Searching for the best quality sushi in Eugene? Sushi Ya, located on the corner of 8th Avenue and Willamette Street, has that and a whole lot more!

Serving Eugene since 1999, Sushi Ya took on a new name and ownership four years ago. Today, Sushi Ya offers a wide variety of Japanese and Korean dishes, along with a full sushi bar and a diverse selection of sake, wine and beer! A family owned and operated business, Sushi Ya focuses on serving high-quality food coupled with equally high-standard friendly service. It is a belief at Sushi Ya that with great food comes a wonderful time to be enjoyed!
At Sushi Ya you can select from appetizers such as Pot Stickers or Seaweed Salad, combination platters, tempura, entrees, or Happy Hour specials. Their sushi chef has over 30 years of experience. The top most popular items are the Eugene Roll: Crab and cucumber inside, topped with avocado, shrimp, and tobiko. The Sushi Ya Roll: Cali roll, topped Salmon, seaweed, salmon roe, and tuna. The Island Boy Roll: Dungeness crab, avocado, seared snapper, tobiko, and spicy sauce. These three amazing recipes are just the tip of the iceberg, there are so many signature and basic rolls to choose from and enjoy!

Visiting Sushi Ya has even more benefits than just fantastic food – Become a Sushi Ya member and receive $20 off on your birthday! VIP membership grants you a 5% discount! During Happy Hour from 3pm-5pm Monday-Saturday enjoy 20% off! Friday and Saturday Sushi Ya is opened until midnight! Come enjoy a night out with fine cuisine, drink specials, and help support Sushi Ya!

Check out Sushi Ya’s website for their full menu, specials, and additional information:

http://eugenesushiya.com/index.php

Dana Formale – Writer

Name of Business -The Noodle Bowl
General Manager- Jae Lee
Year Business Began -2009

About the Business – The owner is from Korea, specialty is korean cuisine, open 6 days a week, closed sundays, popular dish is the NOODLE BOWL, the food is either for dine in or to go. 1 location in Eugene.
About- The Noodle Bowl uses local ingredients, the owner grows silantro and bean sprouts in her own backyard and uses them in the food. The Noodle Bowl has daily specials

At Poppi’s Anatolia the traditional meets the unique. Meet Eugene’s very own Greek and Indian Food Restaurant…Sound like an odd mix? Well, they’ve been serving up unequaled culinary experiences in Oregon for the past 25 years.

Since 1987, Poppi’s Anatolia has been acting as Eugene’s local gateway to unique combinations of cuisine. Their dishes provide vast arrays of tastes and textures all to equal that experience of what is unforgettable.

Co-Owner, Diantha Hull, first came to Eugene in 1986 and purchased Poppi’s Anatolia with her business partner George Schaefer from Poppi Cotam.  They initially began a strictly Greek restaurant. Once the location moved to Willamette Street, her and her business partner George decided Eugene’s culinary palate needed a change. So they began the combination of complex highly spiced Indian curries with simple hearty Greek peasant dishes – a combo that works better than you may be thinking!

Poppi’s Anatolia is the one place where you have the unusual opportunity to begin a meal with traditional Greek Mezedakia, a combination of appetizers, dips, olives and breads; or a Classic Greek Salad made with tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers, and feta – Then, hop on a plane to India for a change of tastes and explore Indian shrimp curry, fiery hot or mild with an exotic complexity of spices. To complete your journey, you can select a dessert to encompass those flavors from around the world you’ve come to experience all in a single meal. The ending result can be nothing short of satisfying – Leaving you with the urge for more!

Poppi’s has been an active part of the Eugene community for the past 25 years. From participating with gift certificates to many different Silent Auctions, to food donations to various community organizations, Poppi’s Anatolia pride’s themselves in calling Eugene home.

As ongoing developments and rebuilding continue to prosper Downtown Eugene – so does Poppi’s Anatolia – and their excitement for the future of Eugene has encouraged the continued level of consistency and value. It is Poppi’s goal to always remain affordable to their local customers.

Poppi’s Anatolia is known for their friendly staff accompanied by their casual dining atmosphere to create an environment where a meal is both delicious and nutritional. At Poppi’s there’s always a wide variety of vegetarian as well as meat dishes. Their knowledgeable staff will gladly assist you in choosing the dish you will most personally enjoy.

At Poppi’s, the kitchen is visible, giving you a guarantee of authenticity of the freshly prepared meal served to you – and you can be certain it was only made with top-quality ingredients, attention and care. At Poppi’s you come to expect and recognize the signature plates made from scratch by their experienced staff.

Come visit and see for yourself the unique combination of Classic Greek and Traditional Indian cuisine. Come on “Poppi’s Night” (every Sunday) and all selections are Greek with added items to the menu. Such dishes include Arni Souvlaki, tender marinated lamb grilled to perfection; Classic Greek Mousaka; Kalamarakia, the house specialty which is squid, lightly floured and shallow fried in olive oil, then served in simple Greek fashion with lemon and salt.

If your mouth isn’t drooling with anticipation yet, check out their website for more information: http://poppisanatolia.com/

See you there!

Dana Formale

Stephen Bellissimo

Jung’s Mongolian Grill, located along Commerce Street, is a high quality restaurant serving authentic Chinese cuisine. Their staff is committed to serving a large variety of freshly prepared dishes including chicken, pork, noodles, vegetarian options, and more.

Owner Stephen Snyder, a Eugene native who has been living in the area for more than 20 years, opened up the restaurant in 2003. He was tired of working for other establishments and wanted to own a restaurant that served wholesome and healthy food.

Jung’s Mongolian Grill is known around town for their superior service, fresh food, and accommodating staff. The employees treat each other, as well as their guests, like a family and make every patron feel right at home. Snyder tries to get to know his customers on a one-on-one basis and sometimes waits tables himself so he can communicate with his restaurant’s guests.

“It’s like a special treat to come to Jung’s,” Snyder said. Snyder is dedicated to giving back to the community and donates time and even delicious food to a lot of local events and charities including schools. His company also buys locally grown food.

For more information on Jung’s Mongolian Grill, find them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jungs-Mongolian-Grill/108420819184124

Stephen Bellissimo

EugeneReview.com

Sweet Basil Thai Cuisine is Eugene, Oregon’s undisputed leader in Thai cuisine.  If you are looking for a Thai restaurant in Eugene, there is a place that offers the fragrant aroma of ginger, basil, chili, lemongrass, and kaffir leaves.  Walk into Sweet Basil Thai in Eugene, and your palate and senses will be delighted.  Curries, satays, steaming bowls of soup, and jasmine rice.  Kuraya has brought these traditional thai dishes from the markets of Bangkok to Eugene, as well as ten other locations in Oregon.

Should you crave a hot bowl of curry on a cold and rainy day, Sweet basil has a wide variety to choose from.  And here, only highest quality and unique food ingredients are utilized to provide the most authentic experience possible.  All veggies are organic and the protein is hormone free.  Only the best for Sweet Basil.

And, because all of the soups, sauces, and marinades are home made, one with an food allergy can be catered to and enjoy the full experience.  Chef choices are the Pissawong, named after Kuraya’s beloved mother.  This dish included a bouquet of flavors, shrimp, scallops, mussels and calamari.  Paired with a blend of lemongrass, chili paste, kaffir leaves, galanga, green peppers and ginger.  Heavenly!  However, step outside your norm and order the 3 flavored halibut, lightly breaded and topped with sweet plum sauce, tamarin, and garlic chili over a bed of asparagus.

The menu at Sweet Basil is always changing.  So seize the moment, and enjoy a steaming plate of this season’s best!  Find Sweet Basil Thai, the elegance of Thai Cuisine on 941 Pearl Street in the heart of downtown Eugene.

Sweet Basil Thai, The Elegance of Thai Cuisine
941 Pearl Street, Eugene, OR  97401
541-284-2944
www.sweetbasileug.com

Calling Cottage Grove home and located along East Main Street, Stacey’s Covered Bridge is your locally owned and operated family restaurant. Not only do they provide deliciously fresh dishes with that remarkable “homemade” appeal, they are loyal lovers of the local community. Here you can always be sure to find a congregation of family, friends, good eats, and more!

The owners of Stacey’s Covered Bridge, originate from Eugene, but came to Cottage Grove in search of that small town connection. They found this location on East Main Street, where they could live upstairs from the business and knew it was home!  Since then, Stacey’s has been doing their best to take part in supporting the local community. From High School fundraisers, to donations, to making sure ingredients are bought locally – every effort is made with the best intention for the Cottage Grove area.

It’s also Stacey’s Covered Bridge Restaurant’s goal to serve only top-quality ingredients made with expertise talent, care, and devotion to great taste and inventive creativity! The owners’ constant presence, attention to detail, and quality of their menu/restaurant is what sets them apart and what brings loyal customers back again and again. At Stacey’s they are constantly keeping the menu fresh and upbeat to keep their customers guessing with specialty nights!

Lobster Night is the last Saturday of every month with live main lobsters and a salad. There is also Prime Rib Special nights. Baby-back night with a 1/2 rack, fries, and a Blue Moon draft! Tuesdays are Sushi and Sake night! They only use the freshest seafood and it is all rolled right there at Stacey’s. Tuesdays also offer stir-fry, pot stickers, and more! The different choices are what keep the local customers happy. Where else can you order a full rack of ribs for him and a sushi rainbow roll for her?!

Stacey’s Covered Bridge is also the perfect spot to meet with good friends. Happy Hour is every Monday through Friday from 4pm – 6 pm! Enjoy fresh draft beers and great deals!!

Also, checkout Stacey’s Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stacys-Covered-Bridge/251233594905167) for more information – And don’t forget to check their Facebook for daily specials – “Like” them and make daily comments and you could save on their great menu!

Dana Formale

EugeneReview.com

If you call Cottage Grove home, then you know many pizza shops have come and gone -But Pinocchio’s Pizza, located along East Main Street, has remained. For the past 36 years, Pinocchio’s has been providing the Cottage Grove community with their superior family recipe.

Owner, Darrel Williams came to Cottage Grove in 1961 and felt the one thing the town needed was a good pizza place. The rest is history – Pinocchio’s has spent it’s years here supporting the community in every functionality possible through various High School Fundraisers, donations such as giving to the Cottage Theater, and buying locally whenever possible!

Pinocchio’s Pizza is not your generic chain-pizza-shop with skimpy toppings – Pinocchio’s prides themselves and is known throughout town for their ultra crispy crusts, cheesiest cheeses, and fresh overloaded toppings! Buy a large pie and split those topping half and half – there are so many to choose from! And don’t forget about their specialty gourmet recipe pizzas! Pinocchio’s serves such creative and original recipe pizzas as their “Taco Pizza”.

Pinocchio’s Pizza is also a great spot for your next family celebration for any occasion (ex: birthdays, graduations, communions). Their full dining room area will be the perfect accommodation for large parties where you can expect delicious food all around! For any large
local family, you don’t have far to turn to find a friendly and inviting atmosphere your entire family can enjoy!

Pinocchio’s is a fun place for the whole family, good friends, and good pizza – What more could you ask for?

Stop by for a visit today!

Dana Formale

EugeneReview.com

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.

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