MÄS

MÄS
MÄS
	Chef Josh Dorcak (right) and sommelier Joseph Shaughnessy (left) in the middle of dinner service at the chefs counter.
Restaurant information
Owner	Josh Dorcak;
Chef	Josh Dorcak
Food type	Cascadian; Pacific Northwest;
Location	141 Will Dodge Way, Ashland, Oregon, 97520, United States
Coordinates	42°11′49″N 122°42′47.5″W / 42.19694°N 122.713194°W
Website	masashland.com

MÄS is a Pacific Northwest restaurant in Ashland, Oregon. Chef Josh Dorcak opened the restaurant in 2018.

Description

MÄS is a 16-seat tasting menu restaurant in Ashland, Oregon, featuring seafood-focused Cascadian (or Pacific Northwest) cuisine.^[1]^[2] The menu has included duck breast with acorn miso and maple blossoms, corn dashi chawanmushi with King crab and goat milk,^[3] foraged sea lettuces, lamb, and Wagyu.^[4]

History

Chef Josh Dorcak opened the 16-seat tasting menu restaurant in 2018.^[1]

Reception

In 2022, MÄS was included in The New York Times' list of the top 50 restaurants in the U.S.^[2]^[5] Megan duBois selected MÄS for Oregon in Eat This, Not That's 2022 list of the best farm-to-table restaurants in each U.S. state.^[6] Susanne Robertson included the business in Eater Portland's 2022 list of Ashland's 20 "essential" eateries.^[3] In 2023, Dorcak was nominated in the Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific category of the James Beard Foundation Awards.^[7]^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b Anderson, Brett (October 25, 2022). "The Rogue Valley Was Set to Become a Food Paradise. Then It Burned". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Lemon, Sarah. "Ashland restaurant makes top 50 list". www.mailtribune.com. Archived from the original on November 25, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Robertson, Susanne (June 5, 2019). "The 20 Essential Restaurants in Ashland, Oregon". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (May 25, 2023). "Is Ashland's Tasting Menu Destination MÄS Worth the Drive?". Eater Portland. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
^ "Our 50 Favorite Restaurants of 2022". The New York Times. September 19, 2022. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on May 22, 2023. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
^ duBois, Megan (February 7, 2022). "The Best Farm-to-Table Restaurant in Every State". Eat This, Not That. Archived from the original on May 1, 2023. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
^ Hunter, Marnie (March 29, 2023). "These US restaurants and chefs are James Beard Award finalists". CNN. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
^ Etling, Bert (April 18, 2023). "Chef at Ashland's MÄS restaurant nominated for James Beard Award". Ashland News. Archived from the original on April 18, 2023. Retrieved May 26, 2023.