Long before the city became a mecca for some of the best and most creative chefs in the country, James Beard was born and raised in Portland. Born in 1903, he was raised during Portland’s first big population boom, when the Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition attracted tens of thousands of new residents. He claimed […]
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Down the Doughnut Hole
A hole lot of doughnuts happening in Bend
To accompany our feature about Bend police, we took our own tour of duty to Bend’s doughnut shops. Luv’s Donut (10 NW Minnesota). A new addition to downtown, Luv’s seems a bit incomplete. The space is brightly lit and feels more like an half-empty going-out-of-business store at the mall than a new boutique shop. Asked […]
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Zwickels and Platypus
Beer events abound
According to the German Beer Institute, the word Zwickel “stems from the sampling cock mounted at the outside of a cask or tank to take tastes for assessing the brew’s progress during fermentation.” Though not all of the Central Oregon beer poured during Saturday’s Zwickelmania event will come from a “sampling cock,” if past events […]
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What Beer Bubble?
Brewery expansions and upgrades prove we’re thirsty for more
The term “beer bubble” gets tossed around a bunch—a concept that, like the housing boom that’s affected Bend for the past several years, translates into the economic equation that the market here is filling up too quickly with hot air and promises, and will soon burst. But really, the evidence is quite to the contrary. […]
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Pour Me Another!
Watch the Olympics at The Pour House Grill and drink up
“This is a bad place for a diet,” the top of the menu at the Pour House Grill announces. It is a fair warning, with the rest of the menu listing choices of ribs, chicken wings, piled-high burgers and other offerings of meat slathered in various rich barbecue sauces. There is a brief section for […]
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Brewing with Homies
Boneyard’s new collaboration promises a delicious double IPA
Boneyard is one of those breweries that, despite its exceptional beer, flies under the radar. Perhaps it’s because Boneyard doesn’t bottle its beer and doesn’t have the same marquee appearances in grocery store coolers or on bottle shop shelves. Or perhaps it is because the Boneyard brewers/owners refuse to toot their own horns, instead allowing […]
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Aged Beauty
10 Barrel’s outstanding new beer is pure gold
The latest creation from 10 Barrel Brewing Co., a beer called 16 barrels, is not actually a new beer. In fact, it is over one year old. Intended to be a one-off, a version of this beer was made last year for a St. Valentine’s Day dinner. But the maestros at 10 Barrel loved it […]
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It’s Tasting Better Out East
Growing food options past Third Street
No, the east side does not have fine dining. Not yet. There is no slick décor Zydeco and no 5 Fusion top-grade sushi. But that doesn’t mean the east side is a diners’ wasteland. Hardly. Baldy’s offers scrumptious barbecue, The Phoenix is a bustling steakhouse, and the popular Jackson’s Corner plans to open its second […]
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Worthy Doubles Down
Experimental beers and proprietary hop strains
The men behind Worthy Brewery aren’t expecting to ride the crowded waves of the craft brewing boom. Instead, their eyes are on the horizon. Already they’re out in front of trends, busily preparing and planning for that next set. In the nearly one year that Worthy has been open (its anniversary is this February), the […]
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Taco Shack > Love Shack
Mobile taco cart El Sancho builds handmade home at Pakit
Finding El Sancho in the labyrinth of junk at Pakit Liquidators is a treasure hunt. But following the beacon of the cart’s mustached mascot—he resembles a hipster Pacman in a cycling cap—and the wafting scent of roasting meats and spicy salsas, through the cast iron gate, past the parking lot coffee hut, and into what […]
