Press
"Perhaps the biggest fireworks come with the news that Chef Kari’s Hayward, in McMinnville’s Mac Market, is nominated for Best New Restaurant. This is huge for the chef that just opened her first restaurant under her own name in 2023, which, not to mention, was supposed to be a casual breakfast café inside a marketplace, not necessarily one of the 10 best new full-service restaurants in the country that it’s gracefully become."
— These Are the 6 James Beard Award Finalists from Oregon Portland Monthly | April 2024
"The Willamette Valley’s Hayward, which opened in May 2023, was nominated as 'Best New Restaurant' for already displaying excellence in the culinary industry. The McMinnville eatery boasts a 'new northwest fare' and a 'hyper-seasonal' menu."
— Portland’s Gourdet, Langbaan earn James Beard Awards
KOIN 6 | June 2024
“At Hayward, Chef Kari is growing her reputation for ambitious ‘new Northwest’ cuisine. On a recent visit, she served chilled coast mussels in horseradish and seaweed dulse, celestial headcheese panisse with fermented leeks, and a steak tartare dish built to look like a little cheeseburger, topped by a brioche cracker ‘bun.’”
— How to Eat Your Way across McMinnville in 48 Hours
Portland Monthly | June 2024
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