Local Guide
Food
Southern Oregon eats better than its size suggests. These are places worth the drive, from a sausage counter in Cave Junction to a nationally recognized tasting menu in Ashland, and from food trucks to white tablecloths. They're listed southwest to southeast so you can plan by where you'll be.
Cave Junction
Taylor's Sausage Country Store
Deli and meat market · $
The Taylor family has made sausage since 1924, moved the business to Cave Junction in 1970, and opened this country store on the Redwood Highway in 2002. Breakf…
Grants Pass
Lulu's For the Love of Food
A downtown bistro for breakfast and brunch with a twist. The crepes are the order. Go early on weekends.
Grants Pass
The Twisted Cork
Wine bistro · $$
A downtown Grants Pass favorite pairing Northwest wines with seafood-forward plates: seared scallops, cioppino, coconut-crusted salmon. Prices are fair for the …
Grants Pass
Wheelhouse Coffee
Now has a shop on NE F Street, plus its coffee van at The Growler Guys. Seasonal drinks, matcha, and baked goods from scratch.
Grants Pass
El Callejón x Speedy's Cantina
Food truck and cantina · $
Order at the truck or sit down in the cantina next door. The tortillas, sope shells and horchata are made in-house, and the quesabirria has earned a loyal follo…
Grants Pass
Partake
Wine bar, cheese shop and dining room · $$–$$$
Downtown at 221 SE 6th Street, Partake puts an international bottle shop, a cheese shop, a lounge and a fine-dining room under one roof. There's also a chef's t…
Grants Pass
Perez Kitchen & Bar
Chef-owned American · $$
A brick-walled room on SW G Street with a menu that runs from comfort to creative. Reviewers single out the kimchi smash burger with spiced fries, the roasted c…
Grants Pass
River's Edge
Steakhouse on the Rogue · $$
Tables and a deck right over the Rogue on Rogue River Highway. Steaks, pasta, and a calamari starter regulars order every time. This is where locals take out-of…
Rogue River
Tailholt Coffee Co.
A cozy downtown coffee shop.
Gold Hill
Patti's Kitchen
Breakfast and lunch · $
A small-town kitchen that makes everything from scratch, with portions that justify the exit off I-5. Biscuits and gravy, chicken fried steak, and a Monte Crist…
Jacksonville
Gogi's
Chef-driven dinner · $$$
Brothers Joe and Gabriel Murphy run Gogi's at the foot of the Britt Gardens. Fodor's names it a Fodor's Choice. Every dinner opens with house-made bread, a basi…
Jacksonville
Cowhorn Kitchen
A 22-seat restaurant with a menu reimagined by chef Josh Dorcak.
Medford
Decant
Contemporary American · $$$$
Downtown Medford's special-occasion table. The menu changes often and builds around the best of Southern Oregon and the West Coast, with house sourdough and ser…
Medford
The Backyard Community Food Court
Food truck yard · $
A family-run yard off South Riverside with picnic tables, a few trucks and even a barbershop. Terry's burger with chili is the headliner. Seafood gumbo from the…
Phoenix
The Phoodery
Food hall · $
Local kitchens around one courtyard, so everyone orders something different: Korean fried chicken and truffle fries from Truffle Pig, pork belly tacos from Curb…
Phoenix
Clyde's Corner
The classic halfway stop on the Bear Creek Greenway.
Talent
Arbor House
Rustic fine dining · $$$
Family-owned, with a menu that changes with the season. Dinner comes with soup, salad with house dressings, and bread, and the desserts are homemade.
Ashland
Cocorico
Southern European bistro · $$$
A husband-and-wife restaurant: Chef Nat Borsi cooks and Grace Borsi runs the dining room. Everything is from scratch. Borsi calls his style neo-rustic, mixing h…
Ashland
MÄS
Tasting menu · $$$$
Chef Josh Dorcak opened this 16-seat restaurant in 2018, after starting it as a pop-up. Expect a long, Japanese-influenced tasting menu built mostly on seafood.…