Dogwood Cocktail Cabin The long-vacant, former Astro Lounge location next door to Barrio on Minnesota Ave. has undergone some major renovations. New front windows, as well as a bohemian log cabin vibe, are additions that owners Doug and Phoebe Pedersen built into the Dogwood Cocktail Cabin. The focus of the new bar will be handcrafted […]
According to Armory XPA’s legend, Deschutes chose not to brew a known recipe for the first run of their new equipment in the Portland pub. The reason behind the decision was consistency. New equipment has a learning curve if the goal is matching an existing flavor profile. Why not try something brand new instead? The […]
Sweet Saigon is the only restaurant on the downtown strip with a cooked animal hanging in the front widow. The newly added peking ducks and sides of pork dangling from hooks on Wall Street are taunting meat piñatas saying, “Eat me,” and also are the centerpiece of the Vietnamese restaurant’s new dim sum menu, served […]
Easter Brunches 10 Below 10 NW Minnesota Ave. | 541-382-1010 10 am.-2 pm. $30 adults, $15 kids, free 5 and younger Often overlooked (well, it is downstairs after all), this sleek subterranean setting offers a traditional variety from tasty crepes to prime rib. Awbrey Glen 2500 Awbrey Glen Drive | 541-385-6011 9.30 am – 1 […]
As a young brewery, Bridge 99 has little time on the scene. espite its youth, it is wise beyond its years, with very good beer and zero showboating. For the April 9 tasting at Platypus Pub, Bridge 99 brought four beers: Wizard Falls IPA, Candle Creek Pale, Red Rock Red, and Bull Trout Stout. Three […]
A whisky for the non-whisky snob, Professionals Spiced Whisky is sweet and smooth, an easy drink laced with flowery helpings of vanilla and pumpkin pie spice. The base of the spiced whisky is distilled in Canada (hence the spelling whisky, which denotes origin in Canada, Japan, Scotland, England, and Wales) and is bottled and flavored […]
Bette Frasier is more than just the owner of the Well Traveled Fork, and more than just a tour guide to High Desert area farms. She is greeted with hugs and toothy smiles from farmers, and she knows the names of family members, their pets and what everyone’s been working on. “We’re several generations removed […]
Forget about the aggressive name. Worthy’s Eruption is more sports car than volcano. This beer boasts a lot of horsepower with 8 percent ABV and 100+ IBU, but those numbers are misleading. Far from an explosion, it’s all about skilled handling of powerful elements. The result is a medium-full bodied, quite drinkable beer. With subtle […]
As Bend continues to grow its reputation as a beer town, two local women are putting the city on the map for a different kind of brewed beverage: kombucha. When Jamie Danek and Michelle Plantenberg started Kombucha Mama in 2009—just a few years after the 2,000-year-old effervescent fermented tea started to be produced commercially—they brewed […]
A brewery less than a year old should not be judged on one beer alone. There are tremendous growing pains in any business, let alone one such as brewing beer that relies on food science and microbiology. In that spirit four Rat Hole beers were tasted side by side. This was done to check the […]
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