Written by Roma Villavicencio for the KOBI-TV NBC5 / KOTI-TV NBC2 December 1, 2015 Ashland, Oregon –  Access Food Bank of Jackson County helps feed 12,000 people a month. And now they’re getting some extra help from an Ashland restaurant. Smithfields Pub and Pies opened up in October. They specialize in British style meat and vegetable pies. Owner, […]

Written by John Darling for the Tidings October 30, 2015 Owner and chef Neil Clooney of Smithfield’s Restaurant & Bar has always dreamed of opening a country pie shop, the sort he grew up with in England, with yummy pies full of meats and veggies — and guaranteed to fortify body and soul for the […]

Written by Sarah Lemon for the Mail Tribune October 14, 2015 “Good, honest cooking” is Neil Clooney’s motto at Smithfields. Simpler still is the chef’s latest venture, inspired by his boyhood dream of owning a pub in the English countryside. “It’s not quite as country as I imagined,” jokes Clooney. “I’m more excited about this.” Smithfields […]