Restaurant guide

This is a fantastic tutorial on pasta shapes.

I will be closing out the Arista Facebook page soon. My wife texted me yesterday as I prepared to open the new restaurant Wildflour Leavenworth and reminded me that it was exactly one year to the day that we closed Arista. It was such a heartbreaking day last year. I will always remain grateful to the Puyallup community for their support and for helping me make a start on this amazing culinary adventure. If you’d like to continue to follow me you can like our facebook page below. Thanks again for sharing my dream. Chef Ben Herreid. https://m.facebook.com/Wildflour-Leavenworth-211715359578552/

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Chef Ben is opening a new restaurant at Kahler Glen Golf & Ski Resort in Leavenworth WA. It’s a bit of a drive for all of you folks in Puyallup, but if you’re visiting the beautiful mountains and need that pasta fix stop in and say hello to a familiar face. Opening April 2018.

As many of you know Arista has been struggling financially due to mistakes that I made in past years. I was approached at the time we first decided to close by a private investor. We spoke several times over December, January and February but although we struggled through those months the investment never materialized. Anne and I sat down this weekend and gave it another long look and knew we were unable to continue. I feel very badly about this but I'm also relieved and excited about the next chapter. It looks like there will be an opportunity to continue as an executive chef in Puyallup. The details are still being worked out. Stepping away from ownership and back into a chef position feels awesome and I know working with the folks involved in the next place will give us more financial stability in the long term. I am very humbled and grateful to stay in this community that has showed me so much grace. Please keep our family in your prayers as we work through the financial difficulties of the moment. Thank you to all of you who supported us.

Breakfast is served. Hope the crew enjoyS #daffodilparade #eatatarista

Spring hours have begun and lunch service is back 11-2 Tuesday-Saturday. Check out our fresh baked rolls we are serving our meatball sandwich on😬

Say hello to to our new April menu! We are so excited we are starting it tomorrow night. Love all the fantastic local producers we are able to feature. Adam's Mushrooms, Nicky USA, Painted Hills Natural Beef, Clarks Creek Farm and many more. #eatatarista

Our take on carbonara. Fresh cut egg fettuccine with Romano, yellow baby tomato and house cured lamb bacon all topped off with a sous vide duck egg yolk. #eatatarista #sousvide #handmadepasta #pnwchef #truecooks #carbonara

Beautiful king oyster mushrooms from Adam's Mushrooms and a bottle of delicious smoked shoyu. Looks like this might be a match made in heaven. #eatatarista #newstuffnewstuff

New stuff! New stuff!

Making wild boar ravioli

Nettle pappardelle with local mushrooms #eatatarista #truechefs #pnwfresh #foraging #pastalove

Carlton Farms pork chop with almond Stilton risotto and honeycomb jus. #eatatarista #pnwchefs #truechef #carltonfarms #eatlocal

Braised rabbit with handmade polenta gnocchi #eatatarista #pnwchef #truechef #pastalove

Making Spring vegetable lasagna

New stuff! New stuff!

Making wild boar ravioli

Making Spring vegetable lasagna

We had so much fun putting on our second annual farm to table dinner. Much appreciation to everyone who came out! Thanks to Jeff Marsh of Kickstart Kings for capturing this wonderful video.

Mushrooms at Arista

Happy new year!

Snowing on New Years eve

We will be closed Christmas Eve. Merry Christmas from Ben, Anne and the entire staff of Arista. We will see you all next week. Don't forget to make your reservations for New Year's Eve!

Produce coming in from the farm!