Special Issues & Guides

 Hola! Enchiladas
Queretanas

What makes your favorite dish taste so good? Is it only the quality and freshness of the ingredients? Is it the presentation? Does the service and ambience affect your palette? I feel it takes multiple elements working in a symbiotic fashion to create a great experience, i.e.

The only question about La Rosa's late-night scene is whether you can get a seat.Bend's reputation as a town of early birds is slowly but steadily diminishing.

Playing hooky at the BlacksmithLet's be honest, the recession hasn't been any easier on Central Oregon's restaurants than it's been on our furniture businesses. We've lost some good, and some great, restaurants as our local industry contracts.

 Zydeco's Grilled Redfish
Favorite Central Oregon dish? Tough choice. There are many great restaurants and chefs in Central Oregon.

Off the beaten path and right up our alley, Bend's Produce Patch.In winter, the word "fresh" is core to the Central Oregon vernacular.

Sparrow Bakery's
Croque Monsieur

Believe it or not, my favorite local dish is a pastry, sort of. Because I run a dinner house I don't get to go out in the evenings very much.

Braised short ribs with pickled vegetables at Cork. Listening to the latest rumblings, you'd think that no one goes out to eat anymore.

Ryan Barnett, Fireside red
Barnett with Ariana’s GnocchiAriana's Gnocchi and peas
Since the recent closure of Bistro Corlise, my regular dining spot, I was confused as to where to take my wife for a good dinner. Then I found Ariana and their wonderful gnocchi.

Flatbread hits all the right notes when it’s family time.When you've got kids in tow, eating out is a luxury.

Chef Matt Neltner from Deschutes Brewery with anothr perfect pairing.Any decent cooking or etiquette class arms you with the basic knowledge that red wines go with dishes involving beef or game and white wines should be paired with fish or light chicken dishes.