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ARDENT GOURMET: Best Oregon Restaurant Dishes 2022

EditorJanuary 1, 2023

EDITOR’S NOTE:  Keeping with the “best of” theme, here’s the Pioneer’s intrepid restaurant reviewers “top 6” picks for 2022.  Watch for more tasty travails throughout Tillamook County (and beyond!) from […]

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AN ARDENT GOURMET HOLIDAY MEAL (WITH RECIPES), 2022

EditorDecember 20, 2022

By David & Susan Greenberg Greek myth tells of giants who tried to attack Zeus and his posse of amorous, adulterous, jealous, double-dealing, dissolute, vengeful, gluttonous, scheming, feuding, petty, murderous, […]

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ARDENT GOURMET: Review of Taste of Sichuan

EditorNovember 20, 2022

EDITOR’S NOTE: Trips to the valley are often accompanied by a stop for particular foodie treats. The Ardent Gourmet introduces us to a great option, conveniently just off Hwy. 26 […]

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ARDENT GOURMET: Review of Local Ocean Seafoods

EditorOctober 16, 2022

by the Ardent Gourmet Unlike Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, Newport’s Historic Bayfront harbor is the real thang, hosting a flotilla of brawny fishing vessels, the kind you’d want on […]

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ARDENT GOURMET: Nehalem, Oregon – North Coast Pinball, Buttercup Ice Creams & Chowders, Spirits of the West, North Coast Mudworks, and Wolfmoon Bakery

EditorSeptember 13, 2022

By The Ardent Gourmet, David & Susan Greenberg Nehalem is a rosy-cheeked town that — flowers in bloom and ghosted in river mist — Monet would have loved painting. Judging […]

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ARDENT GOURMET: Review of The Pelican Brewery Restaurant in Pacific City

EditorSeptember 3, 2022

By the Ardent Gourmet They came vertically stacked on a spindle much like a toddler’s stacking toy. But they were distinctly organic, glistening with oil, which was suggestive of life. […]

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Review of The Salmonberry – Hyper Locally Sourced Food

EditorAugust 14, 2022

by the Ardent Gourmet “Kidney of a horse, liver of a cat, filling up the sausages with this and that…” Most Americans are fed up with fast food. Literally, fed […]

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Review of Kayak Tillamook County – Netarts Bay Clamming Excursion

EditorJuly 28, 2022

By The Ardent Gourmet Joe Gallo, aka Crazy Joe Gallo, a mobster of course, was shot to death at Umberto’s Clam House in Little Italy, NY in 1972. His poor […]

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THE ARDENT GOURMET: The Schooner Restaurant Review

EditorJuly 11, 2022

by the Ardent Gourmet Tillamook. Few are the places that can boast not only a creamery but a crematorium. Think how brilliant this business model is, the first business slowly […]

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The Ardent Gourmet – Restaurant, Hotel, and Travel Reviews – NOW, On the Pioneer!

EditorJuly 14, 2022

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Tillamook County Pioneer is thrilled to introduce our new “restaurant review” team – The Ardent Gourmet(s) – Susan and David Greenberg. Here is their amazing bio and […]

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