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Nicole Vulcan became Editor of the Source in 2016 and was promoted to Editor in Chief in 2024, managing the Editorial Board and the news team's many investigative projects. She's also at work on her debut book of journalistic non-fiction, titled "Self Medication," which traces Oregon's drug decriminalization efforts in the 21st Century, and tells a parallel tale of her own family’s losses from fentanyl addiction in the age of Measure 110. With all of that on her plate, send snacks. Catch up with the adventures at her book's Substack, called Self Medication.
What started with the purchase of a $300 food cart bought from Craigslist just a few years ago has turned into a full-fledged Northwest chicken chain that now includes a location in Bend. Chicken Shanty began with a single drive-thru cart in southern Oregon, and has since expanded to 14 locations, including the newest one […]
The Westside Yard in Bend, a relatively new apartment and business complex along Century Drive, has some new tenants who are bringing more culinary adventures to the area. This month saw the opening of Northwest Raw, the second juice bar for founders Web and Karen Staunton, who originally opened a first location along Main Street […]
The story of Feast Food Company sounds like the emerging, classic tale of young up-and-comers of Central Oregon: Two longtime service-industry people live and work in Bend, get priced out of Bend, buy a house in Redmond and decide to invest in their new community, so they open a food cart business that goes so […]
Cosa Cura began its life in 2006, under the name Rescue Collective, the brainchild of artist Angela Dietrich and a group of friends. The space took on its current name in 2016, and in 2018, found its current home along the bustling NW Crossing Drive on Bend’s west side. The shop buys and sells consigned […]
You might have seen the t-shirts: “San Simón is a bar,” (you’re welcome, San Simón, for the Source Weekly Restaurant Guide quote used on that shirt) but the readers of Central Oregon would likely add a few more adjectives to that description. Perhaps they’d call the spot in Bend’s Tin Pan Alley “hip,” or “eclectic,” […]
With all of the hiking, biking, floating, paddling and concert-going that happens around here, Central Oregonians have plenty of reasons to need a hearty and nutritious meal. When it comes to something hearty that’s also vegetarian, there’s almost nothing that fits the bill more than a bowl. At Active Culture Cafe, bowls are some of […]
The downtown restaurant formerly known as Barrio is now a cocktail and tapas bar named Bar Rio. Owners Steven and Amy Draheim, who also operate the Barrio and Shimshon food trucks and the Shimshon restaurant in The Grove, revamped the space on Wall Street and reopened it under its new name early this month. “We […]
One of Bend’s newest bars — and there are many of them opening this summer — might take a little time to find… but that’s kind of the point. Cellar 65 is the new speakeasy opened by the owners of Blissful Spoon, which operates as a European-inspired breakfast and lunch spot upstairs along Newport Avenue […]
Perhaps it’s the giant, flowery “Greetings from Bend, Oregon” mural at the Old Mill that first caught your eye. Or perhaps it’s the stunning, red-and-orange-tinted “Greetings from Madras” mural that sits along the main drag. Or perhaps it’s one of the many other “Greetings From” murals that now are present around the towns of Central […]
A chef-owned restaurant and bar is now open in Bend’s Brooks Alley, in the former Wall Street Bar location. Dear Irene opened to the public this week, featuring a dose of hip elegance in its interior as well as the menu. Chef Jonny Becklund and his wife, Irene — the namesake of the space, obvs — […]
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