The High Desert Food and Farm Alliance (HDFFA) is organizing its second annual Taste Local Thursdays, a fall restaurant series highlighting Central Oregon ingredients at featured HDFFA restaurant partners. Taste Local Thursdays will take place each Thursday this September and October, and promotes the partnerships between our region’s restaurants and farmers.
Taste Local Thursdays is open to the public, and restaurants will highlight dinner, breakfast, or lunch menu items which include local ingredients. This year’s schedule includes the following restaurants:
Sept 1 – Bend Pizza Kitchen, 2755 NW Crossing Dr. #101
Sept 8 – Spork, 937 NW Newport Ave.
Sept 15 – The Range Restaurant @ Brasada Ranch, 16986 SW Brasada Ranch Rd.
Sept 22 – Jacksons Corner East @ 1500 NE Cushing Dr. #100 and West @ 845 NW Delaware Ave.
Sept 29 – Primal Cuts, 1244 NW Galveston Ave.
Oct 6 – Broken Top Bottle Shop, 1740 NW Pence Ln. #1
Oct 13 – Bethlyn’s Global Fusion, 1289 NE 2nd St.
Oct 20 – Deschutes Brewery, 1044 NW Bond St.
Oct 27 – Rockin’ Dave’s Bistro & Backstage Lounge, 661 NE Greenwood Ave.
Local specials and prices vary by restaurant.
HDFFA invites patrons to snap pictures and share the images of Taste Local Thursday meals to show support for local food. Post photos with the hashtags #HDFFA, #TasteLocalThursdays, and/or #TasteCentralOregon to Facebook or Instagram.
Central Oregon consumers can play an important role in shaping our food system. Supporting restaurants who partner with local farmers and producers improves demand for local food and helps build a robust local food economy. The Taste Local Thursdays restaurant series is an exciting and delicious way to introduce community members to local farmers and ranchers, and highlight the restaurants who are serving local food.
HDFFA is a 501(c)3 non-profit serving Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson Counties. Their mission is to support a community-based food system in Central Oregon to increase access to fresh healthy food, support sustainable farm land use, and foster relationships among farmers and consumers.
For more information on the series and dates www.hdffa.org/taste-local-thursdays/
Jess Weiland, High Desert Food & Farm Alliance 262-424-8481 | jess@hdffa.org
