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New Mexican Restaurant

Dani’s Taco Shop has a large menu and hours to accommodate a craving at any time of day
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A new Mexican restaurant has opened in northeast Bend. Dani’s Taco Shop has a robust menu starting with breakfast plates and burritos with eggs, potatoes, cheese and vegetarian and meat options such as beef, ham and chorizo. Other menu items include a variety of tortas, tacos, soups and more. The menu is vast and there’s […]

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Taste Testing a New Product

The owner of Saute is holding pop-up events before launching her sauces in stores and restaurants
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Su Embree was once a public policy research and data scientist for DHM Research, which conducts surveys and deep dive analysis for a variety of clients. Today, she’s hosting pop-up food events in the Bend area to gather her own research on her Asian marinade and sauce business, Saute, which she launched last May. “Saute began […]

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Japanese Food To-Go

A new takeout kitchen opens on SE Third Street
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A new Japanese restaurant is offering food to take home and enjoy. PAN Japanese Kitchen has opened on SE Third Street in the former location of Sweetheart Donuts. It’s owned by Anne Chavaree Matrakul and Pat Oracha Penyachoti who own Thai Table and Dragon Chinese Kitchen along with Chef JJ Jate Jitmetta, who is Penyachoti’s […]

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Fresh Catch on Wheels

NorthFresh Sushi shines with pristine fish, inventive rolls and lightning fast service at two local food cart lots
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In my mind, sushi was something you ordered in a sleek restaurant with a long bar, a serious chef and a fairly serious price tag. A food truck was not where I expected to find pristine slices of fish and beautifully rolled maki. My first bite at NorthFresh Sushi proved me very wrong. Sometimes all […]

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Central Oregon Locavore is Expanding

The indoor farmers market is opening a new location on the west side of Bend
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Central Oregon Locavore is getting ready to open a new location on the west side of Bend. Founder Nicolle Timm-Branch says it’s in direct response to surveys and listening sessions the nonprofit conducted in 2025. It wasn’t water rights, labor costs or weather that were top of mind. Timm-Branch says they heard from “farmers, ranchers […]

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The Loving Fungi

A mushroom-based apothecary to suit every need
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About 10 years ago Willis Mitchell was invited to forage for mushrooms. “I was just fascinated. Oh my God! This is food? This tastes amazing! And then I found out they’re highly medicinal and I could not stop educating myself about them!” His passion eventually led to the recent opening of an apothecary, The Loving […]

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Sip Happens at Minnie’s

The Westman’s new lobby bar brings craft cocktails, plush fireside seating and caviar bumps to Bend’s historic Old Post Office building
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On any given evening in downtown Bend, the sidewalks along Wall and Bond Streets hum with the usual mix of après ski glow, Patagonia puffers and the anticipatory buzz of dinner reservations. But inside the newly opened The Westman is a softer scene. One that invites you to sink in, warm up and linger over […]

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Pizza Week Roundup

It’s cool learning about new flavors and places to eat pizza
by Dave Clemens

My Pizza Week adventure was amazing.  Last week I told you that I was going to try all of the featured pizzas that The Source posted during this special week, that rivals some of the more popular observations, like Cat Herder Day, Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day and The Festival of Sleep. I’ve […]

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The Luck of the Bendite

Midtown Yacht Club finds magic with PotLuck
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Every once in a while, a food truck comes out of nowhere with a concept so pristine and perfect that it immediately feels like it has always been part of a town’s culinary landscape. Places that open with such effortless attention to detail and handmade craft that the diner realizes they were missing something they […]

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Bacon Lovers Have a New Haven

bacon Bar N Brunch opens in Redmond
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A new breakfast spot prominently featuring bacon has opened near downtown Redmond. bacon Bar N Brunch celebrated its grand opening on Feb. 5. The restaurant, with indoor and outdoor seating, features standard breakfast items like eggs, pancakes, French toast, oatmeal and avocado toast but also has thick-cut applewood smoked bacon, candied bacon, bacon omelettes, BLT […]

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