burgers, pinots and even Brut—yes, you can What if you could just log on to which were voted 2017’s Best in Town celebrate  nishing your homework with CornucopiaEugene.com and order up by Eugene Weekly readers. ey have champagne. Now that’s amazing. a six pack or a bottle of wine? Here’s 15 ( fteen!) unique burgers to choose the thing—you can. Starting this from. Each one consists of a half-pound Delivery is available from Cornucopia November, alcohol—along with the of locally raised, all-natural Oregon beef. on 17th from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. rest of their delicious food—will be e best part is that you can substitute e fee is $3 for most of Eugene’s available for online ordering and delivery tater tots for fries with any burger, or if campus neighborhood. Alcohol delivery from Cornucopia directly to your door. you’re not a carnivore—or if you just is limited to two six-packs or two bottles No raincoats, no boots and no need to love veggie burgers—you can opt for a of wine per customer. Orders are prepaid experience the elements at all. Interested? house-made local tempeh and black bean over the phone, so if you don’t have ID, We thought so. Here’s the lowdown: “vurger.” ese are the obvious choice to you’ll have to ask for a refund. Don’t be accompany your beer, but Cornucopia’s that guy. Nils Stark owns Cornucopia on 17th extensive and diverse menu is sure to have Street, and he’s excited to provide one something for everyone. of the only restaurants in Eugene that

Essential Eats Magazine | 3 Ever wonder exactly who shows up at your door when you order from Hungry Ducks? Usually, they knock, you pay, and they’re on their way. But what if you could get to know the beautiful human who helps satisfy your appetite and curb your munchies? Nelson Trujillo, a 4th-year double major in Human Physiology and Popular Music Studies, is one of those people behind the curtain. We sat down with him to hear more about his experiences as a Hungry Ducks driver. DeliverY Driver

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Emerald Essentials: How long EE: What’s the strangest encounter EE: What’s the most positive have you been working with you’ve ever had with a customer? encounter you’ve ever had Hungry Ducks? on the job? NT: I drove all the way out to Spring eld Nelson Trujillo: I have been driving for one night on an order and I started to NT: ere are a lot of cute dogs that I them since last April. realize that I was heading out of the run into. Sometimes they watch me come residential area. I was around all these to the door and then they start barking EE: How many hours do you businesses and warehouses I didn’t or scratching at the door or whatever, but work per week? recognize and the GPS lead me into this some of them are so cute and I get to pet parking lot. I pulled into the parking them and say hi. at’s one of the fun NT: I usually work between 20-22 hours lot and realized it was a strip club. is parts of the job. a week. woman ran up to the car when she saw me and was all, “Are you Nelson?” She was EE: What is the best part of the job? EE: What’s your favorite shift to on her break or something and just really work? needed chips and queso from Qdoba. She NT: e hours are great. We really are our was so happy to see me and get her food. I own bosses. We get to work when we can NT: e Sunday afternoon shift has been drove away and was like, “I just delivered and set our own hours, and it’s a great way my jam lately. It’s usually busy pretty food to a stripper.” It was awesome. to make really good money. much all day and people are just at home studying. It’s kind of nice to see everyone just hanging out and enjoying their weekends and it’s kind of relaxing for me 4to drive | Essentialaround town Eats a Magazinelittle bit. EE: What is the worst part EE: Do you have any of the job? advice for people who order over Hungry NT: Sometimes it’s discouraging to tally Ducks? up the money I’m making as I go along during a shift. Not everybody tips and it NT: Make sure you follow can seem like a waste of time if I try to the instructions on the app. keep tabs of what I’m making along the Customize your order if you way. It’s always better to just wait until the need to for dietary restrictions end of the shift. I usually end up making and communicate really well a decent amount of money even if it seems with the restaurants so you get like I’m not. exactly what you want.

EE: What’s your favorite EE: Do you ever order restaurant that you deliver for? from Hungry Ducks?

NT: ey are really nice at Pita Pit and NT: I have a few times. Hole-in-the-Wall Barbecue and at a couple It was mostly before I other places, but I love eating at Evergreen started working there, but I Indian Cuisine. Sometimes I pick food sometimes drop o at my co- up there and put it in my car and it smells workers’ houses and they open so good— especially when I’m hungry. the door and I’m like, “Hey!” And my girlfriend works at Bon Mi, so I suppose that is one of my favorite places, EE: What’s your favorite too. I sometimes get to see her when I pick thing to listen to while you drive? up there. We get to work when we can and EE: How has working the job NT: I listen to a lot of electronic music to changed your perception of your kind of pump myself, but if it’s been a long set our own hours, peers and the community? shift and I’m stressed out, I listen to some and it’s a great more mellow stu . And I listen to a lot of NT: It has de nitely made getting podcasts. Right now, I love Harmontown, way to make really around Eugene easier. I get to know the the podcast by the creator of “Rick and good money. area so well, so now I feel like I can drive Morty,” Dan Harmon. anywhere and  nd anything. I go out on the town less now that I am a senior, and it’s kind of fun to go through all of the motions of being a freshman and sophomore again. And it’s kind of fun to see all of the younger students enjoying Eugene.

EE: Have you ever encountered anything particularly gross while working?

NT: ere are a lot of gross things that happen, especially on ursday and Friday nights. I think it was the  rst ursday night of this school year. I was waiting around for food at Caspian’s and some girl was throwing up everywhere. And sometimes the houses I deliver to smell kinda gross. It can get really weird. New Shuttle Service! Competitive Rates! $39 --> PDX | $25 --> OSU Convenient pick up locations: 2125 Franklin, UO Rec Center, and The Hub! 17 trips daily! What’s in the 877-693-3785 • OregonExpressShuttle.com Box? Hungry Ducks Pizza WHEN - Native Content - words by Delaney Rea | photos by Trevor Meyer BECOMES

Maybe it’s Friday night. Or maybe it’s Tuesday night – it doesn’t really WE’RE HIRING matter. Tonight is pizza night. is dailyemerald.com/apply begs the question – where to order your next pie from? Before you turn to the food review oblivion that is Yelp, remember that you’ve got options – any of which can be SLICE OF SKY? delivered right to your doorstep. With the help of Hungry Ducks, Yes, a Pizzeria & Public House on campus!! you can  nd deals on pies, calzones We brew the beer & make everything or whatever Italian confection you’re else from scratch with ingredients craving. Here are some of Hungry you can feel good about. Ducks’ premier pizza choices, all of All done right here in Eugene. which o er speedy delivery. LET IT POUR COME CHECK US OUT IN THE EMU O LOUNGE!! 6 | Essential Eats Magazine al Taglio al Taglio is the kind of pizzeria to go when you want it all – New York-style  atbread pizza, antipasti, freshly-tossed house salads, paninis and more, all delivered straight to your door. Making matters even better is the kind of deals they’re handing out – a slice and a salad from al Taglio won’t make your wallet cry like some of the other Italian places around town.

Best Time to Order: Lunching out on a budget. Hungry Ducks Special: Slice and salad, $7

Whirled Pies You might have to wait a little longer for the delivery guy from Whirled Pies to pull up, but don’t stress – the pies they’re whipping up are worth a few more minutes on the clock. is pun-named pizza joint (if you need a moment to  gure it out, that’s cool) whips them up with great style and care. eir self-proclaimed “Eugene style” slices come in vegan and traditional varieties, so nobody will have a reason to frown on their next pizza night.

Best Time to Order: When the parents come through for pizza night. Hungry Ducks Special: Calzone, side salad & soda, $12

Mezza Luna Some pizzas you want to share with some close friends after a rough week. Some pizzas you want to eat cold for breakfast after a wild night out. en there’s the kind of pizza that’s so artfully crafted, as beautiful on the eyes as it is on the taste buds, that you can’t share Coburg Pizza Company it with anyone else but that special someone. at’s pretty much Eagle-eyed readers will notice that Coburg’s pies are the ones Mezza Luna in a nutshell – pies that will take you to the moon and featured on this issue’s cover – a choice we didn’t make at random. back. Now that’s amore. No regular, run-of-the-mill neighborhood pizza pie  nds itself under the headlines of Emerald Eats’ latest. With award-worthy wings, Best Time to Order: A date night full of romance and pizza. calzones for days and a pizza menu that’s true gourmet, you’ll  nd Hungry Ducks Special: Make your own pizza – $24 for 18” and yourself smack-dab in marinara nirvana. Coburg Pizza Co., well, $18 for 14” delivers.

Best Time to Order: e choicest pick for game day. #ScoDucks Falling Sky Pizzeria Hungry Ducks Special: Garlic Parmesan Breadsticks, $4.99 You’ve been to their trivia nights, now let them treat you to a night in. Falling Sky is a Eugene favorite, with locations all over town Sy’s Pizza including their EMU pizzeria. Lucky for you, they deliver all over C’mon, it’s Sy’s. You’ve either been in there a thousand times or town, too. Next time you’ve got a few bottles of another true local walked past it a million. If it’s the latter, it’s about time you gave it a like Ninkasi burning a hole in your fridge, get one of Falling Sky’s go. Sy’s has been kicking around the UO scene for years, so it’s only beautiful pizza pies delivered to your front door. Try one of their right that they take their New York-style pies back to basics. is is signatures, like the Flyin’ Hawaiian, or get in the zone and make one pizza joint that’s no-frills in a no-holds barred way. your own. Best Time to Order: When warding o those late-night Best Time to Order: When you’re craving a slice with a pint on munchies. the side. Hungry Ducks Special: Hawaiian Tuesdays - Hungry Ducks Special: Drunken Pesto Chicken, $12 Large Hawaiian, $22 Essential Eats Magazine | 7 Hungry Ducksf delivery - Native Content - words by Delaney Rea | photos by Trevor Meyer

It’s 1 a.m. and you’re hungry, but you don’t feel like going out to get food. It’s raining and you’re hungry but you don’t want to get wet. You’re in your pajamas chilling and you’re hungry, but it’s too much e ort to get dressed and go out. You’re studying and your brain needs food, but you still have hours of work to do. Sure you can order pizza, but what if you feel like ai food? Or sushi, or a gyro or barbecue? So who you gonna call? Hungry Duckbusters? Er, no. HungryDucks. com, that’s who. And yes, there’s an app for that. As the founder and market owner of Hungry Ducks, Darren Rabie has played a major role in bringing convenience and accessibility to the food scene in Eugene. e even better news? He’s only getting started. Hungry Ducks is a food delivery network delivery service. Ever since it became an books, Rabie and his team are hitting the that connects over 100 restaurants in option, customers took notice. Popularity ground running with student advertising the Eugene/Spring eld area to both UO gained rapidly, and it hasn’t let up in the and tabling outside the EMU. e week students and residents of the city. Some of ensuing years – each year, Hungry Ducks of November 6th will be their annual their most popular clients include Falling serves more customers and businesses than Eat Cheap Week, during which Hungry Sky Pizzeria, Chula’s & Grill, the last. Ducks will o er a variety of deals and Caspian Mediterranean Café and many, In fact, Hungry Ducks has been promotions when ordering through their many others. What began as a  edgling aggressively attempting to serve a broader service. However, this is far from the only business just over three years ago is now customer base. Just recently, the business student-bene tting promotion that the one of the most successful food delivery opened up their delivery range to include company will o er during the school year. enterprises of its kind. Spring eld, too. is is far from the only Once  nals roll around, you’ll want to look It was several years ago that Rabie came change they’ve recently taken to shake out for their Red Bull sponsored event. to the University of Oregon with grad up how they get food to the community. With each delivery arriving with a free can school ambitions in mind. After checking Delivery is now available starting at 8 of Red Bull during  nals week, Hungry out what kind of programs the school had a.m. each morning and until 2 a.m. on the Ducks makes itself an ally to all studying to o er, he decided that starting his own weekends. Changes like these have had a ducks. It’s partnerships like these that allow business would be just as worthwhile as major e ect on Hungry Ducks’ capabilities; Hungry Ducks to make college life just that pursuing another diploma. At his previous since 2016, they’ve more than doubled much easier. alma mater, the University of Colorado, the number of Eugene and Spring eld e only part about ordering with Hungry Rabie had worked for a food delivery restaurants whose food they deliver. Ducks that isn’t easy is deciding who to service that had found respectable success. Drivers are another aspect of Hungry place an order with on their intimidatingly is business model would ultimately be Ducks that just keeps growing. ough they stacked roster of restaurants and eateries. his inspiration. Given that the mascot of started out with just handful of drivers, With so many delicious options, it’s hard CU was the Bu alo, his previous employer that number has since ballooned to over 90. not to play favorites. Rabie admits to having aptly went by the moniker “Hungry Bu s.” Before you send in your application, know a special a nity for some of his service’s As an homage, Rabie chose the name that they don’t put just anybody behind the ai food options. Manola’s ai Cuisine, Hungry Ducks. wheel — the line of waitlisted applicants Sweet Basil Express, and Chao Pra Ya are However, the path to success for Rabie’s is quite long. e driver system at Hungry a few he counts among his favorites. It’s new business venture wasn’t immediate. For Ducks is similar to the one in place at ride popular restaurants like these that Rabie the  rst year and a half of their operations, service organizations like Uber or Lyft. e sets his sight on for collaborators. the service sputtered without gaining drivers aren’t actually employed by Hungry Rabie intends to continue expanding the much traction. Initially, Hungry Ducks Ducks; they simply work as independent Hungry Ducks empire as much as possible, only worked with restaurants willing to contractors and get to choose the hours which means breaking outside of the UO do their own delivery and provided online when they want to work. e positions are area. While the initial market was intended ordering as well as marketing services for entry level, so no prior delivery experience is only for students, good ideas are hard to those clients. With only a limited amount necessarily required. Additionally, Hungry con ne when residents, business o ces of delivery restaurants near campus, the Ducks takes an equal-opportunity approach and hotels in town have discovered the business never got moving in the right to its hiring process, as not all of the drivers convenience of food delivery. direction. necessarily have to be students. In this way, e stork may deliver babies but Hungry It would be a simple change in the the company provides a job market to the Ducks will deliver your food over and over core business model that turned things greater community of Eugene. again. It’s just so easy, you may never leave around. When the service began o ering Now that school is back in session for your home again. When it comes to an delivery in March 2014, the amount of fall term, Rabie’s business is as busy as abundance of food options to be delivered business Hungry Ducks received changed ever. During the summer, campus business to your door, Hungry Ducks is the only – drastically. “It exploded overnight,” tends to slow for obvious reasons. Now game in town. Rabie says of the e ect brought by the that everyone’s back and ready to hit the

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If you know where to look, there are daily deals all over town. FRIday A cheap meal or is a great excuse to get out of the campus neighborhood and into some of the nicer places in Friday is a happy time. Why not kiss the week goodbye and head out to a happy hour? town — just let this calendar be your guide. Here are three worth being punctual for.

Happy Hour at Chula’s monday WEDNESday Get into  esta mode and choose from hard or soft taco plates, a burrito, enchiladas or nachos, with a variety of meats to choose Meatball Monday at Pastini $8 Burgers at Falling Sky Brewpub from for only $5 each! ere are also several Mondays are...well, not comforting. Why To qualify for this burger deal, you must happy hour cocktails available from 3-5 not lighten the mood and enjoy some be a broke graduate student. But hey, it’s p.m. Italian comfort food at a discount? Pastini something to look forward to. ey serve a Pastaria in the Oakway Center o ers their grass-fed, local beef burger with sauce, Happy Hour at e Cannery heavenly meatballs simmered in marinara pickled onions and greens that comes with You can get a special menu of small plates, over a big ol’ bowl of spaghetti for just $9 fries, chips, salad or coleslaw. Come for the all for $4 to $6. It’s got everything from (normally $14). burger, stay for the beer — they have one of kale caesar and falafel salads to a basket the broadest selections in town, and a great of shoestring fries or a plate of wings. Happy Hour All Night at Meiji atmosphere. Voted Best Restaurant by Eugene Weekly And there’s plenty more to choose from! Available 3-6 p.m. readers, Meiji has crave-worthy Japanese 85 Cent Wings at Hot Mama’s tapas for the best prices, which get even Want an excuse to try the best wings in Happy Hour at e Barn Light better on Mondays when you can order the Eugene? Hot Mama’s just won the Register- is is a great place to watch the world go happy hour menu all night long. Snack on Guard Readers’ Choice award, and it’s easy by, all to the tune of $6 creative cocktails chicken, shiitake or hanger steak skewers to taste why. Wednesday is the day to go, like the Hemingway Daiquiri, Jarritos and a rice ball for under $10 all while when for under $7 you can get 8 juicy, Paloma and Pisco Sour. $4 and $5 snacks sipping a Meiji Mule that’s just six bucks. saucy, free-range wings. It doesn’t get better from biscuits with gravy to a classic beer than that. cheese pretzel dip are also o ered. Beer and TUESday wine is $2 o , and there's pinball, foosball, THURSday and shu eboard. Available 3-7 p.m. Burger & Brew at 6th Street Grill ere’s always a Burger & Brew special Burger & Two Brews for $12 at the Vintage SATURday somewhere in Eugene, but 6th Street Feeling extra thirsty? is burger and brew Grill’s is by far the best deal. eir $10 special addresses the fact that one beer isn't Food Vendors at Eugene Saturday Market burger comes fully loaded with bacon, always enough. Burger purists will love Possibly the greatest weekly special of all, two types of cheese, avocado, grilled onion this classic with lettuce, tomato, onion and the pop-up vendors at the market o er and portobello, along with your standard pickles accompanied by none other than everything from curried chicken to burritos lettuce, tomato and mayo. e best part is shoestring fries. When you’re done with to falafel wraps, which are some of the best the cold one that comes with it — and you those, try one of their 14 highly enjoyable found outside New York City. Try to pick have 18 taps to choose from. craft cocktails, or choose from four equally up some fresh ingredients for your Sunday good mocktails. Okay, not entirely equal... night dinner while you’re there, too! Run, $2.50 Tuesday at Elk Horn Brewery but you can pretend. Elk Horn’s got some seriously good food, don't walk to Saturday Market, happening from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. every week in Park but their beer is exceptional. ey took Agate Alley Drink Wheel Blocks until Nov. 11. home a bronze medal at the World Beer Who? You and your friends. What? $2 Awards for their oatmeal stout, and they’ve drink specials (or $3 with a card). Where? got 23 other house taps to choose from, Agate Alley Bistro. When? 10 p.m. to 12:30 including cider! Beers are just $2.50 each a.m. on ursdays. How often? Every 30 every Tuesday night. It’s the cheapest and minutes. Why? Because making decisions best craft beer you’ll drink in Eugene, by spinning a wheel is what we all feel like so grab your thirsty friends and go. doing once ursday night rolls around. 10 | Essential Eats Magazine Do you need to know more? VeganDelivery words by Kelsey Tidball | photos by Sierra Pedro

Being vegan is no easy task. It seems like Hungry Ducks delivers from Evergreen via bike messenger between 9 a.m. and everywhere we turn, there are meat and Monday - Saturday between 5:00 p.m. and 9 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Give dairy- lled temptations. Sometimes, 9:30 p.m. Order your favorites for dinner at them a call at 541-505-9175. it’s di cult to feel like we can eat like HungryDucks.com. e Eugenewich “normal” people and with “normal” people. Potato Pakora A Southern-fried tofu patty (pictured Veganism is di cult, but knowing your ese are sliced potatoes with chickpea below), Daiya cheddar, carrot bacon, options makes it so much easier, especially dumplings. Pair with 1-2 other dishes for a haystack onions, lettuce, tomato and smoky when it comes to take out. We need to be group study session meal or snack. sauce on a grilled bun. It’s a savory able to curb our late-night munchies or Eggplant Curry a la Carte burger alternative that’s perfect for a mid-day cravings just like the next guy. Eggplant cooked with onions, tomatoes Friday night in with friends. Take-out is an essential part of college life, and Indian spices. Served with rice or naan Bu alo Hot ings and vegans should not have to miss out. bread. A great dish for an individual meal A hot wing alternative. Southern- Luckily, with the array of vegan delivery or to share. bread tofu, ranch dressing, celery options in Eugene, we don’t have to. Here and carrot sticks. Perfect for is a list of some of my favorite dishes and game day. details about where to get ‘em. Sizzle Pie (Pizza) Eugene’s best vegan pizza place delivers Sweet Basil Express Sunday through ursday 11 a.m. - 3 a.m. Your favorite on-campus ai restaurant and Friday through Saturday 11 a.m. - 4 delivers with Hungry Ducks! Order Monday a.m. through Friday 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. and Saturday through Sunday, 11:30 a.m. - 9 p.m. Apocalypse Dudes Dollops of creamy roasted red pepper Yellow Curry pepita spread, Not-a-Ricotta and your Potatoes, carrots, onions and bell pepper in choice of three fresh veggies. a coconut milk based yellow curry sauce. Let Us Play Your Party It’s warm, spicy and sweet—a perfect Mushrooms, spinach, black olives, white combination for a rainy study session. onions and dollops of Not-a-Ricotta. A Sweet and Sour great pizza for vegan-folk and non-vegan- Pineapple, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, folk alike. onions, green onion and bell peppers stir fried with tangy sauce. It’s fresh, sweet, sour, and  lling—great for lunch or dinner. Cornbread Café Cornbread Café is a vegan specialty restaurant that delivers with Cascade Evergreen Indian Cuisine Courier Collective. Your meal can arrive Essential Eats Magazine | 11 EmX

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Campus is awesome, we know. But did you know how much awesome stu is out there just beyond campus? There are new food trucks to sample, obscure bands that no one has even heard of yet, and more organic food than you can cook up in a month. So go to LTD.org, find your route, and get out there. We’ll drive. All you need is a destination and your Student ID and you can get where you want to go - for free. Seriously. LTD.org It’s Saturday, your stomach is starting to growl, and leaving the house is the last thing you want to do, but the empty fridge is Picture this... glaring at you. Have no fear - Hungry Ducks is here! Deliciousness can be on it’s way to you with a simple phone call or click of a button, but now’s the hard part: what do you want to eat? It's 11 o' clock. Is it AM or PM?

You’re up, right on time too! 11pm: Be straight with us… Good ol’ breakfast, or straight to lunch? how sober are you? Breakfast Stone Cold e most important meal of A late study night it is, then. Looking the day. Are you a salty or for a bedtime snack, or proper fuel for sweet kinda guy? an all-nighter? Bedtime snack All-Nighter Salty Sweet Everyone needs a warm Don’t you worry, co ee will You’ve got stu to accomplish, Bring on the strawberries glass of milk to get to sleep prepare you for those three no time for messing around. and nutella. Are we thinking sometimes. A batch of warm exams tomorrow. Cold hard Farm fresh eggs and toast, or a wa es covered in whip cookies to match, or some ice espresso or something with bagel and veggies? cream, or pancakes drenched cream with extra toppings? more sugar? in syrup? Ice Cream Cookies Espresso sweet Bagel Eggs Pancakes Waffles Menchie’s Check out Vero Espresso Order up some Try Daily Park Street Try Check out Frozen Yogurt Crumb House has all late-night Bagel for Cafe’s Rise buttermilk O  e will satisfy Together for of the ca eine pie slices and a salmon Up Morning pancakes W a  e ’ s that late night only $8 half injections a delicious bagel of your scramble is from e W i  e w a  e ! sweet tooth! dozens. you could iced sugar choice. only $10.50. Original imagine, and frappachino from Pancake a menu to Sweet Life Petite. House! match each pairing. Lunch Straight to business it is then! What was the Question? Classic American food, or Honesty is important. What are you something more exotic? really, reeeally craving? A heaping plate of cheese, or a big, fat, juicy burger? AMerican Something else Burger Cheese How about a loaded Way to branch out! Eugene’s Burger House sandwich, or a traditional Mexican or Korean? Me too kid, me too. Should we never fails to deliver hotdog? order a pizza, or go straight for delicious, timeless some mac ‘n cheese? cheeseburgers at a healthy price of six burgers for $14! Sandwich Hotdog Mexican Korean Head over to Joe’s Burgers Chula’s Try Mac ‘N Cheese Pizza Great Harvest will cook you Cantina and Downtown Bread Co. for up a delicious Grill is the Noodle Bowl! Noodles & Company is Falling Sky Pizzeria is well a juicy turkey hotdog! only way to only a press of a button known as the happening sandwich for go! and $6 between you and a place to pick up a slice of $8. plate of heaping Wisconsin pizza and enjoy a refreshing Mac n’ Cheese. brew with your buds. T K withIn Elk Hornhe Brewery  c h e n

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Emerald Essentials: How long have EE: It was smelling pretty good A Q&A with you been at the Elk Horn? outside. Chef Ryan Gengler Ryan Gengler: About a year and a half. RG: Yeah, the smoker gets  red up at e  rst restaurant I worked at when I was 7, and there’s meat on there by 8. at 18 was a brewery with a restaurant. When goes all day, until 3, 4 or 5 o’clock, when everything’s done. One of the best-kept secrets in the campus I took the job, I had just gotten back from neighborhood is the Elk Horn Brewery and France, and I met [the owner] Stephen. We started talking, and Elk Horn was here, so EE: Do you have a favorite food on Cider House. It’s a family-owned gastropub I thought I’d give it a try. the menu? with 24 craft beers and on tap and a Southern/NW fused kitchen. Decorated EE: What does “a day in the life” RG: You know, it depends on what I’m with antlers and whiskey barrels, their large look like for you? in the mood for. I love the cheese curds. I dining room features live edge wooden love the dirty fries. I like the Maker’s Mark Bacon and Blue Burger, and the Chicken seating and a shu eboard table. Outside, RG: I get here around 5:30 to 6 a.m. and Wa es is really good. It just depends, and turn everything on. I make sure the  re pit is perfect for gathering around because I eat here all the time. Let’s say we everything’s lined up for the day and I  nd on a chilly evening, as are the TVs when the smoke the pulled pork one day, and I’m stu we don’t have and  gure out a way to Ducks are playing. However, if your vibe dealing with it all morning on the smoker work around it. I get the specials going and and then in the oven. By the time that is more “eating Pulled Pork Mac & Cheese make sure everyone is on the right track as comes out at 5:30, I’m probably going to on your couch with no pants on,” you can far as prep. eat that because it just came out of the have that too — Elk Horn o ers delivery oven, and I can’t help myself. by Hungry Ducks straight to your door! EE: How long are you here for each Elk Horn chef Ryan Gengler met us in the day? EE: Has delivery always been kitchen at Elk Horn, where he had a few pretty popular here? tips to share with hungry ducks everywhere. RG: About 12 hours. Sometimes 10, on a good day, but usually about 12 hours,  ve RG: We get quite a bit of to-go food. A days a week. Still, I  nd myself here on the lot of burgers and sandwiches, and a lot of sixth and seventh day trying to get things appetizers. done.

14 | Essential Eats Magazine EE: What travels well? EE: What’s your favorite cookbook? EE: What’s the most difficult thing you’ve ever cooked? RG: e Pulled Pork Mac & Cheese, all RG: I like reference and science books, so the sandwiches and all the burgers. e one of my favorite cooking books is called RG: ere was a anksgiving we took Dixie Picnic platter also travels well. “On Food And Cooking.” is gentleman a Cornish game hen and then stu ed it Harold McGee breaks down the science inside a duck, and then stu ed that inside EE: There’s at least six things on of almost everything you can think of. a goose. It was kind of like a Turducken. It there, right? But then he’s also got lore behind it, so was for a meal we had planned for friends he’s got nice stories tied in with all of his and family through our restaurant. We RG: Yeah, we pack all those things up scienti c proof. He breaks it into meats, used the restaurant kitchen but it was quite separately, so they can be as perfect as and vegetables and dairy. He goes from the a bit of prep. It took three days to get it possible. A lot of things here are messy beginning of time, talking about how we ready and 6 to 8 hours to cook it. But it and saucy, so we leave a lot of the sauces started gathering, all the way to modern was good! and condiments o of the burgers and cuisine. en he ties it all in with science sandwiches for delivery. and cool little stories. I think “America’s Test Kitchen” is probably my go-to book if EE: Where do you like to shop for I have to  nd recipes. food?

RG: I like to go to the outdoor market, Hungry Ducks when it’s going on. Other than that, I don’t delivers Ryan’s food from get a chance to leave very much. But we 11 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. use a good produce company that’s based Order at hungryducks.com out of Portland, and they come to Eugene twice a week. Elk Horn uses a lot of local or on their app. and seasonal stu . www.elkhornbrewery.com EE: What would you be cooking if Delivery Mininum: $8.00 you lived in a college dorm? Delivery Fee: $3.99 - $6.99 RG: Probably ramen.

EE: (Laughs) What if you wanted to make something nicer?

RG: I guess if I were going to be cooking for my friends in the dorm kitchen, I’d probably make meatloaf, mashed potatoes, some veggies and a salad. at’s always easy.

EE: Do you have any quick cooking tips for college students who are just learning how to cook?

RG: I think the best thing to do is just to decide what you like, and maybe do a little research on where it comes from and what you need to prepare it. De nitely buy good ingredients, and maybe just look at some recipes before you get started and get an idea of what you need to do. Preparation is Chef Ryan Gengler obviously one of the most di cult parts, so prepares Elk Horn’s be prepared. famous Mac & Cheese before lunch hour begins.

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