McMenamins breweries, hotels and pubs are a mainstay of the Northwest. It’s hard not to love the McMenamins Old St. Francis School campus, which boasts gorgeous interiors that highlight the history of the building. The fire pits can be enjoyed all year long โ a perfect place to people watch downtown while enjoying the architecture […]
Happy Hour Guide
Your guide to bars and lounges in Central Oregon.
Like a Happy Hour Time Machine
Settling into a curvy, off-turquoise chair in the windowless lounge of Roszak’s Fish House in Midtown, a thought occurred to me: When people reminisce about the good ol’ days of Bend, before it became one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S., this, right here, is what they’re talking about. Roszak’s opened in 1981, making […]
A Redmond Staple
If you’re a Redmond resident, there’s a good chance that you’re also a frequent flyer at Cascade Lakes Brewery’s 7th Street Brew House. The brew house, opened in 1996, won second place for “Best Bar / Brewpub” in the Source Weekly’s 2018 Best of Redmond readers’ poll and is a favorite among locals and visitors […]
Happy Hour Guide Summer 2018
LIfe’s too short to drink boring drinks. So drink this, not that. For a lot of people, happy hour couldn’t come around soon enough. But whether that happy hour starts at noon, when the work day is done or any other time, life is too precious to spend it drinking less-than-stellar drinks. For the summer […]
Happy Hour Guide Winter 2018
Beer, Wine, Cider…Or a Perfectly Poured Cocktail Whatever your poison, wouldnโt you say nowโs a good time to tip a glass, Central Oregon? For this seasonโs happy hour guide, we put on our big-city britches (hey, Bend is growingโฆ gotta think big) and turned our focus on the Manhattan, the classic drink that, surprisingly, can […]
In Search of the Ideal Manhattan
Beer. Wine. Cider. Or a perfectly poured cocktail. Whatever your poison, wouldn’t you say now’s a good time to tip a glass, Central Oregon? For this season’s happy hour guide, we put on our big-city britches (hey, Bend is growing… gotta think big) and turned our focus on the Manhattan, the classic drink that, surprisingly, […]
Happy Hour Guide Summer 2017
Summer Sippin’ Starts Here When it comes to good summer feels, what could be better than a cold drink in your hand, the sun streaming down and the promise of a tab that’s not going to break the bank? If you ask us, not much โunless that experience is prefaced by another day spent crushing […]
Happy Hour Guide – Winter 2017
When the snowโs piling up thereโs a good chance youโre spending your free time outside playing. But as the dark descends itโs time to get happy by stopping off at one of Central Oregonโs many happy hour spots. There are so many in fact that you might need your own per sonal tour guide to […]
Happy Hour GuideโSummer 2016
The advent of summer is a time for joy. The sun returns with heat and calls on everyone to drop everything and run into the great outdoors. But there is the rub. How many of us can heed the sunโs call and unchain ourselves from the work a day world that keeps us indoors? When […]
Happy Hour GuideโWinter 2016
Happy Hour is a time to leave the cares of the day behind and that’s easy with the Source Weekly’s Happy Hour Guide, because we’ve put the leg work in for you. We’ve traversed the land from Bend to Sunriver to Redmond and Sisters uncovering the Happy Hours of an aficionado’s dream. As the sun […]

