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back to campus 2011 E AT O U T THE DO U GH CO. COME HOME WEDNESDAY BURGER, FRIES & A PINT $10 Sun-Th ‘til at least 11 PHOTO BY TRASK BEDORTHA Late Night Eats Stuffing face by moonlight Fri-Sat ‘til at least 12 2435 Hilyard St. Eugene, OR 97405 541-484-3062 www.thehumblebeaglepub.com BY SHANNON FINNELL H ere in Eugene, things local are things sacred, and in no area is that gospel more adhered to than in food. Late at night, a lot of mom and pop restaurants are closed; their profi t margins wouldn’t survive the staying open late to serve the late-shifters, the stoners, the partygoers and the insomniacs. An exception to the “late can’t eat local” rule of thumb is Dough Co., which is open until 3 am (except on Sundays), delivers and is located near campus. The combination of sweet cookies with savory calzones isn’t intuitive, but they fulfi ll two vital, late-night food group categories: pizza and baked goods. Not limited by typical pizza fl avors, Dough Co. lists 31 fl avors on its menu; so whether a craving calls for cordon bleu, pesto or potato and bacon, the eatery can handle it. Plus calzones are travel-friendly, if you can manage not to drool your sauce of choice all over your shirt. Better yet, don’t wear a shirt. It’s late night. If you’re feeling more like doughnuts than Dough Co., Voodoo is open 24/7 downtown. This Portland-based spiritual tradition chose Eugene as its third location — and why not? We sometimes need them in the middle of the night, for our glaucoma. On that note, we have to take a moment to endorse — in addition to the classic maple bacon bar — the Old Dirty Bastard (chocolate frosting, Oreos and peanut butter), the Memphis Mafi a (banana chunks, cinnamon-sugar, chocolate frosting, peanut butter, peanuts and chocolate chips) and Butterfi ngering (vanilla frosting and Butterfi nger crumbles). Burrito Boy on Patterson is always open, too, and the Mexican fast-food joint gets packed during the post-drinking weekends. We did a quick survey: None of us can remember going there sober, but we all know we like the wet burritos. Creatures of the night can also partake in Pita Pit, a chain speckled across the U.S. that’s also open until 3 am and is situated across from the LTD bus station, a convenient walk from the Barmuda Triangle. Less things-that-will-kill-you-oriented than doughnuts or calzones, Pita Pit is an ideal delivery or downtown stop for late nights when inhaling heftier foods isn’t in the cards. In addition to these late closers, the Eugene area has a plethora of those all-night diners ubiquitous across the country, completing the American experience. Without places like Shari’s, Denny’s and IHOP, where would the youth of Eugene plan games like Pin the Obscene T-shirt on the Pioneer Mother and How Much Glow Stick Goo Can You Get on the Pioneer Statue Before DPS Catches You (which EW completely discourages playing)? Open, well, always, the two Eugene, two Springfi eld and one Corvallis Shari’s locations are built with a distinctive octagonal shape and feature a consistent menu. Denny’s has consistent stuff too, and there’s one each in Eugene and Springfi eld. The desserts are best at Shari’s, the breakfast is best at IHOP and the I-5 Denny’s combines nonstop coffee and fried food with the awesomeness of knowing you are scarfi ng your late-night eats where Jack Nicholson once famously bitched the waitress out for refusing to give him a side order of toast in the fi lm Five Easy Pieces. Mostly, late nights at restaurants aren’t all about food, though chomping into a favorite late-night snack certainly muddles that fact for a while. Late nights are about stomach survival, being with friends, and loving life when the rest of the world is dreaming it away. ■ tues-thurs 5 pm - 10 pm fri-sat 5 pm - 11 pm happy hour everyday 5-6pm & 9pm-close 3+,,'-)11))2*).)/0 &!% !" # $!" ! #!!!$!" -/0.+.**,/04)2*).)(/- COUPON 55 SILVER LN. 654-0603 1211 ALDER 686-9598 COUPONS GOOD UNTIL OCTOBER 20 TH , 2011 11AM-MIDNIGHT SUN-THU 11AM-1AM FRI-SAT 11 AM -10PM DAILY SERVING DELICIOUS NEW YORK PIZZA BY THE SLICE AND BY THE WHOLE PIZZA PIE 2.00 OFF ANY 18” LARGE $ ® COUPON COUPON NOW 2 LOCATIONS! SY'S NEW YORK PIZZA FREE LARGE SODA 2 SLICES W/ PURCHASE OF COUPON WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM EUGENE WEEKLY OCTOBER 6, 2011 13
