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| Chef | Isaiah Martinez |
| Food type | Caribbean |
| Street address | 837 Lincoln Street |
| City | Eugene |
| State | Oregon |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 97401 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 44°03′02″N123°05′50″W / 44.0505°N 123.0971°W |
| Reservations | No |
| Website | yardyrumbar |
Yardy Rum Bar is a Caribbean restaurant and cocktail bar in Eugene, Oregon, United States. [1] [2]
The Caribbean restaurant and cocktail bar [3] Yardy Rum Bar operates in Eugene, Oregon. [4] [5] The interior has orange walls and "Afro-Caribbean image motifs", according to KLCC. [6] The counter service restaurant does not accept reservations. [6]
Yardy uses seasonal ingredients sourced from the Pacific Northwest. [7] The menu has included a fried chicken sandwich, pholourie (split-pea fritters sauced with mango, peppers, and tamarind), and the Jibarito No. 2, which is griyo pork with Scotch bonnets and Haitian pikliz slaw between twice-fried plantains. [4] The restaurant has also served Creole pork shoulder, doubles, and salads. Among drink options are a daiquiri, a Manhattan, an old fashioned with rum, and punches. [7] [8]
Isaiah Martinez is the chef; he and Nico Centanni are co-owners. The business launched as a pop-up restaurant in 2020, before operating from a food truck starting in 2021 [9] and later moving into a brick and mortar space in a Victorian house near downtown Eugene in January or February 2024. [4] [10] [11] The restaurant operates in the space that previously housed the crêpe and cocktail bar The Vintage. [11]
In 2025, Martinez was a semifinalist for the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef: Northwest & Pacific. [10] [12] Yardy was included in The New York Times 's 2025 list of the fifty best restaurants in the United States. [4] [11] Brenna Houck included Yardy in Eater Portland 's 2025 overview of the best restaurants and food carts in Eugene. [13]
