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OLD SCHOOL, NEW AMERICAN DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT on the banks of the Sandy River in Troutdale. Open Wed-Mon 11-5, Closed Tuesdays #aapiowned #womanowned๐ŸŒฒ๐Ÿฆ

๐™‡๐™Š๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐™€๐˜ฟ ๐˜ฝ๐˜ผ๐™†๐™€๐˜ฟ ๐™‹๐™Š๐™๐˜ผ๐™๐™Š ๐™‹๐™Š๐™๐™๐™„๐™‰๐™€ Our signature potato s ๐™‡๐™Š๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐™€๐˜ฟ ๐˜ฝ๐˜ผ๐™†๐™€๐˜ฟ ๐™‹๐™Š๐™๐˜ผ๐™๐™Š ๐™‹๐™Š๐™๐™๐™„๐™‰๐™€
Our signature potato side for the season is a twist on the classic Canadian comfort dish. Perfect for the last of the Winter days in the Gorge.

๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐˜€ โ€” ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐˜† thrown together into what locals affectionately called a โ€œpoutine,โ€ Quรฉbรฉcois slang for a delicious mess. Over time itโ€™s become one of Canadaโ€™s most beloved comfort foods, celebrated for its melty, savory, gravy-soaked goodness.

Our poutine borrows from the American steakhouse classic: ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ, once served as the โ€œGreat Big Baked Potatoโ€ on Northern Pacific Railway dining cars in the early 1900s.

๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜-๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€, ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ, ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ฐ๐—ฟรจ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎรฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ @facerockcreamery โ€” ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ โ€œ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐˜†โ€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜.

Creamy, tangy, smoky, melty, bright โ€” all in one bite. Less than two weeks to try it before we transition to our Spring Menu. See you soon.โœŒ๏ธ

#sugarpinedrivein #poutine #comfortfood #columbiarivergorge #loadedbakedpotato
โ€œ๐’๐”๐†๐€๐‘ ๐’๐‡๐€๐‚๐Šโ€ ๐Œ๐€๐๐‹๐„ ๐’๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐„ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿจ Every March in Quรฉb โ€œ๐’๐”๐†๐€๐‘ ๐’๐‡๐€๐‚๐Šโ€ ๐Œ๐€๐๐‹๐„ ๐’๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐„ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿจ

Every March in Quรฉbec, the forests come alive for โ€œle temps des sucresโ€ โ€” maple tapping season. Sap runs through the trees, wood fires burn under evaporators, and families gather at rustic cabane ร  sucre (sugar shacks) to celebrate the harvest with long tables of maple-laden food. ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐›๐ž๐œ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ% ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐โ€™๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ, making it the heart of global maple culture โ€” from small forest sugar camps to restaurants like @cabaneaupieddecochon where chef Martin Picard helped turn maple season into a destination.

One of the most beloved desserts served at sugar shacks is โ€œgrands-pรจres au sirop dโ€™รฉrableโ€ โ€” soft dough dumplings gently simmered in bubbling maple syrup until tender and deeply caramelized. Rustic and comforting, theyโ€™re a classic taste of maple season.

Our โ€œ๐’๐ฎ๐ ๐š๐ซ ๐’๐ก๐š๐œ๐คโ€ ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ž is built around that nostalgia... ๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š ๐ฌ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ-๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ, ๐œ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐š๐ง๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐œ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ž๐ฌ โ€” a celebration of Quรฉbecโ€™s maple harvest and the cozy traditions of the cabane ร  sucre. If youโ€™re a fan of the โ€œ๐•๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐žโ€, this oneโ€™s for you.

Available on the specials board for the next couple weeks.

#SugarpineDriveIn #SugarShack #MapleSeason #CabaneASucre #WinterComfortsFrenchRoots
๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿณ: @arie11eira
๐‘บ๐‘ฏ๐‘จ๐‘ฒ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ตโ€™ ๐‘ฉ๐‘จ๐‘ฒ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ช๐‘ฏ๐‘ฐ๐‘ช๐‘ฒ๐‘ฌ๐‘ต ๐‘ท๐‘ถโ€™ ๐‘ฉ๐‘ถ๐’€ โ€” back on the sandwi ๐‘บ๐‘ฏ๐‘จ๐‘ฒ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ตโ€™ ๐‘ฉ๐‘จ๐‘ฒ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ช๐‘ฏ๐‘ฐ๐‘ช๐‘ฒ๐‘ฌ๐‘ต ๐‘ท๐‘ถโ€™ ๐‘ฉ๐‘ถ๐’€ โ€” back on the sandwich board this weekโ€ฆ

The Poโ€™ Boy is one of Louisianaโ€™s great sandwiches โ€” commonly built around something fried, piled onto a French roll with creamy sauces and crunchy veggies.

At Sugarpine we try to keep fried foods off the regular menu whenever we can, so when we started thinking about what a Poโ€™ Boy might look like without the fryer, an old American pantry classic came to mind: Shake โ€™n Bake.

Spiced chicken thighs are smoked, chopped, then tossed in Crystal and coated in a Cajun-style shake made with crushed cornflakes, gluten-free panko, crispy shallots, and Aleppo pepper.

The chicken nugs land on a toasted French roll with holy trinity aioli, shredded romaine dressed in tomato vinaigrette, and a bright mix of pickled okra, pepperoncini, and red onion.

Smoky, crunchy, tangy, creamy โ€” come grab one this week. Thereโ€™s only two weeks left of our Winter Menu. See you soon. โœŒ๏ธ

#SugarpineDriveIn #PortlandSandwichWeek #SandwichWeek #PoBoy #youaresogorge
๐Ÿ“ข ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ ๐— ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ง๐—› โ€” ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐Ÿ We spent the entire mon ๐Ÿ“ข ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ ๐— ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ง๐—› โ€” ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐Ÿ We spent the entire month of February cooking with northwest pears.

Poaching them. Roasting them. Pickling them. Baking them. Folding them into desserts. Pairing them with cheese, smoke, spice, butter and cream.

๐˜ผ๐™‰๐˜ฟ ๐™”๐™Š๐™ ๐™Ž๐™ƒ๐™Š๐™’๐™€๐˜ฟ ๐™๐™‹ ๐™๐™Š๐™ ๐™„๐™.

Thank you to everyone who came out, brought friends, ordered the specials, and let us spend a month celebrating Oregonโ€™s state fruit with you. Pear Month is one of our favorite traditions of the year, and it only works because yaโ€™ll get excited with us.

We also want to send a huge thank you to our partners at @usapears, and also to @thefruitcompany in Hood River โ€” a fourth-generation family orchard at the base of Mt. Hood that supplied most of the pears youโ€™ve been eating this month.

Their Forelle, Bosc, and Anjou pears were featured everywhere โ€” sandwiches, desserts, drinks, and garnishes โ€” getting to cook with such amazing fruit grown in the Columbia River Gorge is something we never take for granted.

๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก๐——๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—” ๐—ช๐—›๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐— ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ง๐—› ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ง๐—› ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐— ๐—œ๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ ๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—›๐—ข๐—ช ๐— ๐—จ๐—–๐—› ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ฌ ๐—›๐—”๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ข๐—™๐—™๐—˜๐—ฅ.

They move easily between savory and dessert. They handle heat. They pair beautifully with cheese, butter, and spice. Few fruits are this flexible in the kitchen.

๐—œ๐—™ ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ ๐— ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ง๐—› ๐——๐—ข๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ก๐—š, ๐—ช๐—˜ ๐—›๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ง ๐—š๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ง๐—› ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐— .

Roast them. Pickle them. Bake with them. Eat them with cheese. Add them to sandwiches. Enjoy them in every stage of ripeness.

๐™๐™ƒ๐™€๐™”โ€™๐™๐™€ ๐™’๐™Š๐™๐™๐™ƒ ๐™๐™€๐˜ผ๐˜พ๐™ƒ๐™„๐™‰๐™‚ ๐™๐™Š๐™ ๐™ˆ๐™Š๐™๐™€ ๐™Š๐™๐™๐™€๐™‰.

Todayโ€™s the last day to grab the Pear Month specials โ€” come celebrate with us before theyโ€™re gone. ๐Ÿ

#PearMonth #USAPears #TheFruitCompany #OregonGrown #SugarpineDriveIn
๐——๐—˜๐—™๐—œ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐— ๐—ข๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ก ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—”๐—˜ ๐Ÿจ When most people thi ๐——๐—˜๐—™๐—œ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐— ๐—ข๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ก ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—”๐—˜ ๐Ÿจ

When most people think of a sundae, they picture the classics โ€” hot fudge, caramel, banana splits. And honestlyโ€ฆ we love those too. Theyโ€™re iconic for a reason.

๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ.

At Sugarpine, our soft serve program is about more than ice cream and sauce. Itโ€™s about ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†.

๐—–๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜†. ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜†. ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ. ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ.
๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต.
๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€.
๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€.
๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€.
๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ.

Weโ€™re not just building sundaes โ€” weโ€™re creating desserts that tell a story about the season, the place, and the foods we love.

Right now on the Winter menu:
๐ŸŠ ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—น๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜
๐Ÿ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜‚ (Chef Sundae collab with @barnouveaupdx โ€” benefiting St. Johns Food Share)
๐Ÿฎ ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ
๐ŸŒฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป

Winter menu is only here a little longer. If youโ€™ve been meaning to come try oneโ€ฆ this is your sign. Come eat dessert with us. โค๏ธ

#sugarpinedrivein #softserve #modernsundae #portlanddesserts #columbiarivergorge
๐–๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง โ„๏ธ If youโ€™v ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง โ„๏ธ

If youโ€™ve been meaning to come in for lunch or an early dinner, today would be a really great day to do it. We could truly use the support โ€” and weโ€™d love to cook for you.

Only a few more weeks left to catch some of our winter favorites:
โ€ข ๐‚๐จ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ง ๐๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ค on an @oyatsupanbakers cornbread milk bun
โ€ข ๐•๐ข๐ž๐ญ-๐‚๐š๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ง ๐†๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐จ with smoked chicken, andouille sausage, and prawns
โ€ข ๐‹๐จ๐š๐๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ค๐ž๐ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž with salt brined & baked potato, @facerockcreamery cheese curds, crรจme fraiche, pepperoncini, pork belly burnt ends and ranch gravy

These Winter comfort dishes wonโ€™t be around much longer before we shift into Spring. So grab a friend and come see us today. Weโ€™re here till 5 pm. ๐Ÿค

#sugarpinedrivein #columbiarivergorge #youaresogorge #wintercomforts #frenchroots
๐—š๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ช๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ง๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง ๐Ÿ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ โ€” ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—š๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ช๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ง๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง ๐Ÿ
๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ โ€” ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜†

Sugarpineโ€™s Pear Month starts in the orchard.

We want to recognize one of the farmers behind the beautiful fruit weโ€™ve been cooking with โ€” ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ, ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต-๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

Lesley grew up on her familyโ€™s land, left for a career in teaching, then made the decision to come back and learn the orchard from her dad. Today she helps run ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€, continuing work her family has been doing for generations.

Farming is long days, weather stress, risk, logistics, and constant problem solving โ€” all in service of fruit most people only see once it hits their plate. That work gives us a lot of respect for the people growing our food.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ. Farming has historically been male-dominated, and seeing women leading farms like this matters. Itโ€™s part of where agriculture is headed.

When we talk about @usapears, this is what we mean.

๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š. ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ก ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™. ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ .

๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป โ€” ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ.

Come try the Pear Month Menu before itโ€™s gone. โœŒ๏ธ๐Ÿ

#PearMonth #USAPears #KnowYourFarmer #WomenInAg #OregonGrown
๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘ฌ๐‘บ๐‘ณ๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ-๐‘ท๐‘ถ๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘ซ ๐‘ญ๐‘ถ๐‘น๐‘ฌ๐‘ณ๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ท๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘น ๐‘บ๐‘ต๐‘ฐ๐‘ช๐‘ฒ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘ซ๐‘ถ๐‘ถ๐‘ซ๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ ๐Ÿ We ๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘ฌ๐‘บ๐‘ณ๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ-๐‘ท๐‘ถ๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘ซ ๐‘ญ๐‘ถ๐‘น๐‘ฌ๐‘ณ๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ท๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘น ๐‘บ๐‘ต๐‘ฐ๐‘ช๐‘ฒ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘ซ๐‘ถ๐‘ถ๐‘ซ๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ ๐Ÿ

We love cooking with Forelle pears โ€” theyโ€™re small, intensely sweet, a little floral, and they hold their shape beautifully when cooked. They feel like the perfect baking pear. (And weโ€™re lucky to get such beautiful ones from our friends @USAPears.)
For this cookie, we poach them gently in late-harvest riesling, then bake them right into a soft, winter-spiced snickerdoodle. Finished with a white balsamic + allspice glaze โ€” just a kiss of vinegar to brighten the pear and add a subtle tang that balances the rich, buttery spice.

Cozy and nostalgic; a pear-fect appetizer or grab & go snack for later. Get one today the drive-in โ€” weโ€™re open 11 to 5. โœŒ๏ธ๐Ÿ

#usapears #pearseason #snickerdoodle #sugarpinedrivein #pearmonth
A little reminder about our @usapears Chef Sundae A little reminder about our @usapears Chef Sundae โ€” ๐๐Ž๐ˆ๐‘๐„ ๐€ ๐‹๐€ ๐Œ๐Ž๐ƒ๐„ ๐๐Ž๐”๐•๐„๐€๐” ๐Ÿ โ€” and the extra good itโ€™s doing.

We created this one with Chef Althea Grey-Potter (@altheagp) from @barnouveaupdx. Cassis-poached pears, vanilla soft serve, thyme-caramel magic shell, pearโ€“parsnip rye madeleines, cardamom-walnut streusel. You can feel the craft and care in this sundae โ€” the same attention that goes into every dish at Bar Nouveau.

๐’๐ฐ๐ข๐ฉ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐š ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐&๐€ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐š ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ.

๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก, ๐š ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ญ. ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž (@stjohnsfoodshare), a volunteer-run pantry providing free groceries to anyone who needs them. No barriers, just community support. Weโ€™re really happy to be able to contribute to their work.

And if you want to lean all the way in โ€” you can make a dessert crawl out of it.

๐๐š๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ž๐š๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ž๐š๐ซ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ž (also benefiting St. Johns Food Share), so you can try both, celebrate Oregonโ€™s state fruit, and support a good cause at the same time. โค๏ธ

Just a week left to try it. See you soon! โœŒ๏ธ๐Ÿ

#PearMonth #USAPears #ChefSundae #StJohnsFoodShare #pdxeats
๐‘ท๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘น ๐‘ด๐‘ถ๐‘ต๐‘ป๐‘ฏ ๐‘ป๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ฐ๐‘ณ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘ฟ ๐Ÿโ„๏ธ Finally getting some sno ๐‘ท๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘น ๐‘ด๐‘ถ๐‘ต๐‘ป๐‘ฏ ๐‘ป๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ฐ๐‘ณ ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘ฟ ๐Ÿโ„๏ธ

Finally getting some snow here on the edge of the West Cascades โ€” which means itโ€™s time to head for the mountains.

๐‡๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ. ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž. ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฌ๐ง๐š๐œ๐ค.

Our Pear Month Trail Mix was made for days like this. ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐€๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐š๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ-๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฌ โ€” sweet, salty, crunchy, and easy to throw in a pocket or pack.

๐€ ๐ฌ๐ง๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž.
๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ ๐š๐ซ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ.

On the menu all February.

#PearMonth #USAPears #SugarpineDriveIn #SugarpineNatureClub #sugarpinetrailmix
๐—”๐—ก๐—๐—ข๐—จ ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—  ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐——๐—” ๐—™๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—”๐—ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅค One of the sleeper ๐—”๐—ก๐—๐—ข๐—จ ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—  ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐——๐—” ๐—™๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—”๐—ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅค
One of the sleeper hits on the Pear Month menu.

We start with house-made Anjou pear cream soda โ€” fizzy, creamy, spiced, and lightly sweet โ€” poured over vanilla soft serve. Then a drizzle of miso caramel and a garnish of dried Anjou pear.

Cold, bubbly, creamy, salty-sweet.

That classic float feeling with a Pear Month twist.
On the menu all of February. ๐Ÿ

#PearMonth #USAPears #PearFloat #SugarpineDriveIn #PDXeats
๐๐„๐€๐‘ ๐Œ๐Ž๐๐“๐„ ๐‚๐‘๐ˆ๐’๐“๐Ž ๐Ÿง‡๐Ÿ ๐˜ผ ๐™จ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค ๐๐„๐€๐‘ ๐Œ๐Ž๐๐“๐„ ๐‚๐‘๐ˆ๐’๐“๐Ž ๐Ÿง‡๐Ÿ
๐˜ผ ๐™จ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™˜๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™›๐™›๐™ก๐™š-๐™œ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™™ ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™š๐™จ๐™š, ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™›๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™ก๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™–๐™ง.

The Monte Cristo has always blurred the line between lunch and dessert โ€” inspired by the French croque monsieur, made famous in American diners. Ham and melted cheese, crisped in egg-dipped bread, often served with something sweet on the side.

Our version is a bit lighter, and starts with a trio of gruyรจre, fontina, and Wisconsin brick cheese melted into house-smoked ham loin and shaved turkey. Fresh Anjou pear adds crisp texture and juiciness. Our pickled and spiced pear-ginger compote brings brightness and warmth to each bite. The sandwich is finished with a dusting of powdered maple sugar.

Crisp, waffle-grilled edges create pockets of flavor as you dip into the fruity, spiced condiment. Cheesy and meaty, with a little smoke complimented by the subtle sweetness of Northwest pears. On our Pear Month menu all of February. ๐Ÿ

#PearMonth #USAPears #WinterComforts #FrenchRoots #MonteCristo
๐‘ท๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘น ๐‘ฏ๐‘ถ๐‘ป ๐‘ป๐‘ถ๐‘ซ๐‘ซ๐’€ ๐Ÿ ๐™Š๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™˜๐™ค๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ก ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™‹๐™š๐™–๐™ง ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐‘ท๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘น ๐‘ฏ๐‘ถ๐‘ป ๐‘ป๐‘ถ๐‘ซ๐‘ซ๐’€ ๐Ÿ
๐™Š๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™˜๐™ค๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ก ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™‹๐™š๐™–๐™ง ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™.

Weโ€™ve always kept our drink list simple โ€” local beer, cider, zero-proof, and a small lineup of natural wines. This year, we finally added cocktails โ€” and weโ€™re starting with something that feels right for Winter.

๐Œ๐š๐๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก @clearcreekdistillery ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ง๐๐ฒ, ๐€๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ซโ€“๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฒโ€“๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ, ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐š๐ฆ, ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ž โ€” ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ค๐š ๐›๐ž๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ง.

Itโ€™s fragrant, gently sweet, lightly spiced, and anchored by real pear flavor โ€” the kind of drink you want to wrap your hands around and take your time with.

Fits right into Pear Month and our Winter Comforts menu. Come try a toddy today โ€” and the rest of the Pear Month Menu. Weโ€™re open Wednesday thru Monday 11am-5pm.โœŒ๏ธ๐Ÿ

Disclaimer: Alcoholic beverages available to guests 21+ with valid ID.

#PearMonth #USAPears #SugarpineDriveIn #WinterComforts #FrenchRoots PearHotToddy
๐—›๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฎ. ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„. ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฐ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฎ. ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„.
๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜.
Join us for rainy-day comforts, here on the banks of the Sandy. 

#sugarpinedrivein #hotcocoa #peppermintpatty #wintercomforts #columbiarivergorge
A French-Canadian deli classic, reimagined for Pea A French-Canadian deli classic, reimagined for Pear Month: ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Œ๐Ž๐๐“๐‘๐„๐€๐‹ ๐’๐Œ๐Ž๐Š๐„๐ƒ ๐Œ๐„๐€๐“ ๐’๐€๐๐ƒ๐Ž ๐Ÿฅช๐Ÿ

Itโ€™s one of North Americaโ€™s great immigrant dishes.

Rooted in Jewish deli traditions brought from Eastern Europe to Quรฉbec in the late 1800s, Montreal smoked meat grew out of Romanian pastrami techniques โ€” brisket cured with salt, garlic, sugar, and warming spices, then smoked and steamed until deeply seasoned and tender. Over time, Montrealโ€™s version became its own thing: less sweet than New York pastrami, more pepper-forward, sliced thick, and built for rye and mustard.

It became everyday food and special-occasion food at the same time โ€” something people lined up for, grew up with, and kept coming back to. Our version builds on that heritage with help from our friends at @usapears.

We start with ๐›๐ž๐ž๐Ÿ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค๐ž๐ญ โ€” ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐, ๐ซ๐ฎ๐›๐›๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ค ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ-๐ฌ๐ฆ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ, thick-sliced, and piled high. ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐œ ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ adds a bit of sweet heat. ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ง bring garlicky, dill-forward brightness. ๐๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ก๐š๐ณ๐ž๐ฅ๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ add tangy Northwest crunch. ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐ฌ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐จโ€“๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  bring everything together.

The pears are key here, adding subtle sweetness, acidity, and texture that cut through the smoke and salt and keep every bite balanced.

Itโ€™s all stacked on thick slices of ๐Œ๐€๐‘๐๐‹๐„๐ƒ ๐‘๐˜๐„ ๐Œ๐ˆ๐‹๐Š๐๐‘๐„๐€๐ƒ, custom-made for us by the talented team at @oyatsupanbakers โ€” soft, earthy, and beautifully swirled, with enough flavor and structure to hold up to all those bold ingredients.

Smoky and sweet. Savory. Rich. Peppery.

Here all of February. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅช

#PearMonth #USAPears #Oyatsupan #MontrealSmokedMeat #SugarpineDriveIn WinterComforts FrenchRoots
A cozy corner at the cafe, a miso caramel latte, a A cozy corner at the cafe, a miso caramel latte, a couple ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ pastries โ€” the kind of moment we live for this time of year. โ˜•๐Ÿฅ

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ ๐’๐š๐ฎ๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ, ๐ญ๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž โ€” and itโ€™s been such a joy to see it come to life.

We originally created our signature miso caramel for soft serve, but it turns out itโ€™s also the perfect savory-sweet addition to comfort drinks and all kinds of treats that could use a little extra caramel warmth.

@grandcentralbakery breads show up on the Sugarpine menu often, and weโ€™ve loved their sandwiches, pastries, and neighborhood cafรฉs for years โ€” so getting to collaborate like this feels extra special. Just good people, good food, and a little extra sweetness on these cold Winter days.

The Sugarpine Miso Caramel Latte is available this season at all Portland + Seattle Grand Central locations. Order one with an apple hand pie or pecan pullapart bun and sweeten your day. ๐Ÿ’›

#grandcentralbakery #misocaramellatte #pdxcoffee #sugarpinedrivein #caramellatte
โ€œ๐‘ท๐‘ถ๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘ฌ ๐‘จ ๐‘ณ๐‘จ ๐‘ด๐‘ถ๐‘ซ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ต๐‘ถ๐‘ผ๐‘ฝ๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘ผโ€ ๐Ÿ this might be our best โ€œ๐‘ท๐‘ถ๐‘ฐ๐‘น๐‘ฌ ๐‘จ ๐‘ณ๐‘จ ๐‘ด๐‘ถ๐‘ซ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ต๐‘ถ๐‘ผ๐‘ฝ๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘ผโ€ ๐Ÿ this might be our best chef sundae yet... and we donโ€™t say that lightly.

๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐๐„๐€๐‘ ๐Œ๐Ž๐๐“๐‡, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐š ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ฒ-๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ (@altheagp), an old friend and the culinary force behind ๐‘ฉ๐‘จ๐‘น ๐‘ต๐‘ถ๐‘ผ๐‘ฝ๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘ผ, her newly opened St. Johns neo-bistro that everyoneโ€™s talking about. Altheaโ€™s cooking is grounded in French technique and carried out with confidence and ease. Her food feels generous and thoughtful, and her desserts in particular land somewhere rare โ€” elegant without being precious, deeply satisfying without weighing you down.

If youโ€™ve had her parfaits, you know what we mean. They pull you in right away, then keep unfolding as you eat. That same joy and nuance shapes this sundae.

At the center are ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐œ ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ. Their tender-crisp texture shines here โ€” soft and fragrant, with a subtle blush and black currantโ€“tannic berry notes that balance the pearโ€™s natural sweetness. They sit on ๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š ๐›๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž, clean and creamy, giving everything else room to shine.

Around that, the layers come together with intention:
โ€ข ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ซ-๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ง๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ โ€” malty, earthy, with a lightly crisp edge
โ€ข ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž โ€” rich and toasty, with a savory herbal note that keeps the sweetness in check
โ€ข ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ-๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ โ€” warm, crunchy, and gently spiced

All together, itโ€™s a sundae with real character and depth โ€” comforting at first bite, then increasingly interesting with each spoonful.

๐€ ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐Ÿ ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ž ๐๐ž ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ซ๐ž. ๐€ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ; ๐ฎ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ž-๐ง๐ž-๐ฌ๐š๐ข๐ฌ-๐ช๐ฎ๐จ๐ข ๐โ€™๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ญ. Available at the drive-in all of February. Big thanks to @usapears for making it happen.

#PearMonth #USAPears #ChefSundae #BarNouveau #NorthwestPears
๐‘ท๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘น ๐‘ด๐‘ถ๐‘ต๐‘ป๐‘ฏ ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ ๐‘ฉ๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ฒ ๐Ÿ Hereโ€™s the thing about livin ๐‘ท๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘น ๐‘ด๐‘ถ๐‘ต๐‘ป๐‘ฏ ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ ๐‘ฉ๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ฒ ๐Ÿ

Hereโ€™s the thing about living in the Pacific Northwest: ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น โ€” ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.

We get these incredible, fleeting waves โ€” berries in Summer, stone fruit in late season, apples in Fall โ€” and then suddenly itโ€™s Winter, and the partyโ€™s over. The abundance fades, and whatโ€™s left feels precious.

๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—›๐—ช๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ.

Thanks to careful growing and smart storage, USA pears are here in the dead of Winter โ€” sweet, juicy, fiber-rich, and super versatile โ€” when fresh local fruit can feel like a luxury. And maybe because theyโ€™re always available, pears can get overlooked. Outshined by flashier, short-lived fruits.

๐™‰๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™. ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

Created with our friends at @USAPears, Februaryโ€™s specials live inside our โ€œWinter Comforts, French Rootsโ€ menu โ€” with pears poached, caramelized, pickled, baked, dried and paired with sweet and savory dishes that need something bright and lightly sweet to bring them into balance. 

Itโ€™s been a lot of fun exploring the variety of flavors that pears bring to recipes and their versatility through many stages of ripeness. From sandwiches to sundaes to snacks and bevvies, itโ€™s a pretty pear-fect lineup. Come check out the menu, available now and all February at Sugarpine. ๐Ÿ (visit sugarpinedrivein.com/menu for all the details)

#PearMonth #USAPears #WinterComforts #FrenchRoots #SugarpineDriveIn
๐—ก๐—ข ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฃ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐— ๐—•๐—œ๐—” ๐—š๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—š๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ง๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง ๐—ก๐—ข ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฃ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐— ๐—•๐—œ๐—” ๐—š๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—š๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ง๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง ๐—” ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐—”๐—ง ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—š๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐——๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜-๐—œ๐—ก

๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™œ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™‰๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐˜พ๐™ก๐™ช๐™— ๐™—๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ.

Introducing our new video series: ๐—™๐—œ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—— ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฆ โ€” a way of documenting a lived relationship with this place we call home. Through changing seasons, shifting light, long drives, quiet trails, and shared meals, Field Notes follows how we move through the Gorge โ€” and how Sugarpine fits into the larger rhythm of being outside, exploring, and coming back together.

Weโ€™ve always believed @sugarpinedrivein is more than a place to eat. Weโ€™re base camp. A starting point. A place you return to after a long day in the mountains, along the river, or on the road. Field Notes is our way of honoring that role โ€” showing how food, movement, weather, and landscape are connected.

This first chapter is shaped alongside our friend and collaborator @robertjhill โ€” our founding Sugarpine Nature Club Ambassador. Robert brings a calm, considered eye to the Gorge, paying attention to light, movement, stillness, and the moments in between. His work isnโ€™t about chasing extremes. Itโ€™s about noticing whatโ€™s already here, and learning how to step into it more fully.

In ๐™…๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎโ€™๐™จ ๐™๐™ž๐™š๐™ก๐™™ ๐™‰๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ: โ€œ๐™„๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™šโ€, Winter isnโ€™t something to endure.
Itโ€™s something to enter.

Into cold air and quiet forests.
Into movement and breath.
Into coming back tired, grounded, and well fed.

Itโ€™s about finding space for solitude โ€” and discovering how time outdoors quietly reconnects us to the people and places that matter.

Over the coming months, Field Notes will grow into a living archive of the Gorge โ€” following snowfall and ridgelines, waterfalls and rivers, Spring blooms, Summer swims, Autumn harvests, and winding back roads โ€” always rooted in the idea that good food belongs outdoors, and that adventure doesnโ€™t need to be loud to be meaningful.

Stay tuned. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

#columbiarivergorge #sugarpinedrivein #mounthood #pdxfood #sugarpinenatureclub
๐‘ท๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘น ๐‘ด๐‘ถ๐‘ต๐‘ป๐‘ฏ ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ ๐‘ช๐‘ถ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ผ. ๐‘ท๐‘ฌ๐‘จ๐‘น ๐‘ด๐‘ถ๐‘ต๐‘ป๐‘ฏ ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ ๐‘ช๐‘ถ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ผ. ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ โ€” ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

Thatโ€™s why weโ€™re celebrating Pear Month all February with a pear-focused menu here at the drive-in. Grown close to home in the Pacific Northwest and carefully stored after harvest, USA pears are a true all-season fruit, continuing to develop flavor and texture over time. Winter is when they really show their range.

Each pear variety brings something different to the table. Thick-skinned Bosc pears, with their dense, firm flesh, are ideal for baking, roasting, and long, gentle poaching. Anjou pears strike a balance between structure and sweetness, with a lightly citrusy note that works just as well in savory dishes as it does in desserts. Smaller, delicate Forelle pears, known for their cinnamon-like sweetness, naturally lend themselves to pastries, cookies, and baked treats.

As pears ripen, they evolve even further. Firmer fruit holds its shape when sliced or pickled, while riper pears become soft and fragrant โ€” perfect for sauces, compotes, and desserts. Add in their natural affinity for cheese, spice, and dairy, and the possibilities start to feel endless. This range is what makes pears such a natural fit for winter cooking.

Pear Month gives us the chance to lean fully into that versatility. This yearโ€™s Pear Menu lives inside our Winter Comforts, French Roots theme โ€” cooking built around techniques that suit cold weather: slow poaching, gentle spice, caramelization, and preservation. Pears arenโ€™t a garnish in these recipes โ€” theyโ€™re the heroes.

Swipe through for a sneak peek at the menu and some pear close-ups. Weโ€™ll be sharing more as the month unfolds.

๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜.
See you at the drive-in. ๐Ÿโ„๏ธ๐Ÿฅง

#PearMonth #USAPears #WinterComforts #FrenchRoots #SugarpineDriveIn
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