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8 CHOW WINTER 2017 EUGENEWEEKLY.COM/CHOW EUGENEWEEKLY.COM/CHOW CHOW WINTER 2017 9 THE OREGON TRAIL Explore food frontiers at Lewis + Clark Restaurant BY WILLIAM KENNEDY tep into Lewis + Clark Restaurant, a catering Next, pick from a list of cheeses (cheddar, chevre or service turned full-time brick ‘n’ mortar restaurant gruyere, for example) and toppings ranging from potato chips on Martin Luther King Boulevard Jr. Boulevard in to remoulade. Add-ons include fried egg, avocado and sautéed Eugene you’re greeted with a chalkboard reading: mushrooms. “Welcome to Our Humble Abode.” Parshall’s front-of-house manager Molly Hinson says Lewis SOn a nearby wall hang framed photos of Bill Murray, + Clark aims to remain accessible. “Everything is $20 and Richard Pryor, Jean-Paul Sartre and many others. “Those are under,” she says. “I don’t believe you should have to break the people that I like,” says owner Anthony Parshall. “They’ve bank to have a nice meal.” done great things, so if we can bring some of that innovative And Lewis + Clark’s extensive, locally sourced and seasonal and entertaining energy, I think that would be great.” menu goes beyond burgers to hot wings, pasta, vegan gardener’s All this, as well as a pool table, kids area, full bar and killer pie and a dish simply called “Meat and Taters” (grilled bistro views of Alton Baker Park’s ponds and waterways gives Lewis steak topped with wild mushroom demi). + Clark a down-to-earth yet classy vibe. The location is also Both Hinson and Parshall emphasize their desire for Lewis ridiculously convenient for Autzen Stadium foot traffic during + Clark to be welcoming for everyone: a foodie destination, a Duck football season. sports bar with white tablecloths or a place for couples with kids Parshall is a veteran chef in local kitchens and catering to have a date night without a babysitter to dine while the kids services. “I can manifest something from the interior and make play in the play area. it happen,” Parshall says, “play with colors, play with shapes.” “We’re about the diversity,” Hinson says. “We have a private He admits he’s meat-centric, but his restaurant isn’t. party room here, we have a lot of holiday parties. Anyone can “What we’re trying to do is an eclectic menu: classic comfort come in and feel that non-judgment.” food,” Parshall continues. “It becomes like a conversation that we’re having,” Parshall At Lewis + Clark, build your own burger from the burger adds. “We’re together, creating this experience.” bar. You can make your patty classic, spicy Cajun style or Lewis + Clark Restaurant is located at 2210 Martin Luther King Boulevard in Eugene. choose from turkey or chicken, among many others. It’s open for dinner service Tuesday through Saturday 5:30 pm to close. For more information and a full menu go to lewisandclarkeugene.com. A SAMPLING OF CUISINE AT LEWIS + CLARK PHOTO BY TRASK BEDORTHA 2 CHOW WINTER 2017 EUGENEWEEKLY.COM/CHOW EUGENEWEEKLY.COM/CHOW CHOW WINTER 2017 3 OREGON TRAIL Explore food frontiers at Lewis + Clark Restaurant BY WILLIAM KENNEDY TRUCK DREAMS Authentic Mexican Food at Dos Banderas BY MARSHA BOUTELLE he aroma of smoky mesquite lures your As word got around, his business began to thrive: hours feeding, what are sometimes hordes of hungry nostrils around the corner of West Broadway “Business is good,” Ojeda says. “Every year has been people at lunchtime and late at night. onto Olive Street, to Dos Banderas, the little different. Bars and businesses have opened up around the Every dish is made from scratch. food truck that could — and does — deliver areas that have brought people in. And every year when “We try our best to be authentic,” Ojeda says. “We just the most authentic-recipe tacos, giant burritos, school starts, students keep finding us, too.” wanted to bring that authentic Mexican style of cooking to Tquesadillas and more for those craving that rarest of things Wife Minerva Ojeda, daughter Daisy and son José Jr., Eugene.” in Eugene: Mexican food that is truly outstanding. along with Daisy’s boyfriend, Andres Lara, work long Dos Banderas is open 10:30 am - 6 pm Monday - Wednesday, and 10:30 am - 3 Tucked into an alley between The Davis and Luckey’s am, Friday and Saturday, at 94 W. Broadway, in Eugene. Club, this family-run food truck attracts not only locals and students, but even out-of-towners who’ve been tipped off to tasting the freshly made, lime-juice-infused guacamole, the to-die-for mozzarella-and-jack-cheese quesadillas (that can also be had with mesquite-grilled chicken or steak) or the enormous taco salad loaded with pinto beans, cheese, veggies, smoked meat if you choose, tomatoes, avocado, romaine lettuce and a base of fresh-tasting tortilla chips. Other choices include Mexican and American breakfast offerings, like breakfast burritos, or bacon and eggs with hash browns. Also, since Dos Banderas is open until 3 am on Thursday through Saturday nights, the place has become a favorite for late-night denizens leaving the bar scene hungry for something delicious. Six years ago, José Ojeda says he decided to turn his passion for good food learned in his mother’s kitchen in Zacatecas, Mexico, into a business of his own. Over the years, he’d worked as a cook in chain-restaurant kitchens, where he honed his chops but never got to make his kind of food. “I hadn’t seen restaurants in Eugene that made authentic Mexican food,” Ojeda says. “There was nothing that was really good.” So Ojeda bought a food truck, and with the help of his wife and adult children, embarked on his dream of crafting MINERVA OJEDA food his way. PHOTOS BY TODD COOPER 2 CHOW WINTER 2017 EUGENEWEEKLY.COM/CHOW EUGENEWEEKLY.COM/CHOW CHOW WINTER 2017 3 DIVINE SIMPLICITY Keeping it easy and authentic at Springfield's Hayden Bridge Tap House BY ANNA GRACE he Hayden Bridge Tap House is full of happy customers on a Friday evening. Multiple screens flicker with basketball games, and classic rock is urging us to sing along. But there must be some sort of acoustic magic happening, because my husband and I can still hear each other over it all. We sip a heartwarming stout as an enormous serving of fresh, veggie-topped nachos sits between us. 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