Welcome to FireWorks, Oregon's Premier Green Restaurant

From its inception nearly 7 years ago, FireWorks Restaurant has been dedicated to the principles of sustainability, serving the finest local organic cuisine.

Local Organic Foods

Organic agriculture offers a sustainable system for growing nutritious, delicious foods through the use of crop rotation, composting, natural amendments and selecting hearty strains through traditional plant breeding. At FireWorks Restaurant we are proud to offer over 98% local organic ingredients.

The ever-expanding list of our local suppliers includes:

Abundant Life Farms, Dallas, Oregon, pasture raised organic pork, turkey and duck
Blueberry Meadows, Corvallis, Oregon, no spray berries
Cascade Range Beef, Monroe, Washington, pasture raised hormome-/antibiotic-free beef
Cattail Creek Farm, Junction City, Oregon, organic pasture raised lamb
Columbia Gorge Organics, Hood River, Oregon, fresh organic juices & mixers
Deck Family Farm, Corvallis, Oregon, organic pasture raised pork
Denison Farm, Corvallis, Oregon, organic vegetables year-around
Draper Valley Farm, Mt. Vernon, Washington, free range, hormone-/antibiotic-free poultry
Fairfield Farm, Corvallis, Oregon, organic strawberries
Fraga Farm, Sweet Home, Oregon, organic goat cheese
Gathering Together Farm, Philomath, Oregon, organic vegetables year-around
Groundworks Organics, organic seasonal vegetables
Hazelnut Hill, Corvallis, Oregon, local hazelnuts
La Mancha Ranch, Sweet Home, Oregon, organic liberty apples
Mad Creek Mushrooms, Gates, Oregon, shiitake & wild harvest mushrooms
Price Creek Farm, Kings Valley, Oregon, free range eggs
Rogue Creamery, Central Point, Oregon, RBGH-free artisan cheeses
Rose Valley Farm, McMinnville, Oregon, organic butter
Signature Salmon, Newport, Oregon, wild Oregon coast line-caught seafood
Sunbow Farm, Philomath, Oregon, organic seasonal vegetables
Sunshine Dairy, Portland, Oregon, RBGH-free dairy
Surata Soyfoods, Eugene, Oregon, organic tempeh & tofu
Tillamook Creamery, Tillamook, Oregon, RBGH-free cheeses
Willamette Valley Fruit, Salem, Oregon, Food Alliance-certified berries

The FireWorks bar also features many fine local Craft Beers, Wines & Spirits:

Oregon Trail Brewery, Corvallis, Oregon
Calapooia Brewery, Albany, Oregon
Ninkasi Brewery, Eugene, Oregon
Siletz Brewery, Siletz, Oregon
Rogue Brewery, Newport, Oregon
Willamette Brewery, Eugene, Oregon
Basket Case Winery, Dundee, Oregon
Territorial Winery, Cheshire, Oregon
Chateau Lorane Winery, Lorane, Oregon
Lumos Winery, Philomath, Oregon
Tyee Winery, Corvallis, Oregon
Bend Distillery, Bend, Oregon
Rogue Distillery, Portland, Oregon
Clear Creek Distillery, Portland, Oregon

Many of the local organic farms which supply FireWorks began operation over 30 years ago, as did neighboring First Alternative Coop, the area's largest organic and natural foods grocery.

Earthen Building

FireWorks' most stunning feature is our 9-foot tall wood fired earthen oven, designed and built by Kiko Denzer, author of Build Your Own Earthen Oven. The oven consists of a foot-thick clay thermal core surrounded by a foot of volcanic pumice insulation. The pumice enables the fire to burn with high efficiency, maintaining a core temperature of 700°F while the outside of the oven is just warm to the touch.

Throughout FireWorks Restaurant are examples of "Cob", an earthen building technique consisting of an adobe mixture of clay, sand and straw. Cob is hand formed, offering an unlimited sculptural potential, as seen in bas relief designs by local artist Kiko Denzer.

Recycled, Natural & Non-Toxic Materials

The rennovation of FireWorks Restaurant incorporated as many recycled building materials as possible, from the brick path in the courtyard to fir flooring from the ReBuilding Center which was once part of a school gym in Portland. "Forbo" natural linoleum was used for beautiful flooring in our bar, hallways and kitchen. The White Oak trim on the bar and fir floor were both finished with "Osmo" natural wax from Your Green Home.

Permaculture Landscaping

The original landscaping for FireWorks was completed by Rick Valley of Northern Groves, applying permaculture principals in selecting bamboos, native and heirloom grasses, flowers, annuals and perennials. Rick chose drought resistant varieties to limit midsummer watering.

Sustainable Investment Opportunities

Are you interested in investing your financial resources in the local community, supporting sustainable business practices? FireWorks Restaurant currently seeks individual investment partnerships to support additional green projects:

• Solar water heat system to reduce the use of fossil fuels by our high temp dishwasher booster
• Construction of an efficient portable wood fired oven for festivals and offsite catering
• Purchase of a small, fuel-efficient van for offsite catering
• Purchase and installation of a Point of Sale cash management system to increase operational efficiency and inventory maintenance
• Construction of a stage off the main dining room to further expand musical performances

As a local family-owned business, FireWorks has secured working capital from private sources within our community over our 6 years of operation.  Microloans have been utilized with competetive rates of interest paid quarterly. For more information, contact Proprietor Stephen Liff-Anderson at (541)754-6958.