Olive Street: Breweries and wineries offer exquisite dining experiences
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“Most of the college students who
come in are young ladies who drift
over from Luckey’s next door,” Wolfe
said, referring to the neighboring bar.
Tasters are offered wine in flights,
between two and six quarter-glass
pours. Along with the flights, Wolfe
provides tasting notes detailing the
growing region and methods of the
wine maker.
“Education and tasting is the best
way to learn about wines,” Wolfe
said. Wolfe will sometimes pick a
theme for his flights.
“I will pick four pinots produced in
the same method from one winery in
Oregon to showcase the uniqueness of
different growing sites,” Wolfe said.
“Oregon versus Burgundy is another
theme I have done to compare the
wines of the two regions, since both
are famous for pinot noirs.”
The Oregon Wine Warehouse
boasts about 100 pinot noirs, 35-40
white wines and 30 cabernets
and merlots.
“We’re in the middle of one of the
great wine regions of the world and
offer some of the most exquisite
examples,” Wolfe said.
Flights range between $8 and $11 for
four quarter-glass pours, and $2 and
$6 for one quarter-glass pour. Glasses
of wine are available for $6-$9 and a
bottle for $13-$27. Cheese, olives,
bread and micro cannery albacore
tuna compliment wines at a price
range between $2 and $12.
For a more in-depth exploration of
wine, Wolfe arranges formal sit-down
tastings for $20 and up. Participants try
10 to 15 wines “blind,” and then make
comments before the grand unveiling.
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The Oregon Wine Warehouse is
open Thesday through Friday from 2
p.m. to 8 or 9 p.m., and Saturday
from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m.
If you like wine, but a hearty meal
is also on the agenda, Oregano’s at
830 Olive Street offers a fine Italian
dining experience with a great atmos
phere. Flights of wine and compli
mentary wine tasting are available
every night of the week.
Customers are also welcome to
bring in a bottle of wine from the
Oregon Wine Warehouse, and un
cork it at no fee. The menu features
generous portions of dishes like
chicken coppacola, which is chick
en breast with Italian ham cooked
in the wood fired oven; fettuccini de
la casa with marinated artichoke
hearts and sun dried tomatoes; and
true Chicago deep dish pizza, four
inches thick. Menu items range be
tween $7.95 and $19.95 in price.
Wine ranges on average between
about $12 to $18 a bottle and $3.75
to $6.50 a the glass. Flights of wine
are $6.50.
Oregano’s caters to college stu
dents with Date Night on Wednes
day and Girls Night Out on Thurs
day. Date Night offers couples a full
meal, dessert and a bottle of wine
for $29. On Girls Night Out, girl
friends enjoy two-for-one appetizers
from 4 to 6 p.m. and a complimen
tary bottle of wine with any dinner.
The Eugene City Brewery, Oregon
Wine Warehouse and Oregano’s all
offer innovation and fun.
Market: Come for the food;
stay for the entertainment
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From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Satur
days from early April to Nov. 12, the
market, located on Eighth Avenue
and Oak Street about two blocks
from Eugene Station, provides com
munity members a place to sell food
or art, or to educate visitors about
their cause.
“It is fun,” said McCall Hall, a
freshman at the University attend
ing the market for the first time.
“Someone gave me ‘nola. It’s like
granola without the gro.”
At the Lane County Farmer’s Mar
ket, across the street from the Satur
day Market, many of the local food
vendors offer organic produce, flow
ers and products from their farms
and gardens.
Slusher’s Tilth Organic Farm has
had a booth at the Market since it
was established in 1970. Owner
Mary Slusher sells peppers, toma
toes and other vegetables. Slusher
said farming is “hard work.”
“You have to love being a farmer
to do this,” she said.
Other vendors sell their own art.
Jim Hawkin’s first set up his booth,
Surf Bum Sand Castle Works, in
1973 when he started selling his
carved candles to pay for college.
After a 25-year hiatus from the busi
ness he came back, hawking his
creations at the Market.
“I have another business, but this
is my love,” Hawkins said.
All art wares and crafts sold at the
fair are required to be manufactured
by the vendor who sells them.
“There are some really talented
artists here,” said Sergio Martinez, a
theater arts major at the University.
Some vendors try to inform the
public about different causes or po
litical issues.
Many visitors come to the market
for the variety of free entertainment.
It is not uncommon to find a drum
ming circle or someone reading a
speech at the Wayne Morse Free
Speech Plaza in front of the Lane
County Courthouse. Children often
take part in the Market’s family
friendly atmosphere.
“I like all the newborn babies and
kids here,” said Margot Charkow
Ross, a freshman at the University.
One park block features booths of
local restaurants like Ritta’s
Burritos, while a covered eating
area provides shelter for the com
munity to eat and rest their feet,
and also listen to the entertainment
of the week.
In association with the Saturday
Market is the Holiday Market, which
opens the weekend before Thanksgiv
ing and closes the weekend of Christ
mas Eve, offering holiday gifts and In
ternational food. The Holiday Market
is held at the Lane County Fairgrounds
inside the Exhibit Hall at 13 th Avenue
and Jefferson Street.
More information on the Eugene
Saturday Market can be found at
www.eugenesaturdaymarket.org.
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