By David & Susan Greenberg The sea lions barked like feral middle-schoolers taunting a hapless substitute teacher who took a wrong turn into Hell. Luckily, they were beneath the docks on the…
Category: Restaurants
ARDENT GOURMET: Best Oregon Restaurant Dishes 2022
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 the Ardent…
ARDENT GOURMET: Review of Taste of Sichuan
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 at the…
Tourism Excellence Awards Presented at Tillamook Coast Visitors Association Banquet
The first tourism banquet Tillamook Coast Visitors Association (TCVA) has held since 2019 took place on October 18, 2022 at the Tillamook Creamery. The event was an opportunity to gather with members of…
ARDENT GOURMET: Review of Local Ocean Seafoods
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 your side…
ARDENT GOURMET: Review of The Pelican Brewery Restaurant in Pacific City
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. You eyed…
Review of The Salmonberry – Hyper Locally Sourced Food
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 up. That…
***Beware: Health Inspector Imposters***
Tillamook County Community Health Centers sent out this warning yesterday August 5th. Scam artists posing as health inspectors are targeting restaurants in Oregon, trying to gain financial advantage by manipulating food facility…
THE ARDENT GOURMET: The Schooner Restaurant Review
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 but surely…
The Ardent Gourmet – Restaurant, Hotel, and Travel Reviews – NOW, On the Pioneer!
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 background, and…
