La Fuente Market , a retail food hub, butchery and heritage carnicería in southern Oregon’s city of Phoenix, has opened for business. Serious food business.

La Fuente means “the source” in Spanish.

And founder and farmer Krista Vegter wants to accomplish nothing less than to provide a one-stop place for people to grocery shop knowing exactly how their food was raised and for hungry Interstate 5 travelers to stop at the deli counter for a hearty, homemade dish .

Menu items, all priced at $10, include:

Brahman beef burger with heirloom tomato jam, kale, candied red onions and smoked cheddar on a buttery brioche.

Chef Andrea Garcia Resendiz’s pozole, slow simmered with organic hominy and morel-finished heritage pork shoulder and spine, topped with watermelon radish, red onion and ca

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