Page 119 - Southern Oregon Magazine Summer 2022

ASHLAND LANDS

TWO GREAT

RESTAURANTS

two, top-notch operators expand
their culinary reach with

second openings

liza b. zimmerman

lindsey bolling

am fairly new to the Rogue Valley, having
spent most of my life in bigger metros
like NYC and SF, so I welcome new
I additions from skilled restauranteurs. I
have to say, and few would disagree, that Josh
Dorcak and Corrie Robinson and Wesley
Reimer are amongst our savviest and most
rocking restauranteurs in Southern Oregon.
They know how to play it in both the kitchen
and the dining room.

So, I was thrilled with Nama, an offshoot of
Mäs, the established multi-course molecular
and Japanese-influenced restaurant, opened
in September of last year and was shortly fol-
lowed by Bar Julliet in April, which is part
of Hither franchise. Nama is walking distance
from the Plaza in Ashland, and Bar Julliet is
in it, and both are open later than many other
restaurants and on some days when it has
been hard to dine out on in this town.
SEAFOOD-A-RAMA IN
DOWNTOWN
When Josh Dorcak and his partner Luke
VanCampen expanded into the adjacent
Yogurt Hut space, we all expected wonders
– and they delivered. Nama features an
almost exclusively raw, seafood menu with
no hint of classic sushi or sashimi. That’s
exciting because there is so much more

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