Lisa Ochoa can recall the moment she first realized a dream collaboration for Don Froylan Creamery, a creamery based in Salem that produces America’s best string cheese.
Exploring the booths at Feast Portland, a now-discontinued food and drink festival, Lisa remembers seeing a Burgerville booth showing off the fast-food-chain’s Smokey Blue Cheeseburger, made with Rogue Creamery cheese.
“I just remember thinking ‘Oh my gosh, someday we could be on a Burgerville menu,’” Ochoa said. “When you think of local burgers, Burgerville is what comes to mind… We were in Albany for 10 years, and that was our go to place.”…