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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
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Maria’s offers taqueria-style family dining
Mexican
restaurant open
at new location
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
CANYON CITY — Own-
ing a taqueria-style restaurant
was once just a “pipe dream”
for Bill and Maria Evans, but
since Nov. 10 the dream be-
came a reality.
The couple moved their
Mexican restaurant, Ma-
ria’s, from Prairie City to
their new location in Can-
yon City at 295 S. Canyon
City Blvd., opening exactly
two years after their origi-
nal restaurant.
“Taqueria-style” means
orders are taken at the
counter, and at Maria’s, the
food options are displayed
on a digital menu board.
“It’s more efficient, and
service is quicker,” Bill
said.
The family restaurant
sports bright colors with an
ocean-view mural on one of
the walls.
“Everybody is having fun
and enjoying themselves,”
Bill said. “It’s a family
restaurant with a festive at-
mosphere. Everyone seems
to like the brightness of it.”
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Bill and Maria Evans, owners of Maria’s Restaurant in Canyon City, offer a
menu of fresh Mexican food at their taqueria-style eatery. They moved to their
new location from Prairie City, opening last November.
The building was pre-
viously the location of the
Golden Dragon restaurant,
operated by Steve and Janet
Pang who retired last sum-
mer.
Bill said business has
been good with repeat cus-
tomers, and added the resi-
dents of Canyon City have
been hospitable.
“We feel very wel-
comed,” he said.
They hope to open a mar-
garita lounge, at the back of
the restaurant, by ’62 Days
celebration in June.
“That’s our goal,” Bill
said. “It would be a nice
place to sit and enjoy cock-
tails, and could also be a
place for business.”
Bill and Maria said their
customers’ favorites have
remained the same: chili
rellenos, fajitas, tacos, en-
chiladas and burritos.
They also offer Taco
Tuesday with chicken, pork
and beef tacos at a sale price.
Chef Maria uses the au-
thentic recipes she learned
from her mother. Her favor-
ite Mexican meal is fajitas,
she said.
She said she’s enjoying
the new location for several
reasons, including its close-
ness to home — she and Bill
and their son Gabriel live in
the Canyon City area — and
the brightness of the restau-
rant.
“I feel good in this new
setting,” she said.
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Maria’s Restaurant, located at 295 S. Canyon City
Blvd. in Canyon City, is open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Tuesdays through Saturdays.
She said she never thought
of herself as a great cook —
it was just regular cooking
to her — until her husband
pointed out how delicious her
meals taste.
“I’m so happy to see the
new customers,” she said.
Restaurant hours are 11
a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays
through Saturdays.
For more information, call
the restaurant at 541-575-
0777.
TOWN
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John Day River, the gorge is
named for the Native Ameri-
can pictographs which adorn
the steep canyon walls.
History buffs can step
back even further in time with
a trip to the John Day Fossil
Beds National Monument just
north of the Picture Gorge
area on State Route 19. The
monument also offers several
hiking trails and interpretive
spots.
City Park, located along
the banks of the John Day
River in town, offers a spa-
cious gathering and play
place with tennis courts,
horseshoe pits, picnic areas,
restrooms and a playground,
including a slide mounted
right onto the hillside.
City Recorder Ruthie
Moore said the town takes
great pride in its park. She
said a couple from Colora-
do traveling through town
last summer told her the re-
strooms were the best ones in
the United States.
A new asset to the park,
Moore noted, is a drinking
fountain made from a hy-
drant. She said they have
been planting new trees each
year.
A longtime resident,
Moore loves “the lifestyle
that living in this tiny town
provides me — along with
the fact that it is such a cute
little town.”
She has lived in Dayville
for almost 40 years, moving
there from Mt. Vernon when
she and her husband Chuck
married. She has been the
Dayville city recorder for al-
most 21 years.
“I love that we are a com-
munity family and people
care about one another,”
Moore said.
She said she feels bless-
ed she was able to raise her
children there, adding, “It
means the world to me that
my grandchildren love Day-
ville so much.”
Moore loves her job too
and “working each day for
the betterment of this won-
derful community.”
“I especially enjoy being
the town cheerleader — tell-
ing others how special Day-
ville is,” Moore said.
Mayor Robert Walten-
burg has had a long history
of service to the Dayville
community. He started on the
city council in 1997 and was
mayor from 2005-2010. Af-
ter a break, he became mayor
again last year in a term that
ends on Dec. 31.
City councilors are Dana
Brooks, Merle Metcalf, Ilah
Bennett, Peter Bogardus and
Skip Inscore.
Enrollment at Dayville
School is 50 students in
grades K-12, plus preschool.
One of the most stately
buildings in town, the Day-
ville Community Hall, was
Contributed photo
A team of Dayville residents work to keep things running smoothly in town.
Back row, from left, councilor Skip Inscore and Mayor Robert Waltenburg.
Front row, from left, councilors Peter Bogardus, Merle Metcalf and Ilah Bennett,
city recorder Ruthie Moore and councilor Dana Brooks.
The Eagle/Cheryl Hoefler
The “D” marks the spot for the town of Dayville.
The Eagle/Cheryl Hoefler
South Fork Road, which heads south out of
Dayville, offers some of the most spectacular
scenery in Grant County.
built in 1920-21. A renova-
tion committee is striving to
renovate the historic build-
ing, with nearly every town
fundraiser in the past years
working toward that goal.
Other groups striving to
Their efforts produce sever-
al events throughout the year
such as an Easter egg hunt,
the spring and fall community
potlucks, Fourth of July Cele-
bration and ¿reworks display,
scarecrow contest, Christmas
tree lighting ceremony and
Adopt-a-Christmas tree and
two 5Ks — the Bunny Hop
and the Dayville Dash.
Incorporated in 1913,
Dayville was a stop on The
Dalles Military Road, a wag-
on road that provided ac-
cess for miners and freight
to the gold ¿elds in Canyon
City. The route ran from The
Dalles to Canyon City from
1868-1870.
City Council meetings are
at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of
the month.
For more information, call
Dayville City Hall at 541-
987-2188, or visit Friends of
Dayville on Facebook.
A MAN
WAKES
UP in the
morning
after sleeping on...
an advertised bed, in advertised
pajamas.
He will bathe in an ADVERTISED TUB, shave with an ADVERTISED RAZOR,
have a breakfast of ADVERTISED JUICE, cereal and toast, toasted in an
ADVERTISED TOASTER, put on ADVERTISED CLOTHES and glance at his
ADVERTISED WATCH. He’ll ride to work in his ADVERTISED CAR, sit at an
ADVERTISED DESK and write with an ADVERTISED PEN. Yet this person
hesitates to advertise, saying that advertising doesn’t pay. Finally, when his
non-advertised business is going under, HE’LL ADVERTISE IT FOR SALE.
Then it’s too late.
AND THEY SAY ADVERTISING DOESN’T WORK?
DON’T MAKE THIS SAME MISTAKE
Advertising is an investment, not an expense. Think about it!
keep things moving and im-
proving in the town include
the Dayville Events Com-
mittee; Celebrate Dayville, a
nonpro¿t that formed during
the town’s centennial; and
the Community 4-H Club.
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