Food & Drink

Taco Bell started earnestly enough, as a single food stand in Southern California. It was post-World War II California, and McDonald's and In-and-Out Burgers were beginning to peg the highways with quick food stops, and Glen Bell, a 23-year-old former Marine, thought tacos could give an ethnic alternative to hamburgers. At the time, he owned […]

Now a decade old tradition, Bite of Bend is a food-festival extravaganza that turns downtown into smorgasbord of local fare. But now that weekend event will be preceded by an appetizer of eight days of food-centric events. From June 23 through 30, there will be classes, dinners and demonstrations to serve as epicurean foreplay for […]

Bend offers a patio choice for every mood of summertime, whether it's basking in sunshine, dew beading on a pint glass, or snuggling under a pincushion of evening stars, warming with a whiskey. Crow’s Feet Commons, 875 NW Brooks St. An ideal spot to sip a coffee overlooking Drake Park and the Deschutes River. An […]

Downtown has been waiting for a restaurant like Drake for years. A swanky lunch place that has the bustle of Times Square and the sensibility of L.A., Drake is instantly an “it” place, with a menu where martinis and milkshakes are equally at home next to minty peas and a killer oyster po boy. Drake […]