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Handel’s Ice Cream Chain Opens Store in Bend

Grand opening includes raffles, face painting and free ice cream

by Nicole Vulcan February 8, 2023June 30, 2024

Ice cream chain Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream is opening a store in Bend. The grand opening for the Bend store, located at 61165 S. Highway 97, just north of the Murphy roundabout, is scheduled for this weekend, happening from Friday, Feb. 10 through Saturday, Feb. 11. The grand opening will include raffles for free ice […]

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Justy’s Becomes Lifty’s

A trademark dispute is causing west side bar and grill to change its name

by Nicole Vulcan February 8, 2023August 24, 2024

The spot formerly known as Justy’s Bar Grill and Sandbox – where Bendites can go to play sand volleyball and more – is now known as Lifty’s, in a nod to the local ski culture. Chris Justema, a “local veteran in the restaurant, bar and beer scene in Central Oregon,” originally opened the spot in […]

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Braised Pork Bowl

A fusion dish inspired by a James Beard House visit

by Donna Britt February 2, 2023July 4, 2024

A few years ago I hosted a season of the Food Life Podcast. In episode 10, I had the honor of interviewing Izabela Wojcik, Director, Friends of James Beard Benefits with the James Beard Foundation. I met with her in New York City and had the incredible opportunity to eat dinner at the James Beard House; […]

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A Tale of Two Tots

Meet two women who revolutionized tater tots

by Brian Yaeger February 1, 2023August 24, 2024

Tater tots are celebrating their 70th anniversary this year, having been invented on the Oregon side of the Oregon-Idaho border (hence the founding company’s name, Ore-Ida). So while it’s easy — sensical, even — to ignore National Grilled Cheese Day or National Condiments Day, celebrating National Tater Tot Day makes sense, even if it only […]

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Israeli Street Food Opening in The Grove

A new location for Shimshon

by Nicole Vulcan February 1, 2023December 14, 2023

Israeli street food purveyor Shimshon is heading west, setting up a new location in The Grove Market Hall in Northwest Crossing in Bend. Shimshon’s food is already available at two other locations, including at its cart at Midtown Yacht Club and at the Barrio restaurant in downtown Bend. Menu items at the various Shimshon locations […]

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Bruno’s Becomes Bruno’s Again

After a stint as Midtown Market, updated concept opens in the old Bruno’s

by Nicole Vulcan February 1, 2023March 13, 2025

Bruno’s 6th Street Market is now open in the former Midtown Market along 6th Street in northeast Bend. It’s something of a return to its previous name, when the same location was the site of Bruno’s Grocery Deli and U-Bake Pizza as late as 2015. These days, Bruno’s 6th Street Market offers a full deli, […]

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Local Author Releases New Seafood Cookbook

“For the Love of Seafood” includes 100 recipes that anyone can cook

by Donna Britt January 25, 2023January 15, 2024

The author herself confesses that she didn’t always like seafood. In the introduction to Karista Bennett’s brand-new cookbook, “For the Love of Seafood – 100 Flawless, Flavorful Recipes That Anyone Can Cook,” she makes that confession and then tells the story of how she ultimately fell in love with fish and other “precious fruits from […]

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Creamy Sweet Pepper Thighs with Pesto

An easy one-skillet chicken dish perfect for weeknights or company

by Donna Britt January 19, 2023July 19, 2024

I’ve been seeing a lot of takes on one-dish comfort foods on social media and other online foodie sites lately. Some of the recipes appear to be lighter and healthier with a focus on plants and good proteins. This recipe is a favorite of mine that my son and I whipped up last winter when […]

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Bend’s Best Boston Cream Doughnuts

In an ongoing series of doughnut reviews, one man with a sweet tooth (and some fifth graders) rate a cream-filled favorite

by Brian Yaeger January 18, 2023August 3, 2024

Now that we’re through with pumpkin pie season as well as apple, sweet potato and pecan pie seasons, it’s time to kick off Boston cream pie season. The dessert was, in fact, created in Boston (in 1856, the year the Oregon Territory was established) but is a misnomer as it’s not pie. So, doughnut makers […]

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CHOW Burger Closes

Burger place from CHOW restaurant ownership shuts its doors

by Nicole Vulcan January 18, 2023May 26, 2025

CHOW Burger, the burger joint on Bend’s west side, announced Jan. 11 that it’s closing up shop. The burger place, created by the people behind Cottonwood Café in Sisters and CHOW Restaurant in Bend, opened between The Lot and Hutch’s Bicycles in 2020 with a simple menu of burgers, fries and milkshakes. “We want to […]

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