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There's more to the EUG than the University of Oregon and Fifth Street Public Market

You had us at "Eugene-landia," Washington Post.

Last week, the newspaper's so-called guide to Track Town roiled Oregon media from Portland to Eugene itself. Sure, the city may not be at its best during the rainy months. But visitors passing through between November and April are surely more appreciated — after all, you're bringing in the bucks during the slow season.

We saw WashPo's guide and thought, "Surely there must be some hip places where Grandma Irma wouldn't dare tread." Well, we rounded them up and put them in this list because you deserve a roundup of joints that isn't bougie AF.

Here are 34 businesses, eateries and other locales you should visit if you've ever been tempted to ask a Eugenean, "So, where do the locals go?"

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Get drinks at Rye or the Cooler

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These places are total polar opposites. And they both have something to offer.

Rye on Third

One of the best bars to open in Eugene over the last five years is Rye on Third, where the menu and atmosphere alike channel a pre-Prohibition aesthetic. (You'll feel as if you're drinking inside of an old whiskey barrel.)

The cocktail menu also helpfully breaks drinks down by price range, so you never have to worry breaking the bank.

444 E. Third Ave.

The Cooler

If you want to hit up a Ducks tailgate party without the actual tailgate, The Cooler is going to be your best bet. If you're not expressly looking for it, you'll probably miss it — the iconic sports bar blends right into the background on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

And if you're celebrating someone's 21er, you're in luck: The bar special on your birthday is a Long Island iced tea served in a fishbowl. (Don't worry: They give you four straws.)

20 Centennial Loop

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Or spend an evening in the Barmuda Triangle

Eugeneans have long known the area just west of Kesey Square as the Barmuda. It's where longtime residents and twentysomethings sick of the campus bar scene flock to when the weekend rolls around.

There's almost too much good stuff here to list, but here are the highlights:

Luckey's Club

The oldest bar in Eugene features local bands on the same stage from time to time and because it was once a cigar shop, boasts an aesthetic that can't be beat.

933 Olive St.

Cowfish

Feel like dancing? That's Cowfish's forte. Tunes range from Euro-pop to techno and everything in between. The Wayward Lamb, just a block west, is also worth checking out. (The tap selection is much better there and the venue hosts a weekly GLAM night.)

62 W. Broadway

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Horsehead

Eugene Weekly voters say this is the best bar food in town. They're not wrong. Just check out some of their other choice rankings. (And don't miss Meerah Powell's excellent and justified head-scratching in response to readers choosing "diversity" as one of the city's best qualities.)

99 W. Broadway

Starlight Lounge

The bartenders are friendly. There are $3 Patron shots before 10:30 p.m. The couches are incredibly comfortable. Starlight is good.

830 Olive St.

The Barn Light Café and Lounge

Barn Light is relatively new to downtown Eugene, but the joint boasts an excellent mix of coffee and cocktails. There are also a couple of shelves full of board games, so there's that, too. Oh, and Sizzle Pie is right next door.

924 Willamette St.

Finally, RIP in peace John Henry's, now and forever.

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Play at Level Up and Shoryuken League

Sure, Blairalley Arcade is a fine establishment. (After all, they picked up Eugene's weekly '80s night after John Henry's was shuttered. RIP.)

But the best arcade joints in town are much closer to the city core.

Level Up Arcade

With a cabinet selection that rivaled Portland's Ground Kontrol prior to recent renovations, Level Up also hosts local DJs on occasion.

1290 Oak St.

Shoryuken League

Shoryuken used to operate on a simple premise: Pay $5 to get in and play all of the video games you want, from stand-up arcade cabinets to modern consoles on big-screen TVs. Well, the cover charge is now gone and the Pokémon-themed cocktails are as good as ever.

881 Willamette St.

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Buy stuff at the Saturday Market

The owners and operators of businesses in the Washington Post's list may be up-and-coming sundry sellers that appeal to folks making a quick trip to the Emerald City, but Eugene's quirkiest vendors call Saturday Market home.

Local artists sell everything from prints to jewelry and other odds and ends. Restauranteurs set up in food carts. And bands fill the square for much of the market's duration.

Of course, the event shutters during the winter months. But from spring to mid-autumn, there's no livelier place in all the city.

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Get a good burrito

Portland and much of northern Oregon has Muchas Gracias. The Eugene-Springfield area has not one, but two locally owned and operated Mexican restaurant chains worth exploring. (I've never been much for sushi.)

Here are those and a couple of other really good Mexican food joints:

Burrito Boy

These guys get top billing because of their strategic location on Franklin Boulevard, easy walking distance whether you live near the university or downtown. The two-enchilada meal is among the best hangover deterrents you'll ever want.

Various locations

Burrito Amigos

Two words: FIRE BITES.

Various locations

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El Super Burrito

Try their take on the Oregon Burrito and you'll never want anything else in your life. (Except maybe the Super Nachos.)

2566 Willamette St.

Lonches to Go

There was a time when Lonches was just a taco truck that used the awning of a strip mall for customer seating. Well, the taco truck is still where the cooking happens but the restaurant now uses part of the strip mall as customer seating.

901 River Rd.

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Don't eat like a first-week freshman -- venture out to 13th Avenue

Sure, the Erb Memorial Union may have some neat new dining options. But the magic of campus-area Eugene has always resided on East 13th Avenue and around the corner on Alder Street. Best of all, there's an equal mix of franchise restaurants like Qdoba and Starbucks in addition to these locally owned gems:

Café Siena

This is, hands down, the best eatery on 13th Avenue. Bomb chilaquiles? Check. Dope huevos rancheros? Done. And don't even get us started on that small chicken burrito, which comes topped with guacamole and sour cream.

853 E. 13th Ave.

Caspian Mediterranean Café

The shawarma and gyros are something to write home about. And if you've got a finicky child in tow — or finicky teen — the burgers and fries are also worthwhile. Try to sit upstairs — the view of a bustling 13th Avenue on a mid-afternoon is well worth the climb.

863 E. 13th Ave.

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Espresso Roma

Only squares go to Starbucks when there's room to spare at Espresso Roma. Why settle for second-rate breakfast sandwiches when you can enjoy a freshly baked scone?

825 E. 13th Ave.

Maple Garden

You might've been to Eugene a few dozen times and missed this hole in the wall. After all, it's nestled right next to the Starbucks on 13th and Alder and presents such an unassuming facade that it's easy to walk right past it. But you won't find a better bang for your buck when it comes to Chinese in the campus area.

1275 Alder St.

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Catch a show

If you’re heading to Eugene for a day trip or a weekend, why not cap it off with a visit to one of the city’s many music venues?

McDonald Theatre

If you took the grandiosity of the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall and the floor plan of the Wonder Ballroom in Portland, you’d come awfully close to re-creating the McDonald. The high ceilings in the auditorium are particularly friendly to acts that know how to play with the light in just the right way.

1010 Willamette St.

Hi-Fi Music Hall

One of the newer venues in town, Hi-Fi has made a name for itself as one of the hippest spots for the twentysomething crowd. RIP, Rockn’ Rodeo.

44 E. Seventh Ave.

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Cuthbert Amphitheater

When the weather’s nice, there’s no better place to catch a show than this venue tucked into the center of Alton Baker Park near Autzen Stadium. The amphitheater is so close to the stadium dog park that you can hear the tunes as you play with your pup.

2300 Leo Harris Pkwy.

WOW Hall

You won’t find a more intimate venue than the Woodmen of the World Lodge, where the performing stage is no taller than knee height for most anyone you’ll be grooving along with.

291 W Eighth Ave.

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Hike Spencer Butte

Sure, you could hike Mt. Pisgah. Or you can summit the tallest peak in Eugene proper.

Spencer Butte offers visitors a near-limitless degree of customization depending on how much time and effort you're willing to put into the hike. If you have an hour to kill, park at the South Willamette Trail Head, which is a two-mile round trip.

The Fox Hollow Trail head is about half a mile longer. And there are several places along the Ridgeline Trail System in the Fox Hollow neighborhoods where you can start your trek.

Pisgah is, without a doubt, a gorgeous area. But Spencer is the superior hike. (You can even spot the yellow O on Autzen Stadium from the summit on a clear day.)

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Forget brunch. Breakfast is where it's at

Portland may have brunch on lockdown, but in Eugene breakfast reigns supreme. And, as you can expect, there are just as many superb options for vegans and vegetarians as there are for those who like stacks of bacon and sausage patties with the most important meal of the day.

Brails

Eugene Weekly and Daily Emerald readers consistently rank Brails’ the best hangover cure. And for good reason. Not only do you get a dynamite meal — the Skillet and Joy’s Special are particularly good — but owner Sang Joo Knutdson, better known in the community as Joy, will make you feel right at home.

1689 Willamette St.

Morning Glory

This hyperlocal vegetarian breakfast spot makes a point of adorning its walls with works by local artists and supporting nearby farms by keeping the supply line as short as possible. Got a finicky eater in tow? Don’t worry — they’ve got a breakfast medley that’ll please the eggs and hashbrown crowd.

450 Willamette St.

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Studio One

This no-nonsense café just south of the University of Oregon campus serves French toast and pancakes that’ll knock your socks right off. Keep an eye out for the celebrity portraits on the walls — bet you can’t find them all.

1473 E. 19th Ave.

13th Avenue

Remember all the really good places we told you about in the guide to 13th Avenue near the University of Oregon? Well, Café Siena and Espresso Roma, in particular, knock it out of the park with their breakfast game.

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Visit the inspiration for Moe's Tavern from 'The Simpsons'

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Once again, I will always plug Max's Tavern in stories about Eugene. Come for the free popcorn and peanuts. Stay until closing to belt out the chorus to "Sweet Caroline" with a bunch of strangers.

550 E. 13th Ave.

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Or peruse the sheer variety of selection at The Bier Stein

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Some folks swear by the beer and cheese soup. Others fancy the pizza panini. Regardless of what you choose to accompany your beer, you'll spend plenty of time mulling your boozy options the first time you visit this museum of ales, porters and IPAs.

1591 Willamette St.

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Check out Portland Lite

You could be fooled into thinking the intersection of Willamette Street and Broadway was cut from downtown Portland and airlifted 100 miles south. Homesick students should feel right at home here, as should anyone looking for a quick visit to the Rose City without the headaches wrought by our terrible drivers.

Sizzle Pie

Pizza by the slice until 4 a.m. It's a perfect cap-off to a night at the Barmuda Triangle.

910 Willamette St.

Voodoo Doughnut

Yes, there are bacon maple bars and ODBs. But there's one thing Eugene's Voodoo has that the main location in downtown Portland couldn't possibly offer regularly: Short wait times.

20 E. Broadway

Killer Burger

Those peanut butter and pickle burgers are to die for. And the tap selection does not disappoint.

50 W. Broadway

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Townshend's Tea House

You can either sit down for a cuppa at the University of Oregon's student union location or venture downtown, away from the awkward gaze of twentysomethings concerned about the presence of an Old in their midst.

41 W. Broadway

Broadway Metro

Along with the Bijou Art Cinemas near the UO campus, the Broadway Metro offers a varied selection of independent films that would entice any movie buff.

43 W. Broadway

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Looking for more Eugene-centric travel tips? Look no further

- 20 places to take a University of Oregon student when you visit

- How to attend an Oregon football game like a real Duck

- 14 unofficial rites of passage for Oregon Ducks

- The Emerald guide to Eugene's burger scene

An earlier version of this post gave the wrong venue credit for GLAM night. The Wayward Lamb hosts the celebration weekly.