It was quite the year for the Mid-Valley, as restaurants and other food businesses rode the wave for the third year of the pandemic. Despite staffing shortages, price hikes and sickness in 2022 ...

It was an interesting year for the Mid-Valley, food-wise. What's popular nationally doesn't always trickle down to our area in the same way, but it's interesting to see what does make an impact.

Enter the Mid-Willamette Valley Food Trail, which is aimed at helping people eat and drink their way through the Mid-Willamette Valley. In Albany, Chef Matt Bennett is passionate about food.

Food carts and food cart pods were able to weather the storm of the pandemic or perhaps even benefit because they were built for to-go orders and people feel more comfortable dining in the open ...

Chris Peterson said his family’s food cart, Peterson’s Pretzels, came down from Alaska to open up in the mid-valley in January. “My business is doing better than it ever has here,” he said.