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Hood River News, Wednesday, July 22, 2015
B USINESS
Wy’Eats dishing up ‘veggie-centric’ cuisine
Meal delivery
service coming
next week
By PATRICK MULVIHILL
News staff writer
Soon, veggie lovers won’t
have to pine for the same
home delivery treatment
their carnivorous counter-
parts enjoy.
Wy’Eats, a “veggie-cen-
tric” meal delivery service,
is launching in Hood River
on Tuesday, July 28. The
business
plays
with
“Wy’east,” the Multnomah
name for Mt. Hood.
Sarah Scaruto, founder
and chef at Wy’Eats, said the
goal is healthy meals with-
out a hassle.
“The whole point is that
it’s healthy. It’s plant-based
foods that are nutrient
dense,” said Scaruto.
The entrées will change
every week, but Scaruto has
already planned out a few.
Among them are the Nou-
veau American Beet Burger
and the Samosa Sweet Pea
Curry. The ingredients come
from local farms including
Hood River Organic, Grow
Organic, and Tumbleweed
Farm in Parkdale.
There are no de facto head-
quarters for Wy’Eats, but
Scaruto will rent out the
commercial kitchen at River
of Life Assembly on Tucker
Road for meal prep.
The business will function
on a subscription basis —
customers will choose a plan
of one or two meals, offered
Tuesdays and Thursdays,
and then opt to either pick
up the meals at a central lo-
cation or have them deliv-
ered to their homes.
For the pick-up option,
Scaruto will be setting up red
“drop-off ” boxes at business-
es around town, the first
being Hood River News. Cus-
tomers can pick up their
meals in labeled totes from
the insulated lock-boxes. All
packaging will be made of
glass in order to cut back on
environmental impact.
“No one’s doing exactly
this,” said Scaruto. She said
there are plenty of catering
companies in the Hood River
area, and some farms that do
their own sales, but none
that deliver prepared plant-
based meals comprised of lo-
cally grown ingredients.
She called it an “off-shoot”
of community supported
agriculture (CSA), and hopes
to set up at the Hood River
Farmer’s Market in the fu-
ture, once the business has
picked up steam. She also
plans to broaden her service
area to White Salmon.
Scaruto hails from upstate
New York. Her background
is in Human Resources,
which took her to Powder
Pure in The Dalles last year.
However, her passion has al-
ways been rooted in food —
she went back to school at
Well Springs School for Heal-
ing Art in Portland to study
holistic nutrition.
“I always had this love of
food,” said Scaruto. “I was
one of those latchkey kids
who grew up on the Food
Network, and cooking for my
younger siblings while my
mom was at work.
“It doesn’t feel like work to
me. It’s the part of the day
that’s not a job,” said Scaru-
to.
For more infor mation
about Wy’Eats, or to sign up,
go to www.wyeats.com or fol-
low the business at
www.facebook.com/wyeatslo
calfoods. The company’s first
meal delivery is slated for
Tuesday, July 28.
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Telephone scam alert
Pacific Power is warn-
ing its customers and the
public of a phone scam
targeting utility cus-
tomers in the Northwest
where criminals posing
as utility customer ser-
vice agents are trying to
get money and steal per-
sonal information.
The fraud is occurring
nationwide, but recent
days have seen an up-
surge in the Northwest.
The thieves sometimes
use sophisticated decep-
tive tactics that make it
appear to Caller ID sys-
tems that the scam call is
coming from the utility
when it is not. If cus-
tomers receive such a
call, hang up and instead
call 1-888-221-7070 to veri-
fy the call’s origins.
Pacific Power call cen-
ters can be reached any
time day or night, toll
free at 1-888-221-7070.
That is the only number
to call for any customer
service need or if you
suspect a scam.
“So far, this has affect-
ed a relatively small num-
ber of customers, but any
customer being taken ad-
vantage of in this way is
one too many,” said Va-
lerie Smith, director of
customer service. “We
encourage anyone who
has been contacted to call
law enforcement.”
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D ISTILLERS’ T ASTING R OOM O PENS
Server Doug Powrie greets visitors to the HR Distillers’ new tasting room at 304 Oak St., which opened
last week. The downtown outlet offers up to five one-ounce pours of the beverages made by the Hood
River company and its associate company Clear Creek Distillers, and features a separate room with a
timeline and videos giving a detailed history of the 70-year-old company. The tasting room (across the
courtyard from Doppio) is open seven days at noon. A previous article on the business should have
stated it is a tasting room; for a $5 fee, limited samples are available to taste on premises, with pack-
aged goods and gifts and glassware sold for take away.
Cascade Locks Charburger changes name
to Bridgeside, ‘freshens’ menu and decor
Bridgeside is the new
name of the former Char-
burger, a Cascade Locks
restaurant with a history
stretching over a half-centu-
ry. The fresh name reflects a
new vision for this popular
tourist stop, while much will
remain the same and be fa-
miliar to long-time cus-
tomers.
It’s never an easy decision
to rebrand an established
restaurant, especially one of
regional significance along
the historic Columbia River
Highway, and the new Brid-
geside brand is no exception.
“Owners spent a great deal of
time weighing pros and cons
of a name change, and ulti-
mately decided the Char-
burger name limits the vi-
sion we have for the restau-
rant,” said Chuck Hinman,
general manager at D.M.
Stevenson Ranch. “T he
name Bridgeside tells a bet-
ter story about the restau-
rant’s incredible location,
and allows more flexibility to
promote breakfast, lunch,
dinner, and banquets.”
The new name highlights
the restaurant’s location
next to regional landmark
Bridge of the Gods (named
after the natural dam of Na-
tive American folklore) and
alludes to the stunning views
overlooking this special
pocket of the Columbia
River Gorge.
(The name of the Hood
River Charburger Restau-
rant remains unchanged.)
T he 200-seat Cascade
Locks Charburger restau-
rant underwent extensive
renovations last year, shortly
after D.M. Stevenson Ranch’s
purchase in July 2013. Those
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discounts!
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HOOD RIVER
Sports Club
1330 Brookside Drive, Hood River
541-386-3230 www.hrsportsclub.com
improvements included a
new kitchen installation,
freshening of the building
interior and exterior, and an
expanded menu. The kitchen
remodel included installa-
tion of all-new equipment, a
complete makeover of floor,
ceiling and wall finishes,
plus new HVAC and hood
ventilation systems. Interior
and exterior improvements
included dee p cleaning,
painting, new tabletops, and
bathroom remodel.
The 7,500 square-foot com-
plex consists of the dining
room, a gift shop, and lower
level banquet-special event
space. The updated special
event space, formerly Sam
Hill’s Den, is renamed “Brid-
geside Terrace.”
For more infor mation,
visit BridgesideDining.com.
Kidding Around
the Gorge
The “Ultimate Guide for Family Fun”
Available at
local bookstores
and other
retailers
throughout
the Gorge.
Printed by
Columbia Gorge Press.
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