Osteria lends to a place where one may wander into to quench a need for a light and casual lunch, a light repast to hold you over before
dinner, and for a easy delicious mean in the twilight. Sfizio literally can be translated as an unquenchable craving. A craving so
intense, that no one meal may satisfy, and your only choice is to return for more. This is Rocky’s creation. He has brought Eugene the
bold full bodied wines of Italy to to be sipped in the sunshine, authentic regional foods to grace our palletes, and food that
is so incedible that our sighs of satisfaction do not do his plated creations justice. Simply, not possible.

Rocky has always wanted, no needed to be a chef. More than that, he dreamt of creating a restaurant for which his entire family could
take part in. In 1998, Rocky made the move to Eugene to take part of Marche, and became the General Manager and executive chef.
He oversaw the creation and expansion of Marche Provisions. Then, sixteen months later, Rocky created a reality for his long held dreams, and opened the doors to Osteria Sfizio. This was the moment he had waited for since cooking as a child with his grandmother.

Much goes into the beauty that graces the plates of this restaurant. Rocky develops personal relationships with local farmers, butchers, and vintners. 75% of his wines served are imported from Italy directly. In Italy, many of these wines are served casually in
pitchers, to be enjoyed with the soul satiating food. However, he does not overlook our verdant green hills that are ripe with grapes
here in Lane County. Whether it is the fresh herbs, the greens that lie beside the rich entrees, or fruits that blend so effortlessly,
Rocky has made sure that all are drawn from our local resources.

Now, it should be understood that traditional reservations are not in play here. Rocky utilizes a new “open-table system” in which
one may use my downloading this application on their digital phone, or book on-line. This modern system assures a customer that they will be receive their table with ease and keeps the flow into the restaurant flowing nicely. The menu here caters to carne (meat),
vedura (veggies), or pesci (seafood). And, of course, the tapas of anti pasta. Sitting down at one of Rocky’s tables, one’s taste
buds may marvel as result of the raw oysters and seasonal fish, barata mozzarella, or the homemade pasta created and served daily.

Look for great things from the chef of this kitchen. As of August 29th, Rocky will be delivering regional creations of authentic
Italian cuisine, importing those wines, and holding five-couse meals that will become this town’s personal addiction. Beyond that,
Rocky promises a local event that will be of grande scale and style that will not fail to be impress the critical of food conniseur. So,
Eugene, if you want to know what Italy has to offer sans the passport, make your way to Osteria Sfizio.

Located in Oakway Center.
Reservations can be made on sfizioeugene.com or by calling 541-302-3000.

There are places that we are simply drawn to.  Here, young lads may dance about and exclaim at the old life-sized train cars still strewn
about.  Mothers can bring their kids in for incredible burgers and even better prices.  At this historic restaraunt and grill, the
Margaritas are sizzling and refreshing all in the same sip!  Country music wafts through the casual air, peanut shells have been tossed in
careless abandon, and you will be served something that you didn’t even know you were craving until you walked through the door.
Welcome, ladies and gents, to the Rodeo Steakhouse and Grill.

Did you know, that here, here you can order barbecue rib tacos?  Yes, it is as amazing as it sounds.  Tender rib meat, add in the crunch of cabbage, and a splash of cilantro and lime all wrapped in a corn tortilla.  Your tastebuds will stand up and applaud.  But, did you
just want lunch?  Well, there is no “just lunch” here people.  No, for $6.99 you recieve a giant burger that entices your pallate with it’s
special flavor, fries or any side dish, and a drink.  Goodbye fast food, hello Rodeo!

In 2004, Nelson Rosales opened this restaurant in our very own Junction City.  He had been in Roseburg, but decided to expand to our
neck of the woods.  Since then, Nelson’s Rodeo Steakhouse has become a integral part of his community.  Rodeo Steakhouse takes on everything from the Function in Junction, caters weddings, provides weary golfers with much needed sustenance, and always takes care of their local families.  Here, the waitresses treat you as a treasured friend, no request is too small, and the menu always offer a daily surprise!

If it is meat you crave, a hamburger you simply must have, or you simply must have a homemade piece of cobble, amble into Rodeo
Steakhouse & Grill.  You have never tasted food quite this good!

Danelle Piercey
EugeneReview.com

Nelson Rosales
495 Holly Street, Junction City, Oregon.
541-998-1197
www.rodeojc.com.

In the not so distent past, patients seeking care for pesky spider veins, or threatening spider veins were simply treated in hallways, being not the highest priority for care.  Pushed to the way side.  These patients were treated to a procedure called “vein stripping”.  This procedure was both time consuming and painful.  Today, there is a clinic, where patients may go and receive top quality care, from a panel of eighteen devoted doctors.  This place is called Minimally Invasive Specialists.  If you are experiencing symptoms such as pain in your legs, swelling of your limbs, skin alterations, heaviness and fatigue in the legs, ulcers, or varicose veins.  The valves of your veins may not be closing properly, and these doctors invite you to be seen and cared for on an outpatient basis.  Less pain, and at a greatly accerlerated healing process!

At Minimally Invasive, an outpatient procedure has been developed in which the problematic vein may be treated with what is called radiofrequencey (RF), delivered through a small catheter.  The vein then shrinks, closes, and the blood may then be re-routed to other healthy veins.  Of course, one may have to refrain from immediate sun-tanning, and may wear a supportive compressision bandage.  However, these doctors expect normal activity from their patients within  one to two days.  Now, as these veins may have been affected for many years, it may take a few sessions to clear up.  This can be done every two week until the patient had minimal or no scarring.  It is amazing what modern medicine can treat, especially when doctors actively pursue it for their valued patients.

Now, for people who suffer from Spider Veins and have all but given up on the idea of wearing shorts, bathing suits, or simply seeing the light of day with spider veins marring the surface of their legs, this is for you.  There is a new prescription medicine by the name of Asclera.  In a procedure called, Sclerotherapy, this is used to treat small spider veins, and small varicose veins, or reticular veins.  Asclera is injected into the vein, this evolves the vein into a clotted vein, which will evolve and be replaced with natural tissue.  These sessions are as brief as fifteen to forty-five minutes!  Now, patients will be made aware that there will be no heavy lifting at the gym, sunning, jet-setting, or marinating in a hot tub or sauna.  And patients may again be asked to sport a compression stocking following the procedure.  A small price to pay for walking about in shorts or bathing suits with confidence and healthy happiness.

So, if you suffer from any of the symptom or afflictions mentioned above, know that there are doctors that care to take the time to answer your questions, allay your fears, and restore you to the health that you have always had.  Let Minimally Invasive see to your needs.  Call and make an appointment, and find out how these doctors can treat you!

Minimally Invasive Specialists and Vein Center.
445 Harlow Road, Suite 100
Springfield, OR 97477
541-302-7777 <tel:541-302-7777>
goveins.com

Ladies, I have a question for you all.  When in your crazy hectic schedules, have you scheduled time for you?  Yes, amid the errands that must be run, dropping off and picking up the kids, never-ending work deadlines to meet, not to mention the meals to be made and laundry to labor through.  Pampering?  Does that word even have meaning for you in your life anymore?  Jamie at Studio 84, has made you, the client, the first priority.  Put down the shears Ladies, Jamie has an amazing experience in store for you.

Walking into this salon, you will see that Studio 84 believes in high quality.  From the Aveda product lines beautifully arranged in clean lines, to the educated and experienced staff at your disposal. Yes, take a deep breath, and give yourself permission to relax.  Salon 84 will transform your hair for a new fresh look, for your daily dew or for special days for the beautiful bride and her bevy of bridesmaids.  Catch your breath Ladies, there is so much more.  Walk in and receive the full delightful treatment of a mani pedi.  Are your nails deprived, and crying out desperately for their long overdue fill?  Jamie’s Ladies can transform them with dazzling gel polish, acrylic, or add a little flash of nail art.  Don’t  you deserve all this and more?  Of course you do!

It is time.  Time to all Salon 84 service and cater to your ever need.  Hair, nails, facial, waxing, pedicures.  Pick your flavor ladies, and sample in the luxury that you have been longing for!  Find this isle of perfection at 84 East Broadway in the heart of downtown Eugene.

Danelle Piercey
EugeneReview.com

Salon 84
84 East Broadway,
Eugene, OR 97401
541-344-3081
www.salon84.com

Are your taste buds chanting, demanding authentic satisfying Mexican food?  We all crave it, jones for it, but have hard time finding the restaurant that truly  serves their actual cultural dishes.  Here, the salsa sears the tongue, burns in just the right way, and leaves you wanting so much more!  It is the perfect blend of “americanized mexican” dishes, and a menu graced by the classic and authentic.  This perfect blending can be tasted as you sip their frosty original lime margarita.  Here’s to Jose.

At Sol Picante, the enchiladas are graced with cheese, not smothered in it  This allows the true flavor of the meat within the unique marinara sauce to be truely celebrated .  Seeking true tacos, sample the Three Tacos el Pastor.  Ready to branch out?  Let your pallate rejoice in the shrimp special, camarones con tocino.  A serious care craving?  Treat yourself to the Color bandera, steak plated with verde relleno.  Muy delicious!

So, whether a Margarita is calling your name, or your family requires a fiesta kind of night, treat yourself to an experience at Sol Picante.  This addictive mexican cuisine will bring you back again!

Find them on in the Coburg community, off of Crescent.

Danelle
EugeneReview.com

Jose
Sol Picante
2840 Crescent Avenue
Eugene, OR 97408
541-246-2040

Gluten free.  Fad or reality for the world of cuisine?  Depends.  If you talk to most restaurant purveyors, they will tell you one of two things.  Either,they can do their best to keep ingredients separate, but cross-contamination is simply inevitable.  Due to this, the large remaining percentage will not touch the concept at all, believing a new kitchen would be a necessary addition.  Just not happening.

So, whether you are a medically gluten-free individual or simply trying out a healthy trend. . .  what to do?  In September of 2010, Dave of New Dawn Bakery opened his doors in Eugene to answer just this question. New Dawn Bakery provides the first and only 100% gluten free menu.  Located in the very heart of downtown Eugene, Dave caters to a wide range of clientele.  Perusing the counters, one may choose from gluten-free loaves of herb or white bread, or take a to-go pizza dough.  For the Foodies, Dave’s bakery provides a mouth-watering selection of cookies, macaroons, bundt cakes, pies, cakes, brownies, and so much more.  There is no skimping on the taste factor here.  New Dawn conquers pre-conceived notions of what gluten-free taste is.  Here, the taste is fabulous and the textures spot on.  With gluten-free chef’s in the kitchen, the ingredients are meticulously planned, the extra time and energy applied, and magic happens.

And should you need an order for a special event, Dave and his team are ready to whip up a special gluten free concoction for any event.  Professional boxed lunches, meetings, birthday cakes, or a special treat for special people.  Two to three days may be required, depending on your order, but they are creation specialists here at this bakery.

Should you suffer from one of the many medical conditions now attached to gluten, no longer must you do without, making due with a few places that offer very few options.  This is your Mecca!  However, if you simply desire something out of the norm, try out New Dawn Bakery.  Located on 868 West Park Street, in downtown Eugene.  Tuesday through Saturday, 8 am to 5 pm.

Dave is now offering is bread in Wynant’s Health Food in Springfield as well!

Danelle Piercey
EugeneReview.com

Dave Martin
New Dawn Bakery
868 West Park Street
Eugene, OR 97401
541-485-0092 <tel:541-485-0092>
newdawnbakery.com

Ever have the most intense craving for soul-satisfying good food, only to find that time is your enemy, and find only “Closed” signs?  Whether you desire filling food after a night out, breakfast at absolutely any time of day, or the most perfect Margarita, The Maize Lounge welcomes and caters to all!  Located next to The District, Cornucopia’s newest creation is turning the traditional restaurant biz on it’s ear.

Cornucopia has been setting the standard for delicious food and drinks since 1993.  Since opening their first location on Monroe Street, they have expanded to the Fifth Street and the Pearl location in 2009, and as of this last May, unveiled the The Maize Lounge.  As always, one with a thorough appetite and pallate can find ultimate satisfaction here!  Looking from table to mouth-watering table, one may spy Greek steak gyros, chicken wings smothered in their very own sauce, or wander to the plate containing the 1/4 pound burger.  Yeah, it is that big!

Men should know that The Maize Lounge takes it’s beer very seriously.  Ninkasi and Hop Valley beers are just a few of the top shelf selections, along with three different IPA’s, a full bar, and Margaritas that totally hit the spot!  Now Ladies, Thursday nights are devoted to you!  Half off all drinks and there all prizes to be had.  Bachlorette nights, Ladies’ Night out, get ready girls for a new and happening place to add to the list!  The Maize Lounge will not disappoint with live music four times a week, serving full meals at the unheard hours of 10 pm to 3 am, and a little Frank Sinatra for a little class.

And should you need to shuck your apron, save a little time, and wow the masses, Cornucopia’s Catering creates the “Wow Factor” for you and your guests.  Weddings, professional lunches and meetings, box lunches, family gatherings and reunions. Whatever your need, know that this catering company will alway leave you wanting more.

So, Eugene, whenever your craving strikes, make The Maize Lounge your new destination!  Parking is available and will be validated.     Find your new connection at 1300 E. 13th Street in downtown Eugene.

Danelle
EugeneReview.com

The Maize Lounge, Cornucopia.
1300 E. 13th Street, Eugene, OR 97401
541-485-3663
www.eugenecatering.com
cornucopia-restaurant.html

There is a sauce that is a famous local phenomenon.  It is known to top salads, provide creamy goodness for chili, adds zesty flavor to sandwiches, dresses up an otherwise bland potato, but most infamously, it brings infinite flavor to fresh vegetables and healthy servings of rice.  It is Yumm.  Mary Ann created this sauce as a result to satisfy the much elevated palate of her two year old little girl.  In attempt to make vegetables and grains appetizing, ingredients were added, replaced, refined, until it had become the Yumm sauce that so many know, love, and crave upon their meal of choice.  In 1991, Mary Ann had opened her first restaurant, the Wild Rose Cafe & Deli in Fifth Street Market.  It was here that she combined her Japenese and southern heritage to create for herself a bowl of rice, beans, and dolloping a little Yumm sauce and salsa in the mix.  Those that requested this, pronouced, “Yumm!  What is this?”  And hence, Cafe Yumm, was born.

It was apparent to Mary Ann that these Yumm bowls would require their very own showcase.  Beginning in the basement of the Fifth Street Market, the Yumm bowl craze exploded, and Yumm Cafes are now to be enjoyed in the Meridian Buildian of 18th and Willamette, in Oakway Center, and East Broadway.  However, the Yumm addiction was not to be contained and enjoyed by their native Eugenians.  The sauce has now made it’s way to Sprinfield, Bend, Corvallis, Beaverton, and Portland.  Eleven locations in all.  In the Yumm bowls, one enjoys the earthy ingredients of olives, avocados, tomatoes, with shredded Tillamook cheese, cilantro, and brown or jasmine rice.  However, the ingredients are added our a blend of the culture Mary Ann grew up with.   The Original Yumm bowl, the Yumm Baby, and the Edamame bowl blend with a sweet simplicity of fresh and vibrant flavors, producing a meal that manages to be incredibly filling while delighting the senses.  However, traces of the South are reflected in the searing Hot ‘n’ Jazzy bowl, the Smoky bowl, and the Chilean Zucchini bowl.  The new Jalepeno Sesame salsa tastes of sweet seaweed, sesame blending with the heat that spreads with fantastic heat.

Whether you are a vegetarian, a gluten free foodie, vegan, or someone enjoys a bit of protein with the meal, this menu is for everyone.  There are four proteins provided at Cafe Yumm.  Turkey, salmon, chicken two ways, and the final complete protein, beans and rice.  Choose from eight bowls, seven choices of special wraps, sandwiches and wraps, or four different and lovely salads.  And Ladies, should you need to know exactly what calories you are taking on in these completely transfat free meals, go on-line and enter in your ingredients into their web nutrition calculator.  Cafe Yumm challenges you to create and pick the perfect meal for you!

To create such amazingly nutritious meals, Cafe Yumm absorbs as much local flavor as possible.  However, next you visit one of their locations, look around.  Almost every aspect of Mary Ann’s creation is enviromentally green, utiilzing as many earth materials as possible.  In fact, look forward to seeing the very first electrical charging station on the Northwest at their East Broadway Eugene location.  So Eugene!  If want to feel good about where you are eating and be concious of the food you are indulging in, find any Cafe Yumm and reward yourself!

Danelle Piercey
EugeneReview.com

Cafe Yumm
Mary Ann and Mark Beauchamp
Eugene, Oregon.
www.cafeyumm.com

Craving.  Specifically, food cravings for one reason or another lead us to yearn for and cause a need to pursue satisfaction for this longing.  It could be said that there are many psychological reasons and even syndromes behind this craving concept.  However, sometimes we simply want what we want, in that very moment.  The Glenwood is just the place to provide the sustenance to answer that call.  With an expansive breakfast menu, delightful array of pan inis, sandwiches, salads and burgers, and even more and diverse tempting entree spread.  This menu has been adapted over time to answer the craving call for all.

The Glenwood is a Eugene institution that has been providing excellent food and fare to the natives here for over thirty years.  However, this family owned and operated restaurant, of which there are two locations, keeps their menu fresh, current, and very up with Northwest cuisine.  The meat served upon these tables is naturally recycled grain fed and contains no antibiotics.  The veggies are as fresh and local as can be, and of course there are Vegan and Gluten-Free options available.  Fresh flavors rule here.  Spinach, feta, mushrooms, peppers.  The Alder Street Special is a much sought after item, but which dish will become your new personal addiction?  Ah, the choices!

So whether you are battling the effects of a long wild night, know that here, you can find sustenance that will calm your inner turmoil.  The skillets with the red-skinned potatoes are filling, the egg concoctions completely unique, while maintaining the classics of pancakes or waffles with delicious toppings.  Lunch for two, a place to eat with the kids, or somewhere a group of friends can share soul
satisfying food, clinking glasses of wine and mircro beers with the laughter in the air.

Check out their new nightly “dinner-for-four” nightly specials, and put The Glenwood to the test with your personal craving.  Betting odds say the you’ll be back!  Stop in at the Campus location at 1340 Alder Street or their South town location at 2588 Willamette Street.

Danelle
EugeneReview.com

Jacqui Willey
The Glenwood Restaurant, Inc.
1340 Alder Street, Eugene, OR  97401
2588 Willamette Street, Eugene, OR 97405
541-687-0355/541-687-8201
Glenwoodrestaurants.com