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Wednesday, June 3, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Distillery
launches
in Sisters
Cascade Street Distillery
announces its launch with the
opening of its tasting room in
downtown Sisters. Located
at 261 W. Cascade Ave., the
tasting room is open Tuesday
through Sunday from noon to
5 p.m.
Cascade Street Distillery
is a local, family-run artisan
spirits company passionate
about creating artisan spirits
that are smooth and delicious.
Cascade Street has recently
introduced its first spirit,
North Sister Vodka. Made
from 100 percent American
corn grain distilled six times
and then filtered six times to
achieve a clear 180 proof base.
The base is blended with
the best water on earth to cre-
ate a perfect sipping vodka as
smooth, fresh and clean as a
high alpine lake.
“We’re excited to be
opening our tasting room
in Sisters. We have a vision
to provide smooth-tasting
spirits made from the best
ingredients on earth – it’s our
attention to combine the best
water on earth with the finest
grains that makes our North
Sister Vodka one of the best
in the country,” said Nick
Beasley.
Future plans call for the
introduction later this spring
of South Sister Gin. Cascade
Street has also started the
aging process on its Broken
Top Bourbon that will be
ready in 2017. In addition to
the tasting room in Sisters,
Cascade Street has started
work on a new distillery
located in an historic barn in
Sisters.
Cottonwood Café serves up breakfast, lunch
By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
There’s something espe-
cially pleasant about sitting
down to a delicious, well-pre-
sented breakfast in congenial
surroundings.
Folks in Sisters are dis-
covering that pleasure at The
Cottonwood Café, located
at the former home of Jen’s
Garden. The players who
made Jen’s Garden a fine
dining destination in Sisters
are on board for this new
venture: Jennifer McCrystal
and her former husband, T.R.
McCrystal, and chef Brad
Wood.
“T.R. and I are still busi-
ness partners,” Jennifer
explained. “It’s kind of that
‘take what works and maxi-
mize on that.’ Choosing what
your strengths are and playing
to that.”
The partners have shifted
their focus in the new restau-
rant in a couple of significant
ways. The Cottonwood Café
serves breakfast and lunch
(breakfast is served all day,
from 7 a.m.; lunch starts at 11
a.m.). And while the quality
that made Jen’s Garden stand
out is still at the forefront,
dining at The Cottonwood
Café is well within most
folks’ reach. The most expen-
sive menu item is $13.
That menu includes classic
breakfasts, including a variety
of scrambles, a couple of spe-
cial takes on eggs Benedict
and creative specialties like
Huevos Motuleños and
Cotton Cristo. Lunch offers a
selection of soups, salads, and
sandwiches.
“We started with about 70
items and pared it down and
pared it down,” Jennifer said.
The focus was on
providing creative, fun food
at reasonable prices.
“We wanted to do some-
thing that was affordable and
accessible to everybody,”
Jennifer said.
That has allowed an
“organic little mixture of
people who come together” at
the café. “To me, that’s what
it is about — to have a little
community gathering spot.”
That extends to the staff, who
are all Sisters folks and enjoy
chatting with their neighbors
who come to dine — and with
the new visitors who come
through the door. It’s a home-
town feel that also appeals to a
growing trend toward culinary
tourism.
“We’re pulling people
from all over,” McCrystal
notes.
With children aged 9 and
13, it was also important to
have evenings free for the
parents — for the first time
in years. It’s an early day, but
Come In…
Relax…Enjoy!
Tim Westcott
Ronnica Westcott
Jenny Duey
Mary Morgan
541-588-6611
220 W. Cascade Ave.
Come in, Relax, Enjoy!
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Serving
Breakfast & Lunch
Wednesday
through Sunday,
7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
541-549-2699
403 E. Hood Ave., Sisters
photo by Jim corneliuS
Brad Wood and antonio Flores plate a couple of breakfasts at the
Cottonwood Café.
service wraps up at 3 p.m.
The Cottonwood Café is
open Wednesday-Sunday,
7 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 403 E.
Hood Ave. During summer,
that will expand to Tuesday
as well, and the owners are
working on outdoor seat-
ing. Reservations are only
taken for parties of eight or
more. All else is first-come,
first-served.
For more information call
541-549-2699.