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COVID-19 restrictions changing to allow up to 50 people to gather outdoors

We checked in with some well-known local spots offering outdoor events, deals on takeout or continued local night specials
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With COVID-19 restrictions changing to allow up to 50 people to gather outdoors, we checked in with some well-known local spots offering outdoor events, deals on takeout or continued local night specials. Cross Cut Warming Hut No. 5: Snag locals’ day deal on Tuesdays, get $1 off all drafts, all day long. Snuggle up by […]

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To Scan or Not to Scan: Local Restaurants and QR Codes

QR Codes rise in popularity thanks to pandemic, but not everyone is on board
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Once viewed as a marketing gimmick, QR codes are now becoming widely adopted and accepted thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. In larger cities throughout the country, many restaurants have shifted to digital menus, using QR codes for menu viewing and sometimes even ordering. Rather than physical menus, eateries can have diners scan a QR code […]

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With Dining, What’s Indoors? What’s Out?

As the freeze continues for most of Central Oregon, a clarification on what constitutes “indoor” dining
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The two-week freeze that began Nov. 18 is continuing in Central Oregon’s Deschutes and Jefferson counties, along with a number of other counties in the state—but with a relaxation of some rules. Under the current framework announced Dec. 1, restaurants can offer in-person dining for up to 50 people, but only outside. In the 21 […]

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Herbal Soups

Waiter, there’s a salad in my soup
by Ari Levaux

Last summer, I bought a pile of bitter eggplant at the farmers market. I’d never heard of it, but the green, red, yellow and orange wrinkled spheres drew me in. The farmer, an immigrant from the Laotian mountains, and the advice she gave me, sealed the deal. She recommended slicing two bitter eggplants in half […]

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Local U-Pick Farm Experiences Monster Tomato Crop

A Tumalo farm shares the struggles of selling produce during the pandemic
by Jess McComb

Throughout the pandemic, many businesses have suffered—but there was at least one bright spot in the culinary scene: tomatoes. If you grew them, chances are they grew. And grew. And kept growing. In Central Oregon, tomato crops defied all odds and had a booming year—a blessing and a curse for at least one local farm. […]

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A Takeout and Delivery Pivot, Part Deux

Central Oregon restaurants react to the governor’s two-week freeze that will shut down dining rooms in the state
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Bars and restaurants in Oregon have been through this before: For the second time this year, starting Nov. 18, dining rooms and bars around the state will close to the public as part of Gov. Kate Brown’s effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Cases have spiked considerably throughout November, with record-setting daily case counts […]

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Birds: It’s for the Stuffing

An unusual—and tasty—version for the upcoming socially distanced American holiday
by Ari Levaux

Thanksgiving, as we observe it today, doesn’t have much in common with the original feast of 1621. The temperature of the vibe between the Pilgrims and Wampanoag was above comfort level at the dinner table, with some participants arriving ready to rumble. Come to think of it, maybe today’s Thanksgiving table hasn’t strayed too far, […]

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10 Barrel’s Winter Adaptation: Outdoor “Huts”

Outdoor “warming huts” are taking up residence in the brew pub’s outdoor patio area
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10 Barrel Brewing’s westside Bend location is taking its pandemic-era adaptations to the next level. A handful of outdoor “warming huts” are taking up residence in the brew pub’s outdoor patio area, with space enough inside to seat eight to 10 people. “Rather than just throwing up a tent or additional heaters for outdoor areas, 10 Barrel […]

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Riff Teams Up with Stoller Family Estate for Wine Pop-Up

90-minute tastings as well as wines by the glass or bottles
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Stoller Family Estate, a winery in the Dundee Hills of Yamhill County, Oregon, has set up shop inside Riff Cold Brew Café & Taproom, in The Box Factory, for a holiday pop-up. The pop-up tasting room offers 90-minute tastings as well as wines by the glass or bottles Wednesday through Saturday from 11 am to […]

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