Along the Street: MDA holds awards event on Feb. 22
The McMinnville Downtown Association will honor top businesses and individuals from 2023 at its annual awards event Thursday, Feb. 22. The event will start at 5:30 p.m. in the Stillwater event center. Categories ...
Inspired by the NW and beyond
House of Brassi’s, a new food truck located in a pod at the Mac Plaza, 500 S.E. Adams St., McMinnville, offers Italian-inspired Northwest food and more.“We’re traveled a bit, and we want ...
Barrel Roll: Guest beer taps, new releases, collaboratives abound locally
This is a time of year when craft beer speaks for itself, but with help from the people who make it. And with Oregon Craft Beer Month and Zwickelmania, opportunities abound to quaff and converse. McMinnville-based ...
McMinnville claims two James Beard nominees
A McMinnville restaurant and chef have been named semifinalists in the James Beard Foundation’s 2024 Restaurant and Chef Awards. Hayward, which opened in April in the Mac Market building is a semifinalist ...
Along the Street: Melt Down will fill February with cheese
February is known as the cheesiest month of the year in Yamhill County – in a good way, due to the annual Melt Down fundraiser for the Yamhill Community Action Partnership food bank. This year, ...
Gallery founder Gary Lawrence dies
Gary Lawrence, acclaimed artist and founder of the Lawrence Gallery west of McMinnville, died Jan. 21. He was 84. Lawrence was famed for his metal sculptures, many of them delicate and realistic nature ...
Trains, fresh bread keep sandwich shop chugging
From its “Cookie Crossing” to the railroad depot that serves as a seating area and condiment bar, Sandwich Express provides customers with both food and a whimsical railroad theme. Retired ...
Weather hits small businesses hard
Many local businesses had to shorten their hours or close for a day or two during last week’s extreme cold snap, but they are open again and hoping customers will help them make up for lost business. “We’re ...
Along the Street: Decorative downtown lighting needs improvement, MDA says
Everyone loves the little lights that glow from the branches of Third Street trees, said McMinnville Downtown Association Director Doris Towery. But the lights need maintenance, and many need to be replaced ...
Chemeketa, MEDP, city team up for hospitality and trades training programs
McMinnville residents looking to enter the hospitality or trades industries can get a leg up thanks to two new programs funded by the city and offered at the local Chemeketa Community College campus. A ...
Don't be alarmed, it's only pizza: Hook & Ladder rings up new pizza outlet
You may see some smoke and a big, red firetruck in the parking lot at Lowe’s, but it’s not an emergency – unless you’re hungry for pizza, at least. Hook & Ladder Pizza rolls ...
Along the Street: Evergreen will add new event center
Evergreen Events will build a 10,000-foot reception hall on the same campus at the non-profit Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum. Steve Scott of McMinnville Properties LLC, which owns the entire campus ...
Barrel Roll: Hotel Oregon celebrates 25 years on Jan. 20
The former Elberton Hotel was built 119 years ago at Third and Evans streets and became McMenamins Hotel Oregon in 1999, a fact that the hospitality company will celebrate starting at 2 p.m. on ...
New inn, ‘Compass McMinnville’, will fill 1914 house
With a goal of opening an intimate bed-and-breakfast inn in Oregon, Christie Toal had been looking at properties remotely for more than a year while still living in New York. In November 2022, a few days ...
Along the Street: ‘Swingin’ on a Star’ jazz fundraiser returns Jan. 27
McMinnville Music Boosters will host the annual “Swingin’ On a Star” fundraiser Saturday, Jan. 27, with dinner, an auction, raffles and chances to buy musical equipment for local schools. In ...
