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East Coast Bagels Come to Bend

In homage to their New Jersey roots, Mimi’s offers hand-rolled, boiled bagels and more
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Two Bendites originally from the East Coast have opened a New Jersey-style bagel cart in Bend. Mimi’s Bagels is the creation of Frank Anello and Charlize Peters, who moved to Bend about four years ago and quickly found that they were missing the hand-rolled, boiled bagels that they’d grown up enjoying. Anello is a fourth-generation […]

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Soup Season

As cooler weather sets in, local chefs share their favorite warming soups
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Central Oregon gets more than its share of bright, sunny days—but when the skies are dark and the wind is blowing, as it was this past weekend, almost nothing rivals a hot bowl of soup for warming comfort. Soup can be something of an afterthought on many local menus, relegated to the bottom of the […]

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Authentic Indian Food with Pure Indian Spices Served Up at Anita’s Kitchen

An empty nester turns her love of feeding others into a full-time food cart
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“This is Indian food made with love and praise—divine food.” That’s how Anita Chopra describes what’s happening at her new food cart in Bend. Anita’s Kitchen opened a few months ago and so far, according to owner Chopra, there has been a “really good” response to her gourmet Indian food, as she refers to it. […]

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Portland Chocolate Company Pops Up in the Box Factory

Moonstruck Chocolate has a new pop-up shop in Bend through the holiday season
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A popular Oregon chocolatier has set up shop in the Box Factory through the holiday season. Moonstruck Chocolate is the company launched in 1993 by Dave and Sally Bany—daughter of Columbia Sportswear’s late chairwoman Gert Boyle. While the company closed many of its cafes outside of Oregon in recent years, it’s branching out in Bend this […]

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Two New Ventures for Chulitas; New Food Truck Pod in Sisters

Chulitas’ owners plan to open up two food carts in the coming months
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Chulitas, the mobile cart that made a splash this year serving up Mexican-style aguas frescas in Bend, has plans to expand upon its success. Chulitas’ owners Olivia Carrasco and Edgar Tapia plan to open up two food carts in the coming months, they announced on Chulitas’ Instagram page this week. In November, Chulitas will open […]

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A Plant-Forward Evening, and a Night at a Rooftop Bar

Enjoying an evening at Terra, among the latest additions to downtown Redmond
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Like all of Central Oregon, Redmond is growing fast. These days, its once-sleepy downtown corridor is alive with a host of awesome food and drink spots, including breweries, taco trucks and… more breweries. It’s a bit hard to believe that it was less than 10 years ago, in 2013, that Wild Ride Brewing—now the locals’ […]

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So Long, Kebaba

Longtime winners in our Best of Central Oregon readers’ poll is closing its doors for good
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One of the Source Weekly’s longtime winners in our Best of Central Oregon readers’ poll is closing its doors for good this Friday. Kebaba’s owners announced on the restaurant’s social media channels Oct. 5 that they would close the space on October 15. They cited the ongoing staffing shortage—which has impacted restaurants across Central Oregon […]

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A New Café for the Old Sparrow Location

The owners of The Workhouse have announced plans to occupy the space and use it for another café.
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The building in the Old Ironworks complex recently vacated by the original Sparrow Bakery location won’t sit empty for long. The owners of The Workhouse, the artists’ collective and makers’ space located across the courtyard from the old Sparrow location, have announced plans to occupy the space and use it for another café. Café des […]

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Eatertainment, a German Pub and Toasted Subs New to Century Drive

Walt Reilly’s, Prost! Bend and Cheba Hut join the westside lineup
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The eatertainment experience has come a long way since the founding of Chuck E. Cheese back in the 1970s. These days, a modern eatertainment experience still involves food and fun, but the dining/drinking menu has expanded to engage the adult palate—and the play options have grown up as well. Take for example Bend’s latest entry […]

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