Riverside Restaurant’s Zucca Pasta Special
Thursday Tidbits is landing on a Friday this week, just in time for the weekend. There’s chanterelle pasta in Hood River, a sweet-and-spicy wrap in White Salmon, and beef back ribs on the waterfront Saturday. If Thanksgiving is already on your mind, a few local preorder deadlines are coming up fast.
Soup weather and a chanterelle special
The Cauldron Café has added Zuppa Toscana, pozole verde, and French onion soup to the menu. Find them at 1810 Cascade Ave. in Hood River, open 8 a.m.–3 p.m. every day except Thursday.
Pine Street Bakery has two new soups in Hood River. The braised beef chili comes with a brown butter cornbread muffin, and the curry squash soup is made with locally grown Georgia Candy Roaster squash.
Riverside Restaurant is making the most of late fall with its Zucca Pasta special. The pappardelle comes with locally foraged chanterelles, roasted butternut and Georgia candy squash, balsamic, sage, cream, and Cascadia Creamery blue cheese. Pair it with a new pour, the 2023 Estate Chenin Blanc from Idiot’s Grace Wines. Cascadia Creamery · Idiot’s Grace Wines
More weekend bites and sips
Solstice Pizza now delivers its Solstice Square Pies through DoorDash in Hood River.
Love & Hominy is shaking up a Coffee Rumtini in Hood River.
Kaile’a Coffee Co. has a turkey pesto sandwich on locally made sourdough. Cascade Locks.
Clark & Lewie’s is serving fresh fish and chips in Stevenson
Everybody’s Brewing in White Salmon has an Asian Chicken Wrap on special while supplies last. It’s a little sweet and a little spicy, with Korean gochujang chicken, coconut rice, Thai peanut slaw, pickled red onion, and crisp cucumber.
Grasslands Barbecue will have Hot & Fast Beef Back Ribs on special Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Hood River waterfront.
Saturday is also Mookie Day! Find the Mookie cookie truck (on the lawn by Grasslands Barbecue and behind Ferment Brewing Co.) for cookies and milk served Saturdays only: 12- 8 p.m. Once the Winter Farmers Market starts in December, they’ll open at 10 a.m. to coincide.
A little help with Thanksgiving
Boda’s Kitchen in downtown Hood River is taking Thanksgiving take-and-bake preorders. Choose from two turkey options and a whole lineup of sides. Order by 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18. See the Thanksgiving menu
Kesh’s Table has a Thanksgiving special, Liberian pumpkin sweet potato stew. A gallon of stew and a dozen cornbread muffins serve 8–10, and Chef Kesh has just 10 orders available. Order by Wednesday, Nov. 18. He is also offering his regular weekly soup pickups in Bingen AND at Bran & Ash Bakery in Hood River.
Dani’s Kitchen Shop closes Thanksgiving cookie orders on Monday, Nov. 16, and opens Christmas ordering that same day. Local pickup is available in Hood River and The Dalles, with shipping each week. The Osprey Drive shop in Hood River will be open 10 a.m.–2 p.m. on Nov. 20 and Dec. 4–5, 11–12, and 18–19.
