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A New Way to Enjoy Crispy, Cheesy Comfort Food at Home

Cotto launches the Arancini Club
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Cotto Italian Street Food has launched an Arancini Club. Arancini are golden, crispy Sicilian rice balls traditionally stuffed, breaded and fried. “They’re comfort food with soul,” Cotto co-owner Sarah Fink told the Source. “Creamy risotto on the inside, an irresistible crunch on the outside, made for sharing, celebrating and savoring.” For $20 a month, members […]

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Galley Bend Lifts Off With Far East Flavor

Former flight attendants turn their favorite Far East flavors into a homey neighborhood restaurant
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Galley Bend has slipped into the old Longboard Louie’s space off Highway 20 on Dean Swift Road and the transformation is a pleasant surprise. The new remodel features both low and tall tables, plenty of natural light and a full bar. The restaurant is the creation of two former flight attendants, Krid Sathirawongwan (Kris) and […]

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New Asian-Inspired Brunch in Bend

Sen Thai’s new weekend brunch menu offers flavor with elegance
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A new brunch spot in Bend offers unique food with artistic flair. Sen Thai Hot Pot and Noodle House on NW Newport Avenue is serving brunch Saturdays and Sundays from 9am-2pm starting Saturday, Dec. 13. Asian-inspired dishes include satay & egg, which is beef steak, peanut sauce, pickled carrot and daikon radish. The Thai curry […]

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Planning Underway for a Reusable Takeout Food Container Program in Bend 

Public comment is being accepted through Dec. 31
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Nearly 1 trillion disposable food service products are used each year in the U.S., weighing nearly 9 million tons, according to Upstream, a reuse advocacy organization. Based on conversations with local food cart lots, The Environmental Center in Bend says one lot can produce 9 cubic yards of waste per week. To take a bite […]

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Where to Eat and What to Cook This Holiday Season

Festive dinners out and cozy homemade bites
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The season is here and you can feel it in the crisp air along the Deschutes and the twinkle lights that creep earlier into the afternoon. Bend becomes a swirl of visiting family, friend reunions and the familiar question that floats through every living room this time of year. Where should we eat? And if […]

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One Lot, Six Remarkable Carts

Welcome to Ballers & Brews
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When I was growing up, I was what teachers called an “indoor kid.” Someone so preoccupied with the life of the mind that I never played team sports or did much more than write stories that I tried and failed to get everyone to read. So when I initially heard about the new Ballers & […]

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Brewery Mug Clubs are the Gifts that Literally Keep on Giving

Tis the Season? More like Tis Happy Hour Year-round
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There are two kinds of gifts: things and experiences. The beauty of gifting someone a mug club membership is that you’re giving them both (tangible or, rather, drinkable beer plus the mug itself and perhaps some swag, as well as the community and comradery that is baked into the membership. It was when I’d run […]

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Two New Food Places Open in Bend

Specialized coffee, breakfast and treats
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Coffee and Community A Redmond coffee shop has opened a Bend location. Junction Roastery and Social Club opened Nov. 24 near the intersection of SE Wilson Avenue and Ninth Street in the new Midway Campus building. The coffee shop roasts its own beans and serves up specialty coffees. Seasonal flavors include peppermint iced eggnog and […]

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For the Love of Craft Beer

Central Oregon craft breweries share why they are thankful for the elixir and what it has taught them about life
by Kimberly Bowker

It’s that time of year when we are perhaps a little more reflective about what we are thankful for in this wildly beautiful life. Here, in Central Oregon, I think that we are generally pretty grateful for such an exciting and generous craft beer scene. This year we asked folks from different breweries: Why are […]

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Nourishing Central Oregon One Bowl at a Time

Central Oregon Soup Company serves up good soup and good karma to-go
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On a chilly Bend afternoon, nothing soothes quite like the sound of a soup lid popping open. The steam curls up, fragrant and homey, hinting at garlic, herbs, and something that feels like kindness. That’s the vibe you get when you walk into Central Oregon Soup Company on Bend’s east side, a no-fuss take-out spot […]

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