Cascade Steel parent firm sold to Japanese company
Radius Recycling of Portland, owner of McMinnville’s Cascade Steel Rolling Mills, has been sold to the Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC) of Japan. Founded 119 years ago, Radius Recycling was long ...
Tommy’s, longtime local eatery, closing its doors; Colvin Ford to take over space
Chuck Colvin Ford is buying the Tommy’s Restaurant building, which will be vacated when owner Tommy Byers retires at the end of the week. Tommy’s is a popular breakfast and lunch restaurant ...
Along the Street: Hayward announces move to Carlton
Hayward restaurant owner Kari Shaughnessy has announced the restaurant will move this summer from McMinnville to the former Earth and Sea location on North Kutch Street in Carlton. The brick building is ...
Along the Street: What's going up March, 2025
- The new, two-story family dwelling at 218 N.E. Cowls St. in downtown McMinnville is nearing competition, with the exterior walls complete. Andy Wilder of Wilder Rental 2 LLC is building the new ...
New wine locker service offers climate-controlled storage
“Where do we put all our wine?” Matthew Perry and Kim Abrahams asked themselves, and realized they weren’t the only ones who had bottles taking up space at home. The solution, for themselves ...
Along the Street: Melt Down program runs through Feb. 28
Grilled cheese sandwich specials will be hot sellers this week as the Melt Down fundraiser continues. Forty-four businesses, most of them restaurants, are participating in the Feb. 1-28 fundraiser for ...
Along the Street: Tire, car care shop moves to S.E. Baker
Gill’s Point S Tires is open in its new location, 947 S.E. Baker, the former site of Wilson’s Carpet store. Point S offers full tire services, mobile repairs, alignments, shocks, struts, wipers, ...
Along the Street: Odd Moe’s open in new location
The McMinnville Odd Moe’s Pizza has moved from its longtime location on Baker Street to a storefront in the Albertsons shopping center on South Baker. The pizza shop now offers indoor seating and ...
Bernards to close popular farmstand in March
Bernards Farm, which recently marked the 100th anniversary of the eye-catching big white barn that holds its produce stand, will close as of March 9, owners Marvin and Georgia Bernards said. They took ...
Longtime dry cleaner closes doors
After 45 years in business, Alpine Dry Cleaners has closed. It was one of the last three dry cleaners in McMinnville, which had five when Jack and Doreen Wright opened the business in 1980. The number ...
Along the Street: Yamhill gas station and more 'What's Going Up'
- Yamhill’s new gas station and convenience store, Valley Market, will be opening soon at the corner of Maple and First streets in the center of downtown. Birpal “Paul” Johal has opened ...
Get ready: Annual Melt Down fundraiser lasts only a month
One of the most popular fundraising events of the year, the Melt Down, will fill February with cheese and more cheese. About 44 businesses will participate by offering specials — mostly amped up ...
Along the Street: Lori Lum honored by national car dealers
Lori Lum, principal dealer for the Lum’s auto dealerships owned by she and her sisters in McMinnville, Warrenton and Walla Walla, Washington, has been named the 2025 TIME Dealer of the Year. The ...
Musician opens instrument repair shop in McMinnville; grand opening planned Saturday
Alan Markowitz started out playing piano and clarinet, then learned all the instruments as a music education major in college. Now he puts his musical skills to use repairing instruments — he calls ...
Along the Street: We own a skating rink, Mac Chamber director announces
“Guess what? We now have an ice skating rink,” said John Olson, Chamber of Commerce executive director. The chamber rented the artificial surface rink in December and set it up at the Oregon ...
