It’s 10:55 a.m. — five minutes before OG Poke opens — and folks are lined up at the Hawaiian eatery in west Eugene, eyeing containers packed with cubed and marinated ahi tuna.
The crowd is a mix of workers on their lunch breaks, young families, lifelong Oregonians and native Hawaiians hungry for a taste of home. The line quickly stretches from the front door to the display case of this small, no-frills shop.
This is Lynn Bike’s second visit to OG Poke. Born in Waikiki, Bike moved to Eugene with her husband in 1993. In the decades since, she’s discovered a University of Oregon club that hosts luaus every year, festivals that celebrate her culture and, as of two weeks ago, what she considers the best poke this side of the Pacific Ocean.
“It’s the freshness of the fish,” Bike said of OG’s poke. “They got the seasoning down.”…