Old Mill Brew Werks
The restaurant opened 18 months ago, but changed hands in January, freeing up former owner Dave Love to launch a new brewing endeavor simply called Brew Werks. Love and the new owners are working together on that beer venture and will soon take over 10 Barrel’s original space off Empire. In addition to starting their own beer line, the new owners also brought in chef Rudy Garcia from Portland, who has dramatically upped the pub’s food quality. We had just two real regrets. One was not trying the half-pound burger, stacked nearly six inches tall and smothered with bbq sauce, cheddar cheese and shoestring onions that passed in all its ground beef glory to another table. The other was not trying any of Garcia’s specials, which go way beyond mere pub food, such as stuffed duck breast with an apricot rum sauce and a walnut encrusted pork loin with horseradish and green apple whipped cream. Also look for the Scotch egg, a hard-boiled egg wrapped in sausage and rolled in breadcrumbs, then baked and fried before being sliced in half to show off the cross-section, then served on mashed potatoes and drizzled with an IPA-infused mustard. 384 SW Upper Terrace Dr. 541-633-7670e