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It takes a lot to prepare a traditional thanksgiving dinner. Instead of spending hours away from family and friends, why not let us do the preparing for you? Join us at our Siletz Bay Buffet, Rogue River Steakhouse or Chinook’s Seafood Grill on Thanksgiving Day to sit back, relax and enjoy a wonderful meal by the sea.

Our Rogue River Steakhouse has a special for $25 that includes: roasted butternut squash bisque with honey crema and toasted pumpkin seeds. Bacon tomato and romaine Caesar salad with house croutons. An entry of smoked white and dark turkey topped with peppered bacon gravy, basil and parmesan whipped potatoes, chorizo and apple stuffing and sautéed garlic green beans. For dessert? Silky pumpkin grand marnier mousse with honey, graham and pistachio.

The Chinook’s Seafood Grill will have a $27 special from 2pm to 9pm. To start is a roasted butternut squash bisque with crème fraiche. Next up the entrée course consists of oven roasted turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, stuffing and cranberry sauce. Top off your meal with a slice of traditional pumpkin pie with vanilla whipped cream!

Enjoy a traditional thanksgiving harvest at our Siletz Bay Buffet for $21.95. from the carving station you’ll find roast prime rib of beef and Virginia ham. Entrees include oven roasted turkey, sage stuffing, mashed potatoes and turkey gravy and a huge assortment of sides including candied yams with marshmallows and maple syrup kissed acorn squash. At our sauté station try our traditional fry bread and your choice of pasta’s cooked to order. Don’t forget to check out our desserts table including assorted holiday pies (pumpkin included), tarts and sugar free options.

Continue to get into the Holiday Spirit the first weekend of December as Lonestar and Phil Vassar join forces to perform holiday favorites and hit songs.  Tickets are on sale now! the performers will unite for their original song “Not So Silent Night” an original song which was released last year. Come make seasons bright at the Chinook Winds Showroom on December 6^th and 7^th.

According to Google the average American eats nearly 18 pounds of bacon each year. You know what this means…… Our fifth annual Beach, Bacon and Brews Festival is coming up in a few weeks! $25 entry fee gets you access to live music, free beer tasting from local Pacific Northwest microbreweries. The entry fee also includes 5 free bacon bits to start your tasting journey of delicious bacon recipes. Bacon bits are $1 per taste and all proceeds from them go to the charities you choose to spend them trying samples from. This year ten charities are competing for the title of best bacon recipe!

Chinook Winds and Sunnyvalley Smoked Meats partnered together the first year to supply the bacon to the competitors. By the second year of Beach, Bacon and Brews They became the full bacon sponsor. Bigfoot Beverages has been the beverage sponsor from the beginning and breweries from all over Oregon come to bring samples of their best brews. Charity recipes change every year and there are three types of judging: Top two professional chef recipes, top two amateur recipes, one people’s Choice for bacon and one people’s choice of best brew.
Breweries from all over Oregon are serving up their specialty tastes of beer and cider. Take advantage of an opportunity to sample craft beer from local breweries. Current breweries scheduled to take part this year are: Ace Cider, Arch Rock, Avid Cider, Bauman’s Cider, Breakside Brewery, Fort George Brewery, Goodlife Brewing, Groundbreaker Brewing, McKenzie Brewing, Nectar Creek Mead, Ninkasi Brewing, Oakshire Brewing, Pelican Brewery and Three Creeks brewing.

Live music is a huge part of Beach, Bacon and Brews. This year Rock ‘N’ Roll Cowboys, Short Notice and Fun with Jo will be performing live from our stage next to the tent. Sip brews; eat bacon and enjoy live entertainment that adds fantastic atmosphere every year! Rock ‘N’ Roll Cowboys hit the stage from 12pm to 1:30pm. Fun with Jo comes on stage from 2pm to 3:30pm with Short Notice performing from 4pm to 5:30pm. Awards will be announced shortly after. Tickets are available now online, by phone or in person at our box office at Winners Circle. Come join us July 13th from noon until 6pm and support our wonderful local charities while having a blast!

A little history about Beach, Bacon and Brews. It all started with James Myers from the Newport Food Pantry, he pitched the idea for a north Lincoln County event and had previously participated in a Tuna BBQ elsewhere. He thought a bacon event in Lincoln City would be fun! James Myers graciously coordinates the charity teams every year and has built a wonderful working relationship throughout the years. “For the non-profits this gives them needed funds to help support their programs and allows them to share their missions with the attendees From support for a battered women’s shelter to a summer youth baseball program the money raised these ten groups put the funds earned towards activities that benefit our entire county,” James Myers. The 2019 participating charities are: Lincoln City Chamber of Commerce, Depoe Bay Food Pantry, Family Promise of Lincoln County, American Legion Post #116, My Sister’s Place, Taft Tiger Boosters, Bay City Cruisers, RSVP and Mouse Factory Cooperative Preschool.

Here is a recipe for a fantastic 7-Layer Salad that is sure to be a hit at your next gathering.
Ingredients:
1 medium size lettuce, shredded
½ cup thinly sliced green onion
1 cup thinly sliced celery
1 cup (8 oz) water chestnuts
1 package of frozen peas
2 cups mayonnaise
2 teaspoons sugar
½ cup grated cheddar cheese
1 teaspoon garlic powder
¾ pound bacon, crisply cooked
3 hardboiled eggs, chopped
2 medium tomatoes cut into wedges.

Assemble the night before in a 3 to 4-quart glass dish. Make a layer of shredded lettuce, top with layer each of onion, celery, water chestnuts, peas. Spread mayonnaise. Sprinkle sugar, cheese and garlic powder. Cover and refrigerate until the next day. Crumble bacon into salad, sprinkle on chopped eggs and arrange tomato wedges around the salad. Enjoy!

Summer is coming upon us! Who is ready for a good excuse to visit the beach? Here are some of our upcoming events that give back to our veterans and local charities!

Kicking off the summer events is our 24th Anniversary, with Clay Walker performing on June 20th and 21st at 8pm and the big fireworks show on June 22nd at approximately 10pm. We have the Brewers Classic Golf Tournament, benefiting Lincoln City scholarships, on June 29th. That same weekend we have the first annual Bigfoot Fest! Complete with escape room adventures Jun 28th and 30th as well as our Bigfoot Hunt Giveaway Finale on June 30th.

Did you know that bacon dates back 3,500 years?  On July 13th we host our fifth annual Beach, Bacon and Brew Fest! $25 entry fee gets you beer tastings from over 20 brews, $5 in free slot play, as well as access to great food vendors, and live music! Purchase bacon bits at $1 per bit to enjoy original bacon recipes made by local charities. Each charity competes to win the title of who has the best bacon dish. All money earned from those bacon bits goes to the charity it’s dropped at. The Brewfest will go from 12pm-6pm with live music throughout the day to enjoy. Designated driver tickets are available at a reduced price.

Surf City Classic Car show and SoundOff competition are coming back on August 24th and 25th.  There will be everything from hot rods to custom cars, vintage corvettes, bikes and trucks at this show!  Car registration Is just $10 and includes a t-shirt and $5 in Free Slot Play! This timeless show takes place in the main parking area in front of the casino and all registration proceeds go to Angels Anonymous, a local non-profit created to assist our community with immediate needs. Surf City also brings in great car-related vendors as well as food, live bands and a beer garden. Soundoff is heading into its eighth year and is sure to be bigger and louder than ever! Awarding competitors with best sound quality and loudest car audio. Most competitors enter contests all over the country to earn points towards national level competition. Our Surf City SoundOff winners get triple points towards an invitation to the prestigious dB Drag Racing Worlds Finals! We also hold raffles to benefit Angels Anonymous.

The 15th annual Celebration of Honor returns September 18th- 22nd and will feature medal ceremonies, a special glass float drop, The Field of Honor, plus a free buffet, and a buy-one-get-one-free deal on a comedy show are available for veterans, active military personnel and their families.  Veteran’s services and Military displays are found in the large tent at our parking lot. This year, the Traveling Memorial Wall will be available for viewing throughout the week. Please join Chinook Winds Casino Resort in honoring those who have served and continue to serve in all branches of the military.

Mark your calendars and make plans with friends and family to attend these fantastic summer events! We hope to see you soon.  Check back soon for more updates on what’s coming up at Chinook Winds!

The Surf City Car Show and the Surf City Sound Off is just around the corner, and this year we have something special for our neighbors nearby! That’s right. It’s time again for our celebration of classic cars, trucks and bikes as well as the loudest and best sounding vehicles in the West (country?)! Cars are better at the beach and on August 25th and 26th, Chinook Winds will have some exciting, friendly competitions to see whose rides look the best and sound the best. This year we’ve added a fun giveaway  to let all of our neighbors in on the Surf City Sound Off fun!

If you live in the greater Lincoln City area and hear the Sound Off every year, we have an exciting opportunity for you. Last year Chinook Winds helped raise more than $8,000 for Angels Anonymous during Surf City Sound Off! Angels Anonymous is a nonprofit that strives, “to provide immediate and basic services to those in need in the greater Lincoln City area, while complimenting existing services. The desire of Angels Anonymous is to provide a service that is immediate and to help those we serve to find solutions for long-term problems”. This year Chinook Winds would like to invite our neighbors to join us in bringing awareness to this great charity!

We know the Surf City Sound Off is a flashy event that brings new sounds to the coast. So, this year we would like to know what our neighbors will be doing during the Sound Off. Chinook Winds will be giving two lucky winners who share their stories with us a weekend away to stunning Central Oregon for next year’s event, or any other time of year you may choose! First, you’ll need to like Chinook Winds Casino Resort on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. Then, when you hear the Sound Off on August 25th and 26th, post a photo or video of what you were doing when you heard the sounds. We want to see everyone’s posts, so to make sure your post is seen and eligible, it must be public, with a caption, and tagged with our hashtag #AngelsSoundOff.  The winners of the Angel Sound Off Giveaway will be selected at random and announced on social media the following Monday, August 27th, 2018.

Chinooks Winds will be giving away a grand prize and a runner-up prize. The Grand prize includes a weekend getaway to beautiful Central Oregon, with a stay at the Sunriver Vacation Rentals by Meredith Lodging, four High Desert Museum admission tickets, and a one-hour family photo session with Kassia Nicole Photography. The Runner-up will receive a two-night stay at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in the heart of downtown Bend, and a $200 gift card for sunglasses at A to Z Eyeglass Repair.

Chinook Winds is calling all angels to stand up and sound off this August. Whether you have the loudest, best sounding vehicle in the West, or spend the day out on Devils Lake kayaking, we want to hear from you. Send us your photo and video stories for your chance to make a difference. Help us support Angels Anonymous, the group that supports all of us in the greater Lincoln City area so well!    #AngelsSoundOff

Carnivals make everyone smile! Whether it’s you on the ride or your family and friends, we all smile when we hear that word. Here at Chinook Winds we love to make people smile and build memories. That’s why when we had the chance to host Davis Carnivals on their way through the area, we jumped at it! Visitors and locals will enjoy four days of fun at low prices. Join us during these family fun-filled four days, April 26-29, for a memory building adventure. Carnival rides, fun midway games and the food we all love await you. Discounted all day ride passes are available now through April 25 at the Chinook Winds Box Office or online. You can also purchase them each day if that’s easier for you. You can find out all the information you need here!

This fun carnival comes right after a week-long community celebration in Lincoln City called Community Days. The events are centered around what makes Lincoln City, Oregon one of the best coastal destinations in Oregon. Several organizations and volunteers join together to create a week of activities that showcase everything (well, not everything) our small beach town has to offer. From playing golf on the mudflats of the Siletz Bay to raise money for local high school golfers to hosting a dog palooza where visitors and locals can share in the many talents of their 4-legged friends, we have something for everyone. Our team at Chinook Winds makes every effort to participate in as many Community Days activities as possible. This year we partnered with the local High School and the LC Community Center to once again place the Pinwheels for Prevention on the front lawn for all passersby see our community stance against child abuse. This Pinwheel Garden has been sponsored by Chinook Winds for more than 15 years and it’s a tradition we don’t intend to stop. We are humbled by the support of the community in their commitment to helping us setup and tear down every year.

Other activities we enjoy supporting are the Family Promise Lock-Up – “bailing out” local community leaders while raising money for homeless families; Radio Days, where all of the money is donated to three local non-profit organizations, and the Lincoln City Food Drive. Members of our team spend an hour, rain or shine, gathering food and money for our local food bank. We love participating in the Mudflat Golf Tournament by supplying both teams and prizes. This fun rain or shine event is a great tradition of raising money for the local high school girls and boys golf teams. It’s an opportunity to get out there and meet some youth in our community.

The week ends with a Banquet at Chinook Winds Casino Resort where men, women and youth are honored for their contributions to our community. We will once again present our Community Spirit Award, where we choose an individual who we are proud to work with, or who has worked hard in our community throughout the year to  be an ambassador of why our community stands above those around us. We are proud to be a part of this small coastal town with a big coastal heart.

If you have ideas of what you would like to see featured in future blogs, send us a note to heatherh@cwcresort.com.