Special Issues & Guides
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Restaurant of the Year

Wild Rose continues its popularity through the pandemic—and sets it sights on a new endeavor
Avatar photo by Nicole Vulcan

Around seven and a half years ago the Itti family moved from Port Townsend, Washington, to Bend, and our food scene has not been the same since. At that point, they’d been operating a Thai restaurant in Port Townsend for over two decades, and, seeing that Bend already had a handful of Thai restaurants, the […]

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Food Cart of the Year

At The Tin Pig, the chicken is the star of the show
Avatar photo by Nicole Vulcan

It is impossible for someone to mention The Tin Pig or even The Podski without me instantly craving a chicken sandwich. Whether it’s the spicy Nashville Chicken, or the Sweet T that comes with pimento cheese and honey, foodies around Bend know The Tin Pig is the place to go for a chicken sando cooked […]

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Baking the Magic: The making of the Source Weekly’s 2021 Restaurant Guide cover ▶ [with video]

The creative force behind our cookie cover shows us how it got done
by The Source Staff

The Source Weekly’s 2021 Restaurant Guide is graced with a super-cool cover made from real-life cookies crafted by Just Around the Bend Cookies, a Bend-based small business. In this video, Kathie Reid-Bevington talks about how she made the magic happen. Thanks to Just Around the Bend Cookies for this fun and creative collaboration! WATCH: The […]

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The Leaflet — Spring 2021

Highlighting an emerging and ever-changing industry
by The Source Staff

Conjure the tune and sing it with me: “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” The staff here at the Source Weekly loves putting out this fine issue-within-an-issue you hold in your hands. We might even wager that it’s our favorite time of the year. From getting the deets on Oregon’s astronomical growth in […]

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Redmond Prepares for Future of Weed

Dispensaries are still barred in Redmond, but if federal legalization happens, some local businesses want to be ready
by Hanna Merzbach

Marijuana dispensaries are still illegal in the City of Redmond, but that could change. The federal government is making moves toward decriminalizing marijuana, and Redmond is drafting policies in preparation. Although recreational marijuana became legal in Oregon in 2015, a Redmond ordinance passed in 1989 prohibits businesses from getting business licenses in the city if […]

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Summer Delight

Ideal edibles for Central Oregon summer adventures, recommended by local budtenders
Avatar photo by Isaac Biehl

Summertime in Central Oregon is meant to be spent outside. One day might have you hiking along the river, the next out for a bike ride, and another paddle boarding on a lake. You just never know what you’ll get yourself into—so if you like to partake, you need to make sure your high is […]

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The Green American Dream

Oregon’s cannabis industry has seen lots of changes. Local entrepreneurs offer advice, from those who’ve seen the industry change from medical to recreational
by Barron C. Wolfe

If it hasn’t been the giant green elephant in the room over the last several decades, let’s let our second attempt at the roaring ’20s be the catalyst to bury the hatchet and finally digest the fact that cannabis is shaping the world around us. Take a journey from Bend to Redmond in the late […]

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#VapeLife

PAX Labs just released a new version of its Era Life device, with some notable improvements
Avatar photo by Nicole Vulcan

Whether it’s to offer some stealth in your partaking or to avoid the more-harmful effects of actual smoking, cannabis vaporizers are among the many rad benefits to seeing marijuana go legal in recent years. Relatives coming to town? You can puff these babies in your bedroom and no one will be the wiser. Attending that […]

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