Cute, quiet little cafe/brunch spot in Coburg! We shared the strawberry crepe and pesto turkey…read moresandwich. The crepe was a bit salty for some reason, but the sandwich was really good. Loved how it came with chips and a pickle too!

This is a lovely little cafe. Good lattes, good food, good location. Their breakfast items are…read moresimple (in a good way) and fresh. The lemon crepe was fresh and went well with a savory side of bacon. Will visit here again from time to time.

Stopped in here recently for lunch on a trip to the Eugene area...had eaten here a year or so ago…read moreand was quite pleased...but boy oh boy has this place is fallen on hard times. The menu that used to be quite large here has now become a single menu front and back...with very limited selections. They have recently permanently shuttered the salad and soup bar...and even the staff seemed unhappy about the very reduced menu...this is a truck stop and usually the food at these places is excellent. I could not see much I wanted so I asked for a grilled cheese that was also not on the new menu...but the cook made a special order for me...and it was actually good. The soup was also decent...but overall this place has changed for the worse...and the lack of customers inside what is usually a bust spot likely reflects the fact that others also do not like the changes.

Stopped by yesterday. Took a while for staff to acknowledge us; hostess was chatting away happily…read morefor a few minutes. Luke was our server--a Steve Jobs look-alike seemingly out of place working at a diner in the middle of nowhere instead of typing away at a Seattle startup! Food was adequate for a dinner. They were

Excellent food and good value. We ordered the Reuben and…read moreCarnitas Benedict. Food is 5/5 Value 5/5 Service 4/5. This is the best Reuben I ever had. Meat quality and quantity is excellent. The portion is very generous. Taste is well seasoned. Carnitas Benedict is generous and very good. Service is good. The restaurant is busy but efficient. Will definitely be back when in the area.

Stopped in for lunch in the way to UO. The place was packed! Despite this, we were seated in 5…read moreminutes, and ordered quickly. Great food! I forgot to take pix before we dug in. Sorry! Daughter ordered the liege waffle and she said it was excellent. Hubs ordered the French dip, which he had devoured before I could take photos. Must have been good, right? I ordered the pulled pork, which was excellent! I would definitely order it again! Our service was also very, very good and timely. No wonder it's packed!

All the staff were wonderful. The food was amazing…read more The atmosphere was great. My Red Hat chapter celebrated a members birthday here and we will do it again. Thanks Chiefs for a memorable luncheon!

Save your money. $150+ for a disastrous experience…read more I had high hopes for Chiefs Brewhouse, but this visit was a total failure. Here is how our evening went: Wait Times: Promised 45 minutes, but we waited 90. Service: Non-existent. The staff never checked on us, not even to offer drinks. Food Quality: Everything was dumped on the table at once, so by the time we started eating, everything was cold. The prime rib was overcooked and cold, and the order was incorrect. Hygiene: We found a hair in the baked beans. Management: I reached out to management via email to discuss these failures and was completely ignored. No apology, no acknowledgment. Save your time and money and go elsewhere. This level of service and quality is inexcusable.

Great burger Great fries…read moreGreat Vanilla Malt Awesome roadside burger stand with a great variety of fare including Asian bowls!

Is no longer Stewart's is a Mexican place that also serves some burgers. Ordered a grilled chicken…read moreburrito with refried beans. Got a burrito with undercooked hard pinto beans, crunchy rice and cold chicken. Made it two bites. My son ordered a burger, came with a burned bun and the patty looked liked dried leather. Inedible, walked out, $30 flushed down the drain. Run away from this place. As bad as Dairy Queen and A&W look up the road, they are far better options.

Was driving through Eugene and my hotel receptionist recommended North Fork Tavern for a great…read moreburger and she nailed it. Sat at the bar and the service was fast and attentive. Not too noisy for a tavern, full selection of beer and wine. Burger came out just the way I like it, medium rare and the fries were nice and crisp. I will be stopping back here on my way back to CA.

We've been coming here for years, but our recent visits have been really disappointing due to major…read moremenu and quality changes. Last time we came for brunch, we noticed the eggs Benedict no longer has the amazing Parmesan-crusted potatoes. The hollandaise is still decent and the focaccia bread is great, but losing that crispy crust was a big bummer. Today's visit for our usual wings and nachos was even more frustrating. First, they no longer offer ground beef for the nachos. We were told we could substitute steak, but that literally doubles the price of the dish. We opted for chicken instead, which was a steep $7 extra for maybe two ounces of meat. When the nachos arrived, they looked like low-effort, homemade oven nachos with just melted cheddar on top. The whole thing was fused together into one giant sheet of chips; we had to break it apart and manually pile the toppings back onto the chips ourselves. It was really weird. The biggest letdown, though, was the wings. It used to be a solid order of six traditional flats and drums. Today, we paid $14 for just four pieces, and they weren't even wings--they were frenched chicken thighs. Subbing a completely different, lower-quality cut of meat without telling the customer is false advertising, and they turned out dry. Plus, the sauce has changed from a traditional Frank's-style buffalo to a harsh cayenne sauce. Between the wings and the nachos, today's total came out to $34--and $40 with a tip. Paying premium prices for dry thigh meat, overpriced add-ons, and a block of fused-together nachos makes it really hard to justify coming back. I'm not sure if North Fork got bought out or what, but I really don't see a point in returning.

There are restaurants that seduce you with promise, and others that test your patience before…read morerevealing their intent. Lion & Owl, on this particular morning, proved to be both--a place of evident talent, yet uneven discipline, where flashes of brilliance are offset by lapses that no serious kitchen should permit. Let us begin with the triumph. The buckwheat pancakes arrive not merely as breakfast, but as a composition. A stack of admirable loft and structure--evidence of a properly developed batter, handled with restraint and precision. The crumb is airy yet resilient, each bite yielding gently before dissolving into a delicate nuttiness inherent to buckwheat. A caramelized banana sauce pools generously, glossy and fragrant, its sweetness tempered by the cultured tang of crème fraîche. Toasted coconut chips scatter across the top like crisp punctuation, lending both aroma and texture. This is cooking that understands balance--sweetness checked by acidity, softness lifted by crunch, comfort elevated by technique. It is, quite simply, a five out of five dish. The kitchen, here, remembers what it means to nourish and delight. And then--alas--we encounter its counterpoint. The mushroom brioche toast, in conception, should be a study in harmony: buttery bread, earthy fungi, silken eggs, fresh greens. Yet the execution falters at its very foundation. The brioche--so essential, so central--is pushed past the threshold of caramelization into bitterness. In a bread so rich with butter and sugar, precision is everything; overcook it, and the entire structure collapses under a shadow of char. The garnish, too, feels careless--large stems of greenery draped without intention, rather than composed with purpose. It is a dish that looks promising from a distance but betrays its flaws upon inspection. A two out of five--a failure not of imagination, but of discipline. The brie and truffle macaron arrives as an afterthought--set aside, unannounced, uncentered, as though it were a spare utensil rather than a composed pastry. Presentation matters. It signals care. Here, there is none. And the macaron itself? A confection that should whisper with delicacy instead resists with age. The shell is hardened, the interior overly chewy--signs of time having passed unkindly. The flavor is confused: a sweet, almost vanilla shell encasing a mild, savory filling of whipped brie and timid truffle. Neither side asserts itself; neither yields to the other. It is neither dessert nor savory course, but a muddled compromise. A two out of five, and left unfinished--a silent verdict more damning than words. The mimosa, I am told, is bright and pleasing, though presented without flourish--a small omission, but telling in a restaurant aspiring to polish. A four out of five, competent yet unadorned. The pour-over coffee reveals a lighter roast profile: bright acidity at the fore, a nutty mid-palate, a gently lingering finish. It is, as you observed, "hipster coffee"--intentionally expressive, though perhaps too acidic for a more classical palate. On flavor alone, a three out of five. Yet the experience is marred by a most unforgivable intrusion: a hair in the initial cup. Such a thing should never reach a guest. Ever. And beyond the plate--there is service. Dishes arriving out of sequence. Eggs meant for one guest appearing with another's delayed entrée. A table divided, one diner finished while the other waits. Explanations that do not align with reality. Items placed without acknowledgment or intention. These are not minor stumbles; they are fractures in the very architecture of hospitality. The Verdict Lion & Owl is a restaurant caught between what it is capable of and what it consistently delivers. There is real talent in this kitchen--evident in the pancakes, in the conceptual ambition of the menu, in flashes of thoughtful composition. But talent without rigor is unreliable. And hospitality without coordination is hollow. For every moment of genuine pleasure, there is another of carelessness--overcooked bread, stale pastry, inattentive plating, lapses in cleanliness, and disjointed service. In the end, one must judge the whole, not the highlights. Overall score: 2 out of 5. A restaurant with promise--undeniably--but one that must remember that excellence is not achieved in moments. It is achieved in consistency, in care, and in respect for the guest at every stage of the meal. Until then, Lion & Owl remains... a place that almost is.

Really great fresh food with some interesting combinations. We came here on a whim (no…read morereservations) while visiting my wife's niece at UofO at around noon on a Saturday. Busy but they had a table for us. Very nice decor, rotating menu. We had the buckwheat pancakes with caramelized bananas, dates, and pineapple syrup which was sweet but not overly so since the pancakes underneath were not touched by the syrup ended up being a really nice balance. Bacon was like a cross between pork belly and bacon (very thick) but really tasty. Breakfast Sando was good with in-house ground pork and a nice aioli. We also tried the savory macarons (Brie and truffle) which are delicious. Creamy and a tad sweet. Not too much truffle. Coffee was a bright tangy pour over-not my favorite type but some people really like that style. Oh, and we had a blood orange mimosa which was really good Overall an excellent experience! Definitely going to again when we are in town!

There is nowhere in Eugene/Springfield that even comes close to the breakfast you will experience…read moreat Hey Y'all. Seriously insanely good. Every. Single. Thing. On. The. Menu. Is. Incredible!!!! If you've ever been to Pine State Biscuits in Portland, know this. Hey Y'all, blows them out of the water! Someone needs to call Oprah and tell her she will be changing her mind on who makes the best biscuits once she's tried these. And the fried chicken, one bite and you will know the boy in the kitchen came to play. If the two of us were not already married, I would marry him for his fried chicken alone. Smartest thing you could do is try Hey Y'all. It will change your life.

Delicious, filling and fresh…read more Biscuits and gravy are very yummy, I hope yoi like your gravy very peppery! I got the fried chicken on top and it was a VERY big helping. Highly recommend!