As we sat on a collection of chairs lining the alley running parallel to Colorado Avenue, with moody weather blowing through streets, we witnessed a strange phenomenon: SUV after hulking white suburban pulled into the tight lot behind the row of Craftsman buildings and bulldozed into the few parking spaces there; a middle-aged woman would […]
The boys at Crux Fermentation Project didn’t travel far to collect their hop harvest this season. Sticky hop cones growing on tall green vines were climbing all over Crux’s chain link fence. On Labor Day, the owners and about 10 others picked bushels full of hops without ever leaving the property. “We already have a […]
While earlier sunsets and colder nights signal the end of summer, they also mark the beginning of harvest season. Grapes may not be a high-yield crop for the high desert, but the rest of Oregon has blossomed into a major wine-producing region over the past decade. In fact, Oregon has grown to be the third-largest […]
Tiny, hard-to-spot restaurants are a long-standing tradition in Japan, and Juno, a new westside sushi bistro, can be tricky to find. It's located in the space formerly occupied by Spice Box and tucked between commercial businesses, and its entry faces another building. My companion and I had to search a few minutes for the location—and […]
Yes, we love the Little Woody. Beer events, in general, are a grand time. But when brewers bring not just their usual beers but one-off, high-gravity, barrel-aged concoctions—well, that’s something you don’t taste every day. And, yeah, that’s the Little Woody (which also boasts a well-curated whiskey tasting). In anticipation of the fifth annual two-day […]
On Friday, a dozen hungry lunch-goers sat in a new common dining area on Bend’s Westside filling up on vibrant red and green curries from Thailandia, spicy fried chicken dishes served on a bed of bean sprouts and kimchee from Real Food Bistro, and traditional carnitas tacos made with handmade tortillas and slathered with salsa […]
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in half the years between 1971 and 2000 Bend has hit below-freezing temperatures between July 3 and Aug. 31—the prime of an already short local growing season. That’s a major problem for the hordes of amateur and professional farmers in Central Oregon who are growing their own backyard […]
In 2009 William Safire, the late, revered New York Times political columnist and etymologist, wrote a whole column on the origins of the ubiquitous real estate utterance “location, location, location.” Safire’s research determined that the familiar phrase was not coined by British real estate tycoon Lord Harold Samuel, as is often thought, but appeared much […]
Cider is totally trending right now. The Northwest Cider Association lists 14 cider makers in Oregon—a list that only includes one of two new additions to the cider brewing world right here in Bend. Last weekend, Pickathon music festival in Happy Valley had its own specialty cider—made by Wandering Aengus Ciderworks in Salem—by Sunday afternoon […]
What’s particularly glorious about Brewfest is not only that new, special release and one-off brews are plentiful, but that they stand beside the tried and true—meaning, both adventurous sorts and the stick-in-the-mud don’t-try-anything-new types should be similarly pleased. With 63 vendors—including at least one winery and several cider companies—it is hard to know how to […]
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