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4A Ԃ APPEAL TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2016 Life in the Valley y sanews@salem.gannett.com Gather is slow food done right BROOKE JACKSON-GLIDDEN STATESMAN JOURNAL On a Tuesday morning, Christmas carols play at Gather in Silverton as couples sip cappuccinos. Little center- pieces of Douglas Fir sit on each table, budding with pine cones, juniper and Spanish moss. You hear the whir of an espresso steamer, work plans, counting change, the voice of Ella Fitzgerald. It’s an eat-slow, sip-slow dining room. At a seat in the window, cars roll past at a lazy river pace. The cafe across the street is busier, more of a midweek spot than the Main Street restaurant. Gather is wholeheartedly a brunch place, where the portions are intimidating and the ceilings high, where it would be just as likely to see a hot toddy as a cappuccino. On the week- ends, people are more patient. The leisurely pace of the kitchen doesn’t work as well mid-week, but when caught up in conversation and lavender lemon drops, long wait times are for- given, if even noticed. Anna Kuzmin and her husband opened The Gathering Spot around the corner in 2010 and moved into this abandoned Mexican restaurant space last year, shortening the name. The couple scanned historic photos of the building, which first opened in 1892, to restore the restaurant to its past excel- lence. Kuzmin, who grew up in Mon- tana, wanted Oregon’s bounty and histo- ry to shine through her menu and space. “We really wanted to highlight the best of the Willamette Valley,” Kuzmin said, and she does — from the EZ Or- chards honeycrisp apples to the Port- land Creamery chevre. If it’s not locally purchased, it was made in house, like her ciabatta and English muffins. At Gather, an abundance of time seasons every dish. PHOTOS BY BROOKE JACKSON-GLIDDEN / STATESMAN JOURNAL The bar area is seen at Gather in Silverton. The breakfast and lunch spot refurbished the interior to resemble the original space when it opened in the 1800s. Gather eeeE Where: 200 E Main St., Silverton Hours: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, with breakfast served 8 to 11 a.m. Mondays-Fridays, 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays and all day Sundays What to order: Chicken and waffles, croque madame, butternut squash and apple hash with poached egg Accepts cards? Yes Best bites Get in touch: 503-874-4888 Gather serves both breakfast and lunch, but the former attracts the larg- est crowds, especially on Sunday morn- ings. The menu’s inventive takes on brunch staples garner a Silverton cult following. Gather’s cornmeal-crusted chicken and waffles arrive drizzled in sriracha honey glaze and brown butter syrup, which adds a funky twist on the Southern brunch mainstay. The classic croque madame, a French breakfast sandwich with egg, ham and Gruyere, finds sweetness with hidden slices of Oregon pear. Kuzmin’s dedication to seasonal Oregon produce benefits most brunch dishes: Apple cider pancakes are em- bossed with slivers of honeycrisp ap- ple, a welcome textural change for an eggy pancake (my preference). Those same apples appear in a butternut squash and apple hash, which tastes Butternut squash and apple hash is served at Gather in Silverton. The hash is served with a house-made English muffin. delightfully autumnal, seasoned with olive oil and sage brown butter. Cara- melized onions, a classic pairing with butternut, accentuates the silky squash, with apple adding a nice textural con- trast. Sausage and egg do well to ground the dish in savory flavors, though upon revisiting, I would omit the Swiss. Gather uses Silver Falls Coffee Com- pany (a Silverton roaster), but I’ve enjoyed their decaffeinated drinks much more. A lavender lemonade is sweetened with both Monin lavender syrup as well as a dried lavender sim- ple syrup made in-house; if you need coffee with brunch, try a white choco- late lavender mocha, which also uses Church Directory IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH 25 dried lavender syrup. What sets Gather apart are little details — the custardy yolk of a per- fectly poached egg, the 14 seasonings crusted onto delightful roasted pota- toes, the thick slabs of not-too-crispy bacon. It takes time to perfect those details. I’m willing to wait. What you’ll spend: $8 to $14 per entree, but you’ll get enough food for the entire day. I have yet to actually finish a plate of food at Gather (left- over hash makes a great side with roasted chicken). Email Brooke Jackson-Glidden broo- kejg@statesmanjournal.com or call 503-428-3528. Follow her on Twitter @jacksonglidden, or like her Facebook page www.facebook.com/BrookeJack- son-Glidden. ST. MARY’S CHURCH 303 N. Church Street Silverton, OR 97381 Phone: (503) 873-8656 Pastor Leah Stolte-Doerfl er Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Service time 10:30 a.m. Nursery Available Silverton Friends Church Pastor: Fr. Philip Waibel 575 E. College St. 503-845-2296 Weekday Mass 6:50 a.m. Saturday Vigil Mass 5:30 p.m. Sunday masses 7:30 a.m., 10 a.m., and 12:30 p.m. (Spanish Mass) at St. Mary Parish. Mass for Holy Rosary Mission at Crooked Finger is at 10:00 a.m. Confession: 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. on Saturday “loving God… loving others” Pastor Bob Henry Silverton Christian School 229 Eureka Ave. • 873-5131 silvertonfriends@frontier.com Adult Sunday School at 9:00 am Sunday Worship Service: 10:45 am Full Nursery Care • Youth Group meets Thursday 7:00 pm ()%' ' "" # ##"#$ $)') "+')%$ www.stpaulsilverton.com !-((# )*'- "&# *$-%'$ $(( # %%$$(&.%" %"--(#&# SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST COMMUNITY CHURCH Pastor Jose Galvez Saturday Services Sabbath School 9:30-10:30 am Worship Service 10:50 am 1159 Oak Street 873-8568 Inviting All to a Friendly Bible-Based Church Trinity Lutheran Church, ELCA Pastor Carl Hansen 500 N 2nd Street Silverton, OR 97381 (503) 873-2635 Sunday, Worship 11am www.trinitysilverton.org trinitysilverton@gmail.com