Things to Do During and After Cherry Pie

Food and Drink:

The Three Legged Dog is a great new pub that opened recently downtown a block south of the amphitheater – locally sourced ingredients, great food, great drinks, etc.  They’re open for lunch and dinner Saturday and Sunday. https://www.facebook.com/TLDPublicHouse

Mangiare is a good iItalian restaurant directly across from the amphitheater on Main Street. They’re open Saturday and Sunday https://www.facebook.com/MangiareItalian

Independence Grill is also across from the amphitheater a couple doors down from Mangiare.  It’s a steak, seafood, and burger place.  They’re open Saturday andSunday https://www.facebook.com/IndependenceGrill/info?ref=page_internal

Lion’s Share & Ovenbird Bakery – two artisan bakeries and coffee shops located downtown a block south of the amphitheater.  Lion’s Share is a bit more of a coffee shop and Ovenbird is a bit more of a bakery, but both serve excellent baked breads, pastries, etc. as well as deli sandwiches.  Lion’s Share’s coffee is supposed to be excellent (I’m not a coffee drinker).  Both are normally closed on Sunday but should be open for the race  https://www.facebook.com/LionsShareCoffee  http://www.ovenbirdbakery.com

2EZ – a soup, sandwich and ice cream place right on the corner next to Riverview Park.

Shopping/Other:

http://www.rivergalleryart.com  The River Gallery – a great art gallery with pieces from the 15 members and a bunch of other artists.  Their motto is “from fine art to folk art” and it’s high quality work for very reasonable prices.  They’re normally closed Sunday but should be open for the race.

There are also several antique/craft shops in the downtown core.  If people are looking for a bit of an excursion, Rogue Ales has a hopyard just south of town where they grow a bunch of the hops they use in their beers.  It has a tasting room and a lot of other cool stuff.  They also offer tours of the farm and harvesting equipment.  It’s really interesting, especially since Independence used to be the hop capital of the world.  Half the hops harvested worldwide passed through Independence in the early 1900’s.  http://www.rogue.com/roguefarms

If you have any questions, please call me @ 541-905-9698.

We look forward seeing you all in Independence Oregon on Sunday, March 22, 2015!