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, […]
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Paradise Lost: Closures at Little Pizza Paradise, Flatbread Pizzerias, Some at Least Temporarily
Two longtime pizza places in Bend have closed their doors in recent days
Two longtime pizza places in Bend have closed their doors in recent days—though for at least one of them, it may not be forever. Flatbread Neapolitan Pizzeria, the regional chain based in Idaho with a location in the Old Mill, closed its doors this summer. Now, its owner is selling the restaurant equipment online—a signal […]
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Sauteed Green Beans with Bacon Bits & Bleu Cheese
Crisp-tender green beans are a side dish star with any meal, especially when paired with bacon bits and creamy cheese
Growing up in the South we always had a big garden in the summer: corn, potatoes, peas, onions, tomatoes, peppers and lots of green beans! One of my daily chores once the green beans came on was to pick the beans. This required stooping over or squatting down to pull the beans off the low […]
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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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Yoli brings Korea to the Northwest
The food scene in any city exists as something of an ecosystem. It has its own microclimates, apex predators and geographic anomalies, while still allowing for an invasive species to show up and create a bit of culinary chaos. Some restaurants have dominated the pecking order for so long that when a brash young upstart […]
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Take a Tiki Escape in the Old Mill District
Rapa Nui Tiki Lounge offers delicious housemade food along with lively cocktails
It was November 1934 that Victor Jules Bergeron, Jr. opened a small bar and restaurant in Oakland, California which became Trader Vic’s, which eventually became a famous worldwide chain of Polynesian-themed establishments. Bergeron himself was one of two people who claimed to have invented the Mai Tai cocktail. The other was Donn Beach of the […]
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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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Seared Scallops with Bourbon Sauce and Pickled Celery
This restaurant-quality dish, easy to make and sure to impress, is made with Oregon whiskey and in-season celery
Way back at the very beginning of the pandemic shutdown in the spring of 2020, I was hosting a local television segment on food and dining out. I would go around to area restaurants and farms, interviewing chefs and growers, all the while sampling their fresh harvests and delicious dishes. When restaurants were forced to […]
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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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Cider Cake Rules!
Apples and hard cider make for an easy, deliciously moist cake
With Labor Day weekend coming up we’re reminded that summer will eventually fade and make way for another abundant season full of culinary delights. September is a shoulder month of sorts with summery eats such as corn and watermelon still in season while apples, turnips and rutabagas are coming on strong. You might have noticed […]
