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FROM LEFT Falling Sky is a brewery, but it also brines, cures and smokes its own meats. The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on University of Oregon’s campus adds a bit of class to your weekend.<br />
EAT<br />
Beergarden<br />
beergardenme.com<br />
Falling Sky Pour House and<br />
Delicatessen<br />
fallingskybrewing.com<br />
board<br />
boardrestaurant.com<br />
STAY<br />
Home2 Suites by Hilton<br />
home2suites3.hilton.com<br />
PLAY<br />
Coldfire Brewing<br />
coldfirebrewing.com<br />
Sam Bond’s Garage<br />
sambonds.com<br />
Jordan Schnitzer Museum<br />
of Art<br />
jsma.uoregon.edu<br />
King Estate Winery<br />
kingestate.com<br />
Ruth Bascom Riverbank Path<br />
System<br />
to Tailored Coffee Roasters on Fifth Street.<br />
Hard not to love a place that serves phenomenal<br />
small batch coffee and boasts an amazing<br />
collection of framed hip hop albums on<br />
the wall.<br />
Being a bit of a bike geek, I always bring<br />
my trusty commuter ride with me to Eugene,<br />
in large part because there might not be a<br />
more accommodating place in the country<br />
for cyclists. The 12-mile Ruth Bascom Riverbank<br />
Path System—a scenic stretch of paved<br />
trails that hugs both sides of the Willamette<br />
River—makes for a great sightseeing route,<br />
but I prefer to just ride through the various<br />
bike-only routes in the heart of the city.<br />
If you’re staying downtown, everything is<br />
about a 15-minute bike ride—or less—away.<br />
Swing by J. Michaels Books on Broadway,<br />
browse the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art<br />
on the University of Oregon campus or catch<br />
a concert at Sam Bond’s Garage in the Whit.<br />
Of course, it’s also pretty darn enjoyable<br />
to just eat and drink your way through Eugene<br />
these days, and I’m not talking about<br />
late-night stops at Pita Pit or Burrito Boy. For<br />
some mature day-drinking and eating, stop<br />
by the Beergarden. Home to forty-two taps<br />
and five food carts, it’s impossible to leave<br />
this indoor-outdoor bar and food cart pod<br />
without expanding your culinary and craft<br />
brew palate. Also don’t forget board, the<br />
new restaurant that inhabits what used to be<br />
Tiny’s. Home to killer small plates that feel<br />
more like something you’d get in Barcelona<br />
or Sevilla, board perfected the aforementioned<br />
bone marrow dish I had during my<br />
most recent visit in town.<br />
The food’s not the only thing enjoying a renaissance<br />
these days in Marcus Mariota’s old<br />
stomping grounds. Eugene’s beer reputation<br />
has skyrocketed ever since Ninkasi took the<br />
world by storm in 2006 with its unabashed<br />
hop-madness. Falling Sky, Coldfire, Hop<br />
Valley, Oakshire, Agrarian Ales, Alesong …<br />
Eugene suddenly has a legit brewery scene<br />
that will make just about any city outside of<br />
Portland or Bend envious. Even Sam Bond’s,<br />
the veritable music saloon, is brewing up its<br />
own beer and it’s quite tasty.<br />
So yes, the home of Bluto and Track Town<br />
Pizza is now a great escape for Gen Xers and<br />
old-school Millennials looking to do more<br />
than just revisit the glory days. Enjoy and appreciate<br />
just how far this city has come.<br />
36 | SPRING <strong>2018</strong><br />
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