Crave Mini Donuts, the food cart that serves an array of delightful small donuts, has moved. Crave, formerly located at the Bend Factory Stores parking lot, moved to On Tap in earlier this month. Crave Mini Donuts was originally started in McMinnville before moving to Bend in the spring. Regular donut flavors include Boston Crème, […]
Nicole Vulcan
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.
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Wonderland Chicken Expands to Bend
Wonderland opened a new, second location at the Bunk + Brew hostel and food cart pod
Wonderland Chicken Co. has been the go-to spot for Nashville hot chicken sandwiches in Sisters since opening in 2021, and now, Bendites don’t have to drive quite so far to enjoy the spicy goodness. Wonderland opened a new, second location at the Bunk + Brew hostel and food cart pod on NW Hawthorne Avenue early […]
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Forget Pumpkin Spice. It’s Fresh-Hop Season, Ya’ll!
Sisters Fresh Hop Festival brings the goodness of the harvest to your glass
Some people call this time “pumpkin spice season,” or maybe “smoke season,” but those who live for that cold, frosty beverage at the end of the day know the end of summer instead as “fresh hop season.” Harvest time is a glorious season for brewers and hop farmers alike, as they both get to revel […]
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Writing Roundup
Fall is nearly here. Cozy up with these events centered around writers and writing.
If the prospect of fall has you conjuring up images of warm fireplaces, hot drinks and a book to cozy up with, then the local reading and writing scene has you covered this season. The Source Weekly’s calendar is full of events at local book stores, area libraries and more, all centered around the love […]
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Evacuations Happening for Cedar Creek Fire
Cultus Lake, Lava and Little Lava lakes along the Cascade Lakes Highway under evacuation orders
The 18,000+ acre Cedar Creek Fire near Waldo Lake is prompting evacuations in a number of areas along the Cascade Lakes Highway in Central Oregon Wednesday. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office released this evacuation notice as of 4pm Wednesday. Evacuations now in place: Level 3 – GO NOW People in these areas should leave immediately: […]
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Butcher Counter Opens at Rancher Butcher Chef
Former Toro Bravo owners behind new venture in NWX
The Grove in Northwest Crossing in Bend already has a number of new and unique food offerings—and since early August, that has included the new Rancher Butcher Chef, a combo of family-style steakhouse and meat counter. RBC partners with local ranchers to offer items for sale, but it also has a “home ranch,” 7-Mile Creek […]
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Bend Gets SuperDeluxe #4
A Portland chain expands to Bend
A Portland-based burger operation has opened a new location in Bend. SuperDeluxe is an “old-school burger drive-thru” with three locations in the Portland metro area. This month, Bend became the site for its fourth location, with the new restaurant now open along NE Third Street. SuperDeluxe is known for its pasture-raised beef burgers, cage-free chicken sandwiches, […]
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Beer Issue: Hot Taps – Brother Jon’s Alehouse
Come for the beer selection; stay for the mac n’ cheese
For the beer lover visiting Bend for the first time, the natural place to go first would be to the Deschutes Pub, located on Bond Street in the heart of downtown. First brewery in Bend, check. But for those who have sampled Deschutes’ favorites (and perhaps a seasonal or two) and want to try a […]
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Central Oregon’s Breweries
In a place like Beer Town,
it can be tough to keep up with what’s open. Here’s a list.
This is the Beer Issue. This section is called Craft. So in honor of those two things, we’re laying out the breweries that call Central Oregon home. There’s lots on the list since we last made one, so even if you’re a local, there’s a high likelihood you’ll find one that you haven’t yet visited. […]
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An Artists’ Shop Reopens in Warm Springs
Tananawit art shop features painting, photography, beadwork and more
An estimated 250 to 300 people on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation are artists—and with the grand reopening of an art shop on the reservation, those artists will have another place to share and sell their works. Tananawit, the nonprofit organization aimed at supporting Warm Springs artists, will hold a grand reopening of its art […]