Along the Street: Amity chef wins James Beard Award
The 2025 James Beard Award for Best Chef in the Northwest and Pacific region went to Timothy Wastell of Antica Terra Winery in Amity. Wastell was honored last week at the James Beard Association’s ...
Grant will support expansion of Yamhill couple’s roasting business
The Yamhill Downtown Association has received a $161,548 Oregon Main Street Revitalization Grant on behalf of Table Top Coffee Roasters, a local business that plans to build a coffee shop in Yamhill. With ...
Willamette Valley Vineyards tasting room to close
Willamette Valley Vineyards will close its McMinnville tasting room, one of the longest-tenured wine attractions on Third Street. Spence Fogarty, estate general manager with the Turner-based winery, said ...
Along the Street: MacFresco returns with Make Music
Third Street will welcome summer this weekend as MacFresco gets underway. To accommodate dining and shopping outside, the street will be closed to vehicles from 3 p.m. Fridays through Sunday nights. Instead ...
Popular coast restaurant moves to Dayton location
The Bay House, long a destination restaurant on the Oregon Coast, has reopened in Dayton. Owners Steve Wilson and Maureen OCallaghan expect to draw many longtime customers to its new city, in addition ...
Stoller Wine acquires Elouan
Stoller Wine Group, founded by the late Bill Stoller, a Dayton native, has acquired the Elouan brand from California-based Copper Cane Wines & Provisions. Company officials said the acquisition will ...
Rite-Aid store closing
Rite Aid will close its entire McMinnville store at the end of June, in addition to closing its pharmacy Monday, June 16. Last week, the store manager said only the pharmacy would close at this ...
Along the Street: WVMC designated trauma center
Willamette Valley Medical Center has been designated a Level III Trauma Center by the Oregon Health Authority Emergency Medical Services Program. It is the only hospital with this designation in Yamhill, ...
Rite Aid pharmacy closing June 16
The Rite Aid store in McMinnville is closing its pharmacy as of June 16. Prescription holders have until then to transfer their information to another pharmacy of their choice. If they don’t come ...
Evergreen opens new event center; hotel is next
The new Evergreen Event Center is unassuming in front, which faces Highway 18 from its position west of the museum buildings and beside the log cabin called The Lodge. The one-story structure is faced ...
Along the Street: Rock of Ages debuts new branding, website
Rock of Ages, which offers a variety of living and care programs at its campus southwest of McMinnville, has debuted a new logo and website. The logo notes Rock of Ages has been serving Yamhill County ...
Along the Street: Taste of Mac is back June 14
The third annual Taste of Mac event will feature more than 30 downtown businesses offering wine and other beverages, bites and gifts for tourgoers. The event will run from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, June ...
Knife sharpener has the edge
When Colin Busby worked in the food industry, he had an edge in the kitchen. “I always had the sharpest knives,” he said. He sharpened them himself, as his father had done before him. He ...
Millions in debt, Fackler Construction files for bankruptcy
McMinnville-based contractor Ben Fackler Construction, Inc., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, listing over $5 million in total liabilities, including many unpaid debts to local subcontractors. Fackler ...
Along the Street: Tucker takes over Bitter Monk
After more than nine years as manager of the Bitter Monk, Becky Tucker has become owner of the popular hangout at 250 N.E. Third St. She moved to McMinnville just before the pub opened in a former bank ...
