Nic Moye

Organic grocer to open in downtown Redmond The vacant JoAnn Fabrics building on SW Sixth Street in Redmond will soon be home to Natural Grocers. The City of Redmond says the Redmond Urban Renewal Agency has approved a forgivable grant of up to $500,000 to Natural Grocers for building improvements. The City says the grocery […]

Eight local bands are teaming up for a free concert to help fight local food insecurity. The idea started last year when a member of the Bend band Long Operators wanted to do something to honor his late grandfather, a preacher in Seattle. After learning his family had been assisted by St. Vincent de Paul […]

The owner of the Pika Pika, Vivienne Mariotti, is expanding her business next door into the former Red Chair Art Gallery space on the corner of NW Bond Street and Oregon Avenue to open a cafe. “Our vision for the adjacent space is to create an elevated Japanese and French-inspired pastry concept that focuses on handcrafted […]

Jessica Natvig recently moved across the country from Marco Island, Florida, to Bend with her dehydrated sourdough starter in tow. She and her husband are from Oregon. They have a busy household with three sons, ages 7, 4 and 6 weeks, but still manage to operate a small batch sourdough kitchen called Lady Sourdough out […]