Vegetarian & Seafood Entrees, Salads, and Small Dishes from Celilo Restaurant, Hood River
16 Oak St, Hood River, OR 97031
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Located in downtown Hood River, Celilo has menus that are built with a focus on fresh, seasonal foods grown and procured locally. With ingredients regionally grown or foraged, we are proud to source high quality, pure food, grown mere miles from our doorstep. We make every attempt to buy naturally raised and organic products when available.
As our menus are responsive and dependent on what’s in season in the Gorge region- they are always changing. Always. We do our very best to update the menus on our website, but there may be some differences between what you see here and what you’ll see during your visit to our Hood River Restaurant.
Join us and choose from our array of drink menus- from local craft beer and wine to our innovative cocktails. Winner of an Award of Excellence for 2016 by Wine Spectator, we are known for our vast selection of both regional and international wines.
Our Mission and Philosophy at Celilo Restaurant and Bar
At Celilo Restaurant, we are committed to a healthy and sustainable future. To achieve our goals of responsible business ownership, we focus on one critical aspect of all that we do: LOCAL.
Local started out as our mantra; in regards to the purchasing of our ingredients in the kitchen. The reasons that are obvious. We source high quality, fresh food, grown miles from our doorstep. We make every attempt to buy naturally raised products and organic products when available.
Other considerations have also arisen. We pay attention to our output. We reuse or recycle all of our glass, plastic, paper, aluminum, and tin. We use unbleached paper sourced from consumer recycled fiber. We compost all our food scraps, vegetables, and coffee grounds. We convert our used vegetable oils into bio-diesel.
Supporting the local economy helps us in turn. We want our producers to use environmentally sound agriculture and sustainable farming practices. They produce great food that is healthy. The fossil fuel impact is minimal. And we benefit from the superior product grown in a safe living environment.
Each small step is important.
Visit Sustainable Hood River the Facebook page to find out more sustainable initiatives going on in our town.
Chef Ben Stenn
Ben Stenn is the head chef and managing partner of Celilo Restaurant and Bar. He graduated from NYU in 1992 with a BA in political science and a minor in French Literature. As it happens, the minor degree had more influence than the political science (thank goodness) as it got Ben to France where he found his raison d’etre. Ben spent two years in France, first at La Varenne, Ecole de Cuisine and then at several restaurants that rounded out his early learning. He returned to New York City and the restaurant world before coming to the Pacific Northwest.
After arriving in Hood River in 1995, Ben operated the Sixth Street Bistro and Loft for ten years. This offered Ben the opportunity to establish a family of producers and food people, the foundation of Celilo. Ben’s simple philosophy:
“Know your food. Know what it is, where it comes from, who grew it, when it was harvested, how it was prepared. It is an honor to be a part of this simple ethic.”
