It’s time for a quick post about one of my favorite activities: eating!
It’s a new year, and I’m determined to post more often about great places to go, near and far, now that I’m not teaching anymore and busy season at my new job is over. I’m very late on my annual Christmas hike. But I have gotten to try some good local food places lately. People in the area or traveling through may want to check them out!
But first, a link to someone else’s travel blog regarding food. That Oregon Life just wrote about the restaurant my husband helps his uncle run! Yay for Joey’s Pizza! Not all the details are completely correct, according to hubs. But the author gets the spirit of Joey’s right. And I agree regarding which pizza is the best there. There’s a great picture of the Simpson’s mural on it. Springfield, Oregon is full of Simpson’s murals, and Joey’s is not left out! You’ll have to go inside in order to see the big mural my husband painted, though. (Spoiler alert, it’s supposed to be the Three Sisters mountains, but due to his google search at the time, it ended up being Canada’s Three Sisters mountains! Don’t worry, I’ve taken him to see Oregon’s Three Sisters several times now so he knows what they look like. And he promises to paint a tiny mountie on it someday.)
Here’s the link: https://thatoregonlife.com/2023/01/joeys-pizza-springfield/
Now for food we’ve tried recently. On Friday night, Chris had his parents pick up the kids so we could have a date. We went to Pig & Turnip, a German food restaurant in Eugene that previously had a counter at Springfield’s Public House eateries. (Side note: the Public House is one of my favorite places to visit in Springfield, even without Pig & Turnip.) It was delicious! And reasonably priced, which is a miracle these days. Chris ate the Schnitzel and Spaetzle, and I had the grilled cheese sandwich (rye bread stuffed with cheese fondue and caramelized onions) and the hot German potatoes. So. Dang. Good!
Tonight we tried the food of a couple Mexican cuisine restaurants. I finally remembered to turn in the catering trays to Qdoba from my job (sometimes we get their food catered to us at lunch for different events). And evidently you get a free meal when you do that. Sweet! Qdoba is in the University area of town. Parking was a bit hairy, but the burrito they made for me was huge! They do it kind of like Chipotle Grill where you get to choose your toppings at the counter. I took that home for Chris. But I also stopped on the way home at Los Faroles Taqueria in Springfield. I drive by it on my way home from work and always look at it longingly. It did not disappoint! I got food for the kids and me, so we had Mexican food in abundance for all of us. (A little too much abundance, but that’s another story.) The shredded beef on the nachos was moist and rich. My ceviche tostada and fish taco were delicious. Chris said his chicken burrito was great, and it actually filled him up, which is quite a feat these days food being more expensive and restaurants understandably cutting costs.
If you’re like me and don’t have much time for travel right now, take a trip to some delicious restaurants in the area. Or travel here to experience them! Why not? My friend Andrea got to visit Oregon from Colorado this fall, and we took her to Roaring Rapids Pizza (so the kids could play), Joey’s Pizza, the Public House, and Sweet Life Patisserie. No hikes or sightseeing, aside from mural tours by car and driving up the buttes. That’s what you get for visiting Oregon in the rainy autumn. Lots of food! Good food! And video games with our kids.
Happy eating, and other winter sports!
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