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Burgerville in Vancouver, WA

Burgerville in Vancouver, WA Offers Fresh, Local, Sustainable Food

With a name like Burgerville, you might expect a generic fast food joint with the typical offerings. Nothing could be further from the truth. Since its 1961 founding in Vancouver, Wash., Burgerville's standards for fresh, locally produced, sustainable food has set the Washington and Oregon-based chain of quick service restaurants apart. Only quality ingredients from responsible local farms make it onto Burgerville's health-conscious menu. An average burger at any of the gourmet chain's... Read More »
Beaches Restaurant

Beaches Restaurant Serves up Cuisine With a Cause

When Mike Barret, head chef at Beaches Restaurant and Bar in Vancouver, took the job in 2000, he didn’t realize that preparation of green eggs and ham for thousands would be an annual culinary requirement. Known throughout southwest Washington for their warm hearts and high energy when it comes to raising money for children’s causes, Beaches, its employees and owner Mark Matthias host the Green Eggs and Ham reading program in local schools each year on the March birthday of Dr. Seuss. “It... Read More »