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GETAWAYS • Pacific Northwest
Oregon trail
Oregon’s Willamette Valley, sometimes compared to Burgundy, is not just about Pinot Noir anymore. Chardonnay and traditional method sparkling wines are finally getting their due, and a collaborative community of young winemakers is making its mark, crafting excellent wines with zero pretension. Here now, FOUND’s guide to what’s new and notable.
WHERE TO STAY: The Allison Inn & Spa (above) in Newberg remains the region’s most elegant resort and nicest spa experience, with details including housemade chocolate truffles and robe warmers, plus a new guided floating meditation therapy. Larger groups and families can book a six-bedroom hillside home AtTheJoy for a full kitchen, heated pool, hot tub, and three standalone bungalows. Owner Andy Lytle provides bottles of his Lytle-Barnett and Aubaine wines for imbibing.
WHERE TO DINE: If chef Kari Shaughnessy can become a James Beard finalist in a restored 1920s warehouse with no air conditioning, then the sky’s the limit for the new Carlton location of her restaurant, Hayward. At Hayward’s new digs, open since last summer, a larger kitchen allows Shaughnessy to build out her zero-waste and fermentation program. Diners sit at the communal kitchen banquette, on two-tops, or in the covered patio garden, snacking on housemade focaccia with a generous dollop of koji butters and daily pickles while perusing the rotating weekly menu.
WHERE TO TASTE: LucidWild Estate in Dundee is the Willamette’s hottest new tasting room, pumping house music while dispelling the myth that Gen Z doesn’t drink wine. Tastings include food pairings, panoramic vineyard views, and impromptu estate honey tastings. Linger with bottle service in spaces like a rec room with billiards, foosball, and a crushed-oyster-shell bocce court outside. LucidWild also has a Mercedes Sprinter Van for up to 10 guests available for chauffeured wine tours.
WHERE TO FEST: The Equinox Wine Festival is May 2, featuring more than 30 wineries from the Eola-Amity Hills AVA (Bryn Mawr, Lingua Franca, and Bethel Heights) and educational seminars on chardonnay, alternative varietals, and library vintage pinot noirs. AAPI Food & Wine takes place the same weekend in McMinnville for a lively gathering of Asian-owned wineries paired with smoky and spicy Asian food.
Another tasting event, Method Oregon, expands this July with three days showcasing Oregon’s best traditional method sparkling wines, with seminars, grand tastings, and individual winery events. Sparkling specialists including Corollary Wines, Lytle-Barnett, Roco Winery, and Arablis will pour bubbles so fine, you might actually mistake them for Champagne. –Amber Gibson
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ROUTINES • Goods & Services
Select answers to the FOUND Routine query, What’s a recent big-ticket purchase you love?
→ JOSEPH (JOE) JEBELEAN, general manager & mixologist, Lakou (Miami): I recently picked up the AINOTE Air 2 Notebook, and it’s been a game-changer for staying organized and productive. I use it daily for planning, notes, and ideas, and it helps keep everything streamlined without the clutter of multiple notebooks or screens.
→ KEN FRANK, executive chef & owner, La Toque (SF): I bought my wife a really good Canon professional photo printer. She’s a florist and has a great eye.
→ ANYA FIRESTONE, experience curator and guide, Maison Firestone (Paris): I love investing in things for the home and for my son Swann, but I want to keep the apartment looking chic: A toy chest from PoumPoum, in the shape of a Parisian building. I also acquired another playmat from Totter and Tumble, inspired by 19th-century William Morris prints. And then for something less child-friendly: Crystal cobalt stemware by Jonathan Hansen (I opted for the stemless flutes and use them as water glasses).
→ LAUREN BEHFARIN, CEO & founder, Little Room Supply (NY): KHAITE Colt snake-effect leather ankle boots, the new loves of my life.
GETAWAYS • Tokyo
Found in translation
After a 19-month closure for renovations, the iconic Park Hyatt Tokyo (immortalized in Lost In Translation) reopened late last year at the top of the Shinjuku Park Tower. The common areas have been given a slight refresh and modern design updates, while guest rooms have undergone a complete overhaul that includes an elegant piece of cabinetry concealing several drawers for stemware, espresso cups, and the minibar.
The famous New York Bar on the 52nd floor has been preserved in its original jazz-bar-in-the-sky beauty. And the impeccable near-panoramic views remain reason enough to visit The Peak, the 41st-floor lobby bar and lounge, even if you’re not staying overnight. (Unlike New York Bar, The Peak doesn’t charge a cover fee.)
I’d lovingly describe the rooms and approach to service as business-formal. Luxury is in details major and minor: a hand-illustrated map of the hotel on the ground floor and in the lobby, with a similar one for citywide attractions in my room; a welcome basket of in-season Tochiotome strawberries; staff members who greeted me by name every time I emerged from the elevators or walked through the lobby. –Patricia Kelly Yeo
GETAWAYS • Key West
Bahamian bodega
Santiago’s Bodega holds a special place in my heart — the two of us arrived in Key West around the same time in the early aughts. I moved into the seafoam cottage next door on Emma Street in 2006 — I could peer into the kitchen from my bedroom window, and my back door was the most direct route to a table on the inviting wraparound patio outside.
Santiago’s was the new hotspot on the island back then, slightly off the beaten path in Bahama Village with a louche bohemian (yet sophisticated) appeal, serving Spanish-style tapas alongside housemade sangria and an impressive global wine list. It seemed to embody everything I hoped my new island life would promise: off-the-grid remoteness, with a touch of the cosmopolitan.
More than 20 years later, Santiago’s remains one of my favorite restaurants in Key West, and the quality of the food has never lagged. The brandy flambeed haloumi saganaki and seared beef tenderloin in bleu cheese butter are as delicious today as they were when I first tasted them, thanks to the steady hand of restaurateur Jason Dugan.
In addition to the sweetness of nostalgia I enjoy whenever I’m back at Santiago’s, there’s also the croissant bread pudding, made to order, which I reflexively request for dessert without glancing at the menu. –Shayne Benowitz
AROUND FOUND • Other Notable Intel & Recs
→ NY: In a patinated, postage-stamp-sized space, Odo East Village is a new casual offshoot from chef Hiroki Odo (of Odo in Chelsea). Odo captures the essence of kaiseki cooking without the formality (or the price tag), in a setting that feels familiar and unpretentious. In other words: the ideal restaurant-bar for New York in 2026.
→ LONDON: For almost two years, Dara Klein ran a hit residency at Islington gastropub The Compton Arms, serving Italian food inspired by her family’s trattoria in New Zealand. That version of Tiella closed at the end of 2024, but Klein is back with a similar, now-permanent, set-up in Hackney. It’s proved just as popular since opening in January.
→ PARIS: Leeds native and alum of beloved spots like Robert and Magnolia, Jack Baker Bosco is a hot name on the Paris restaurant scene right now. The chef’s new restaurant Le Canard Sauvage opened in November on the pulsing Boulevard de Strasbourg, and is a welcome addition to this pocket of the 10th arrondissement.
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