Just right off campus located on 19th street lies a little restaurant that attracts people from all over Eugene, OR for its pizza. With its cute little brown pizza boxes for to-go orders, it is most certainly an Instagram worthy picture to take. During the pandemic, most orders are leaving this restaurant in these boxes and being consumed at home, unless guests choose to eat outside. 
The first time I went to Hey Neighbor, I went with friends. I don’t remember what I got but I do remember enjoying the food. The water had an exquisite taste solely because it was given to us in a glass flask bottle. The pizzas we ate were served in their own pies so exchanging a slide of our pizza among each other was easy. When we were ready to leave, we were too full to finish our last few bites and also have some room for desert next door at Sweet Life. This was the first time I saw the iconic brown box with blue inc stamped on the lip with the restaurant seal. Another Instagramable photo, I thought.
Apart from its well-priced pizza pies for what the quality it is, I have enjoyed Hey Neighbor because of its aesthetic. In Food As Art by Elizabeth Telfer, they outline a quote form Margaret Visser’s work Much Depends on Dinner. “A meal is an artistic social construct, ordering the foodstuffs which comprises it into a complex dramatic whole, as a play organises actions and words into component parts such as acts, scenes, speeches, dialogues, entrances, and exits, all in the sequences designed for them. However humble it may be, a meal has a definite plot, the intention of which is to intrigue, stimulate, and satisfy,” (Telfer 24).
For these reasons highlighted, High Neighbor is one of my favorite restaurants in Eugene and place I bring visitors to. It is always reliable and lies in the margins of an elegant dining and a causal lunch. In fact, I came to this restaurant for Valentines Day because dressing up nice 
for a slice of Hey Neighbor would be appropriate. And we were not the only ones who thought that. Many people found themselves having to wait to eat due to the high popularity but good thing we made a reservation.
When I’m not dressing up to go eat at Hey Neighbor, I just like to eat it as a nice treat. For example, on this night, I called ahead and placed my order, one ‘create your own pie’ on cheese pizza with artichoke hearts and Mama Lil’s Pickled Peppers. Being in the middle of a pandemic is no exception for its popularity. My estimated wait time for my pizza would be an hour and forty minutes. Good thing I called ahead, I thought.
I wish I could enjoy my pizza outside the restaurant but there were already people in the dining area that socially distancing could allow. By the time I got back to the residence hall, my pizza has begun to get cold. That was not an issue for me though because, for the past two hours, I had been salivating to the idea of indulging in this pizza. Not before I take a picture because yes, Snapchat eats first. Though this food is too luxurious for an iPhone to capture its true beauty. So I take out my dslr camera and snap some photos as if I am doing a photoshoot for Hey Neighbor’s pizza. 
After I am done, I take a slice and I am nothing but satisfied with it because this is my favorite combination. Like I said, Hey Neighbor is consistent and is a nice way to treat yourself after surviving a week of doing absolutely nothing. Another day passes amid this global pandemic and I am just grateful Hey Neighbor is still open. If I was not already obvious, it gets a 9/10 from me. One point shy of a perfect 10 because I am disappointed in science for not keeping this delicacy warm.