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the Box
FOOD TO GO MAY SET YOU FREE. by Bobbie Willis
aybe take-out meals conjure up
images of greasy pizza, sodden
chow mein, wilted lettuce muck-
ing up your picnic sandwich. It’s the kind
of thing you may resort to only in a pinch,
only as a last ditch oh-my-goodness-what-
are-we-going-to-eat-for-dinner effort.
But with summer here, take-out could
just be your ticket to ride — away from the
overheated kitchen and the stuffy dining
room, even away from another charcoal
briquette infused meal.
Just picture it: You load the kids and the
sweetheart up in the car, or even better, on
bikes, and head to your favorite eatery.
You get the goodies you love best to go,
maybe pack them in a cooler or a picnic
basket for ambience, grab a sixer of
Weinhard’s root beer, or a nice bottle of
your favorite Chardonnay, and head out
into the open for a classic summer dining
experience. You can eat at Amazon Park,
where the kids can run and play. You can
eat on the banks of the Willamette or
McKenzie Rivers, where the sound of the
water will provide the perfect mood
music. You can, if you want to pay the new
fee, head to Mt. Pisgah and eat your sup-
per on the shores of the perfect swimming
hole — and then swim after, of course, the
requisite half-hour wait. You can relax as
the children frolic between bites of their
dinner and a turn on the park merry-go-
round. Actually, that might not be so
relaxing, but you know what we mean.
You can be free.
Eugene has a great selection of places
that do take-out. Try the bento boxed
lunches at Samurai Duck and head
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Traditional
Greek & Indian
Food
992 Willamette
Eugene, OR 97401
343-9661
Fisherman’s Market
Fantastic Seafood Entrées
Entrées change weekly.
Fresh U-Bake Sea food
Fresh Crab Dinner $9.95
Good Inexpensive Wine
Variety of Microbrews
Orders to go: 484-CRAB
7th & Blair • Open 11-8 Mon.-Sun.
New Odyssey
Open Daily 7:30am - 7pm
8 JULY 3, 2003 CHOW!
out to Owen Rose Garden to, yes, stop and
smell the roses and enjoy a leisurely meal.
Or grab a couple of Angela’s Original veg-
gie sandwiches from Cornucopia; if
you’re at the 17th Avenue shop, stroll on
up to the park on the same block to enjoy
the good eats. A bag of burritos and soft
tacos from any of the growing number of
local taquerias would make for easy, tasty
dining — take it all up to Hendricks Park
and eat among the rhodies. You’ll find
upscale take-out at Cravings Café &
Catering, and upscale drive-thru take-out
at Bruno’s Chef’s Kitchen. Hodgepodge
also offers a drive-thru option for Pacific
Rim-inspired food on the go. And just
about all of the grocer’s delis are offering
a salad bar or sandwich counter where you
can find easy food to go. Wild Oats even
offers corn-based, compost-able, renew-
able packaging, so you don’t have to nec-
essarily feel guilty about that part of the
take-out experience.
Because let’s face it, next to cooking a
hot supper in July, the last thing you want
to face is washing a sinkful of dirty dishes,
or even rinsing them and putting them into
the dishwasher. Now, while we recom-
mend that you pack your picnic plates and
flatware, there’s something about the ease
of eating right from the container, or eat-
ing sandwiches and burritos right from
their wax-paper wrapping that feels sum-
mery and carefree. Take-out needn’t be a
greasy and disastrous last-minute option
— it can be planned fun for you and yours.
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