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Local restaurants and bakeries are offering a range of special seasonal treats, from simple classics like warm apple cider, to a cozy bowl of French onion soup, to all sorts of pumpkin-spiced sweets.
From apple cider to pumpkin spice, this time of year, food is exploding with fall-only flavors. Local restaurants and bakeries are offering special seasonal treats you won’t want to miss.
Noisette Pastry Kitchen
Noisette’s fall menu includes a pumpkin almond brown butter cake ($4.95) and pumpkin mousse with brown sugar panna cotta ($3.50). An apple galette, pear custard tart, mini apple pie with streusel topping and focaccia with butternut squash and leeks are also on offer. On Fridays and Saturdays only, Noisette also is serving pumpkin creme fraiche coffee cakes.
200 W. Broadway
541-654-5257
Sweet Life Patisserie
At Sweet Life, the desserts of the month are all fall-themed. October’s treats include chai-spice cheesecake, pecan cheesecake pie and an autumn-harvest pie made with apples, dried cranberries and lots of warm spices ($7.25).
Two locations: 755 Monroe St. and 1609 E. 19th Ave.
541-683-5676
Provisions
Is there anything more comforting or delicious on a cold or rainy day than French onion soup? The 5th Street Public Market location of Provisions serves comfort by the bowl when their seasonal soup returns in October and stays through spring. For $9, diners get a bowl of brothy soup with slow-cooked onions and soft bread covered with cheese, with slices of fresh bread on the side.
In the 5th Street Public Market, 296 E. 5th Ave.
Costco
Fall means Costco’s famous pumpkin pie is back. Weighing in at 58 ounces (that’s 3 pounds, 10 ounces) for just $5.99, you can have a slice of pie with coffee for breakfast for a week. Or, you know … maybe serve some to your guests.
Costco.com has other seasonal treats, too, such as the Halloween Boo Box ($34.99) filled with sweets from Sugar Plum Chocolates. The chocolate company sent a sampler box to the Lookout office, where the goodies didn’t last long. The box comes with three different chocolate-covered pretzels, caramel corn with chocolate orange and black drizzle, two milk chocolate-covered graham crackers, a 4-ounce bag of tangy orange sour candy balls, a white candy pop in the shape of a ghost and two milk chocolate-covered sandwich cookies.
2828 Chad Drive
Salt & Straw
Salt & Straw, the ice cream shop in Eugene near Oakway Center, is known for seasonal ingredients and innovative flavors, so it’s no surprise they go above and beyond for fall and Halloween. The October menu includes The Great Candycopia, which is salted butterscotch ice cream loaded with candy pieces. Jack O’Lantern Pumpkin Bread tastes like the best baked good treat with a cream cheese frosting ripple ($12 pints).
139 Oakway Road
Sip Champagne and Dessert Bar
Stop in to Sip for the ultimate in pumpkin-spice season, with a cozy twist: Pumpkin Spice Brûléed Lattes ($7.50) first came onto the scene four years ago, and they are back. Sip does it with house-made pumpkin-spiced purée mixed into a double shot of espresso and steamed milk. It’s all covered with a caramelized sugar top that you need to crack with a spoon. In addition, Sip has a line of fall cocktails including the Pumpkin Espressotini and Pumpkin Mimosas.
488 Willamette St.
541-600-0556
Perugino
Warm apple cider is the quintessential fall drink, and you can get it by the cup at Perugino ($3.90, 12 ounces) now that it’s starting to get chilly. Perugino’s version doesn’t have any fancy garnishes, no mix-ins, no cinnamon stick stirrers, no flavored rim. It’s just deliciously spiced warm apple cider with a mug you can wrap your hands around to embrace the season.
767 Willamette St., Suite 102
541-687-9102
Metropol Bakery
Metropol is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Its offerings don’t rush the season as early as some other bakeries do, so as of early October they didn’t have fall-specific treats. But the Budapest coffee cake ($6.25), made with currants and lots of cinnamon, is available year-round.
2538 Willamette St.
541-465-4730
