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Now Open: Miyagi Ramen

After months of waiting (somewhat) patiently, Miyagi Ramen is now open at the Box Factory in Old Bend.
Avatar photo Keely Damara

After months of waiting (somewhat) patiently, Miyagi Ramen is now open at the Box Factory in Old Bend. On July 1, the restaurant masterminds behind the Bos Taurus steakhouse opened their doors to the public. That followed weeks of teasing ramen lovers with tantalizing kitchen test photos via Instagram. The menu is small, but packs […]

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The Sweet Life Starts Early

A day with pastry chef Nickol Hayden-Cady
Lisa Sipe

As she takes a sip of a cereal milk latte, mermaid blue-haired Nickol Hayden-Cady, pastry chef and owner of Foxtail Bakeshop & Kitchen, describes her work flow. “I get up at 1:45 am and comb my hair and brush my teeth and start at 2 am,” she says. Hayden-Cady already had a successful pastry business […]

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Bring on the Buns

Bao Down’s coming to The Podski in July
Avatar photo Keely Damara

For those who have never tried bao, it’s a delicious, fluffy bun, steamed and often served up with some sort of BBQ-style meat filling. It’s a popular street food in China—and now you can find it in Bend.  Bao Down has been popping up at events around Central Oregon since the end of May, and […]

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Saving S’Mores

As fire bans happen earlier and earlier, these fire pits can let you stare into the flames (mostly) year-round
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

It’s a primal urge: To stare into the flames under a blue-black bonnet, alive with tiny white stars. Evolutionary Anthropologist Daniel Fesser of the University of California-Los Angeles has an explanation about humans’ attraction to fire, saying in a 2012 article with Live Science that adults’ “fascination with fire is a direct consequence of not […]

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A Little Baja in Bend

New in town—A&J’s Fish & Chips looking for permanent home
Avatar photo Keely Damara

A new food cart in Central Oregon is offering up a little bit of Baja in Bend—filling the niche for fish and chips in the local food cart scene. James Gage, the “J” in A&J’s Fish & Chips, spent three years working for a fish and chips restaurant in Oceanside, California, before opening his own food […]

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The Bite’s Best

Locals take home Top Chef and Bartender titles
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

You know summer has arrived in Bend by a few key markers: The kids get out of school and start running in wild packs around ice cream shops and arcades, the parking lots at Riverbend Park get stuffed full… and the Bite of Bend kicks off in downtown Bend. And where there’s a Bite of […]

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A “Gluten-Reduced” Local Beer

Deschutes Brewing released a new beer in June
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

If you’re one of those people who doesn’t have celiac disease, but who’s still sensitive to gluten, this might be a beer for you to try. This month, Deschutes Brewery released Lil’ Squeezy Juicy Ale, a “gluten-reduced” American Pale Ale that relies on an enzyme to break down gluten proteins in beer. “Most Deschutes Brewery […]

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Boneyard Debuts New Chef, New Menu

Buffalo wings and verde nachos coming to Division Street
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

It’s been nearly a year since Boneyard Beer opened its new pub on Division Street in Bend—and now, the popular spot has released a new summer menu and is introducing its new head chef. “Our new Head Chef Ben Phillips has written a menu we believe the people of Bend will love, because we are […]

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Bite of Bend Cheat Sheet

This weekend, more than two dozen restauranteurs offer bites—but here are a few of our picks
The Source Staff

The Bite of Bend happens this weekend—offering locals a chance to try bite-sized morsels from restaurants you might not yet have had a chance to sample, in addition to the Top Chef competition, a Bartenders’ Brawl, live music, craft vendors and much more. Since the Source’s parent company puts on the event, we have some […]

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