Its the Saturday before Halloween and two friends and I are ready to party. We head to Paddy Brannan’s on 2nd street in Ashland around 8pm. Parking is readily available at the lot across from the pub, and we meet the Karaoke DJ as we are walking in the door. New owners purchased the pub [...]

When I hear “Let’s eat at Ruby’s” I think of a restaurant in my hometown that serves thick milkshakes by 1950’s-styled servers on the end of the Seal Beach pier. But the Ashland Ruby’s is an entirely different culinary experience than the So. Cal. Ruby’s I grew up eating. I have to say I much [...]

Hungry on a cold evening with three different requests of where to eat: Mexican, hamburgers, breakfast for dinner, landed us at Munchies.   The three of us were swiftly seated at the table of our choice and we immediately order hot cocoa to start off our evening. Each of us looked only at the portion [...]

Grilla Bites Mission Statement: Supporting our environment and community while maintaining a healthy responsibility to our customers through the food we serve. Yes, the mission statement is a mouthful and so are the sandwiches. And a good mouthful are they.

  Dinner With a Side of Music at the Avalon Bar & Grill in Talent Last Sunday I ventured out to the Avalon Bar & Grill in Talent to check out the newly formed Charles Guy Quartet and have a fill my belly with delectable dinner. I have been a fan of the Avalon since [...]

  Dinner With a Side of Music at the Avalon Bar & Grill in Talent   Last Sunday I ventured out to the Avalon Bar & Grill in Talent to check out the newly formed Charles Guy Quartet and have a fill my belly with delectable dinner. I have been a fan of the Avalon [...]

My sons, 7 and 9 years old, have been anticipating the release of The Squeakqual for months. They even had the release date circled on our family calendar. Equally hyping the release is my cousin’s sunglasses company, Kaenon Polarized. Simon is seen sporting a pair of my cousin’s custom designed and patented sunglasses in PR [...]

Excited about the prospect of a new restaurant outside of downtown Ashland, my dinner date and I settled in to a booth at Torero’s in the Rite Aid shopping Center. The interior of the restaurant has not changed, it is still clean and bright; the owners have changed since the restaurant’s original incarnation. The menu [...]

Reviewing a favorite local restaurant is no easy undertaking. Especially with the offerings at Brothers’ being as unique as they are and oh so fresh.Brothers’ was established in 1976 and has continued to progress with the times, becoming a restaurant that prides itself on supporting local growers and farmers and aims to be part of [...]

MMMM….Gelato. What could be better on a warm summer day than a cool creamy Gelato? Not familiar with Gelato? Neither was I until I stepped in to Case Coffee and received a short education in the creamy sweet treat. I had many questions and Kati Case was most helpful in answering them all. First, my [...]

There are certain businesses in town that can be considered Ashland icons. Munchie’s falls under this description. Offering breakfast all day, lunch, dinner and deserts bigger than my head, Munchies  has something for everyone. My breakfast companion and I paid Munchie’s a visit on Father’s Day, last Sunday. I was craving a breakfast of good [...]

It’s Memorial Day weekend and my sons and I have been anticipating the releases of summer blockbuster movies:  in this economy, going to the movies is in lieu of taking a family vacation. The only family movie released in the Rogue Valley this weekend was the sequel to a movie the three of us enjoyed, [...]

Deciding on a movie that satisfies each member of our family of three is no small feat. My vote never counts so its up to my 6 and 8 year old boys to try to convince each other to see the movie each feels is the ONE. We were to see Hotel For Dogs, my [...]

Go. Go now.  I mean it. Get in your car, take a lovely drive into Jacksonville and stuff yourself on home-made Mexican dishes at Las Palmas for very little cash. Did I hear you say really? It’s just a Mexican place, what’s so great about it that I have to go now? Everything! Everything is [...]