In March 2020, all of our lives changed in one way or another. For Nathan Carlson, it was out with fine dining and in with incredible street food from his very own food truck.

The holidays are in full swing and if you’re like us, you probably still have some last minute shopping to do! Local restaurants need our help now more than ever, and restaurant gift cards make for the most delicious gifts! Here’s a few very yummy options that are sure to delight the recipient (and make you feel good for supporting a small, local business)!

Shopping local matters now more than ever! This holiday season, we encourage you to shop with small, local businesses! We’ve put together a list of some of our favorites with gift ideas and shopping info! Happy Holidays from all of us Discover Walla Walla!

Cold weather is here and that calls for fuzzy sweater, cozy fires and lots of red wine! There’s so much good wine in the Walla Walla Valley that sometimes it’s hard to know where to start! Here’s five of our current favorite local reds; we promise this is the best way to warm up this season!

We’ve got some real gems in the specialty foods department in downtown Walla Walla. Whether you’re looking for imported cheeses, house made charcuterie or the finest of olives oils, there are so many delicious things waiting at these shops!

Halloween is almost here and this last week of October is beautifully sunny in Walla Walla which makes for perfect pumpkin patch weather! If you haven’t made the obligatory trip out to Klicker’s Pumpkin Patch yet (or even if you have and just need a couple more for carving this Friday night!), now is the time! Located at 3300 E Isaacs Ave, Klicker’s Pumpkin Patch is open daily from 9am to 6pm through Halloween Day, closing at 4pm on Halloween! We highly recommend you get out there this week in the sunshine and do a little pumpkin shopping; we promise you’ll find the perfect one (or 10!) and the whole family will have a blast!

Summer is fading, but Baker Boyer Bank wants us to hold on to all that sweet summer fun just a little bit longer! Enter the Baker Boyer "Endless Summer" photo and video contest and you could win a weekly $25 gift card and/or a grand prize package worth $1,000!

The Walla Walla Valley has just been named Best Wine Region in America in the USA Today 10Best Readers' Choice awards. Voting was open to the public online for the previous month and while Walla Walla has been a finalist in this poll twice before, this is the first time the region took home number one.

Walla Walla is home to some of the best patio dining in Washington State -- continually proving to be the best hot-spots for catching up with friends, especially in this new COVID-era of life. Looking for places to eat, drink, and be socially distant? We’ve got a few more recommendations.

The pandemic is changing Walla Walla like it’s changing the rest of the world. One thing it hasn’t changed is the human spirit. Good things are happening in Walla Walla and we are covering them story by story.

We’d like to ask you to buy a gift card to Hop Thief, Red Monkey, and Stone Hut. This will help us ramp back up when the time comes to open to the public again. We will donate 20 percent of the gift card proceeds to purchase groceries for our hospitality family from US FOODS.

Let a local vegetarian take you on a journey through some of the best meatless dishes downtown.