Food & Drink

For many small businesses, a farmers market booth is more than just a weekend stand — it’s a steppingstone to a thriving brand. But turning a booth into a business takes strategy, and that’s exactly what Cultivate Bend’s upcoming panel event aims to provide. To help vendors succeed, Cultivate Bend and the High Desert Food […]

When I walked into Sisters Meat and Smokehouse in Redmond, the enticing aroma of smoked meat and the invitation from the windowed wall to watch the butchers slicing steak made it clear to me that this was the place to get high-quality meat. The cashier, Garrett, rang me up for a couple of sandwiches and […]

Funky Fauna Artisan Ales, a microbrewery celebrated for its bold, fruit-forward farmhouse ales, is making the move to Bend. Co-owners Michael Frith and Danielle Burns originally launched the brewery in Sisters, crafting small-batch ales that blend traditional craftsmanship with modern brewing artistry, using Oregon-grown malted barley and hops. Now, Funky Fauna is setting up shop […]

In 2021, the Brewers Association, a craft brewing industry group, released the results of a demographic audit of U.S. breweries, revealing that almost a quarter of brewery owners were women, yet less than 3% of breweries were fully woman-owned. Here in Central Oregon, there is one fully woman-owned brewery: Spider City Brewing. The Bend operation […]

I don’t go on a lot of dates. I think I’m bad at them. But when I booked a reservation at Salute Restaurant & Bar in order to write this article, it seemed like going there alone the day after Valentine’s Day would be just this side of mildly depressing. The reservation was set for earlier […]