The James Beard Foundation has announced the five winners of this year's America's Classics Award, bestowed upon "restaurants that have timeless appeal" and "reflect the character of their community." Among the winners of the prestigious award: McMinnville's 37-year-old Nick's Italian Cafe, which, per the JBF, successfully "forged a marriage of Oregon wine country and Northern Italian cooking." The restaurant will be recognized at the James Beard Awards in New York May 5. [-EN-]
