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A Chicken Collab at Worthy’s Downtown Location

Bring on the signature Nashville Hot Chicken sandwich, house-made mac and cheese and fried pickles!

As of Oct. 1, Wonderland Chicken has moved its Bend operations to Worthy Brewing’s downtown location. Wonderland operates a food truck in Sunriver and most recently had its Bend truck parked at Bunk + Brew. It partnered with Worthy to bring its signature Nashville Hot Chicken sandwich, house-made mac and cheese, fried pickles and other […]

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Cuppa Yo Opens in Prineville

Dish up your favorite flavor of frozen yogurt!

A frozen yogurt shop with locations on Bend’s east and west sides, along with locations in La Pine and Redmond, has added another Central Oregon locale to its lineup: Prineville. The Cuppa Yo in Prineville opened last month and held a grand opening on Sept. 28. Like the other locations, Cuppa Yo lets visitors dish up […]

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Adventures in Green Tomato Cookery

If you’re a gardener, chances are you have a few of these lying around. Here’s what to do with those as-yet-unripe beauties.

When you hear “green tomatoes,” does the word “fried” come to mind automatically? Aside from that southern classic of breaded green tomato slices fried golden, few people have any idea of what else to do with hard, unripe tomatoes. Last week at a blustery farmer’s market, there were green tomatoes for sale. But nobody โ€“ […]

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Redmond Gets a Double Shot of Central Oregon Goodness

Backporch Coffee Roasters and Bontà Gelato open in the Hub City

Suffice to say that two Central Oregon businesses knew what they were doing when they opened up their double-feature spot in Redmond… right across the street from a high school. On Sept. 21, Bontร  Natural Artisan Gelato and Backporch Coffee Roasters officially opened their scoop-shop-meets-coffee-shop on the south side of the Hub City, just across […]

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A Dose of Wellness at NW Raw

West side juice bar offers bowls, smoothie bowls, salads, waffles and so much more

It’s that sneaky time of year โ€” not quite hot-hot summer, not quite chilly fall, and for whatever reason, the sniffles and sneezes seem to be popping up all over the place. Maybe it’s the lingering smoke, or the waning levels of vitamin D from a sun starting to hide earlier and earlier in the […]

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A New Sandwich Concept for Crosscut

A new sandwich truck has opened at Crosscut Warming Hut, taking the place of the Gyro Power cart that served customers for the past four years

A new sandwich truck has opened at Crosscut Warming Hut, taking the place of the Gyro Power cart that served customers for the past four years. Cliff Abrahams is the chef behind Eight Hands Hospitality, the company operating all of the trucks at Crosscut, including the pizza cart Abe Capanna’s, Bluma’s Chicken and Waffles and now […]

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Megan B’s Back-to-School Muffins

When it comes to protein to start the day, these muffins pack a punch

Editor’s note: If you’re subscribed to our Cascades Eats newsletter, then you may recognize this recipe from a recent version of “Eats.” If you’re not, you’re getting a peek into what you’re missing! Every week we feature a locally produced, subscriber-only food story like this one. Food for Thought; Literally The human brain is responsible […]

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Bagel Cart Wheels Into Ponch’s Place

5th Street Bagels offers sourdough style bagels at Bend’s newest east side food cart pod

East siders have a new place to grab a bagel and other breakfast goods. 5th Street Bagels opened September 9 at Ponch’s Place, the food cart lot adjacent to the Veterinary Referral Center on Oxford Court on the east side. This is the first bagel cart for local chef Jacob Dawley, who started making bagels […]

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Palate Moonlights as New Zero-Proof Bar

The Dez Lounge opens this weekend with grand opening party

A bar focused on zero-proof cocktails and drinks is opening this weekend with a grand opening celebration. At nights, Palate coffee along Colorado Avenue will turn into the Dez Lounge, serving up a number of non-alcoholic cocktail creations, along with N/A beer, wine and grazing boards. It’s the latest project for Corrine Coxey, owner of Salud […]

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