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The newly revamped and relocated Dogwood at the Pine Shed just opened its doors in February, offering tasty cocktails and a wide variety of tasty food options for any palate. The carefully curated food carts include Mexican, Vietnamese and Dominican cuisines, along with unique sandwiches, pizza, wings and crepes. With warmer weather ahead, the tasty […]

Central Oregon Locavore is serving up a BBQ and hoedown! It’s the first time the local nonprofit has done a fundraiser like this. The event will be at Cross-Eyed Cricket Watering Hole in Bend on May 24. Hattie’s BBQ will provide locally sourced pork from Well Rooted Farms. The meat will be smoked slowly overnight. […]

There’s a moment — right as you break one open — when time stops. Warm chocolate oozes from the center like lava. The golden edges crackle. The aroma of brown butter and vanilla fills the air like a spell and suddenly… nothing else matters. That’s the power of these sourdough discard chocolate chip cookies. And […]

Boss Rambler announced on April 22 that this will be its last summer operating The Beer Club on Galveston Avenue. In anticipation of a planned Galveston road project, and as the company shifts toward growing its Stokes Cold Ones brand, Boss Rambler made the decision to close its west side beer club, according to owner, […]

There are plenty of ways to celebrate Mom, but if you’re not inclined to serve her breakfast in bed, then perhaps taking her out to brunch is just the thing! Several restaurants in Central Oregon are serving up a special feast. There are also some fun events to round out the day. Mother’s Day Buffet […]

Ten restaurants in Bend are participating in this year’s foodie crawl. The event on Sunday, April 27 raises money for NeighborImpact. It’s described as a pub crawl meets a progressive dinner event. Starting at 2pm, guests can sample bite-sized hors d’oeuvres at each location along with a drink, then head to the next location at […]

If there’s any sign that an establishment is earning the love of local crowds, among the most brightly lit might be the rapid opening of a second place, with a name that hints to the first. Over the past year, the Rancher Butcher Chef brand — known commonly by its initials, RBC, did just that […]

While Bend is slowly morphing into a foodie town with more diverse regions of cuisine to sample, it’s hard to shake off its Beer Town USA roots completely. As we finally get options like Dominican, Oaxacan, Dutch/Indonesian fusion, Korean and maybe even some quality Ethiopian one day, we’re still shrugging off decades of being a […]

The local closings of restaurants such as Cracker Barrel and Shari’s might lead one to think that Bend is a microcosm of what’s been happening with restaurants across the country, especially casual dining chains. But as those of us who live here know, Bend is its own macrocosm in so many ways, typically incomparable to […]