End of Risk Levels Ahead
Gov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday that Oregon will stop using county risk levels and restrictions on capacity once the state reaches a vaccination rate of 70% or higher for Oregonians aged 16 and above. The governor said she believes the state will hit that target by late June if current trends continue. “Hospitalization rates have…
Waiving the Home Inspection Contingency
It’s common knowledge that real estate markets across the country are beyond hot. It’s become commonplace to not hope for but to expect multiple offer situations. Buyers are routinely competing with other buyers who are just as qualified and motivated. In addition to offering tens and in some cases hundreds of thousands over list price,…
Dear In Headlights
Dear In Headlights I’m a girl in my 20s. I recently started dating a guy I’m falling in love with. He invited me to a party to meet his friends, and I’m nervous. He’s “objectively” more attractive than I am (6-foot-2, brawny, and incredibly handsome) and very successful. I’m attractive, but I see the looks…
Free Will Astrology—Week of May 6
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus poet Vera Pavlova writes, “Why is the word yes so brief? It should be the longest, the hardest, so that you could not decide in an instant to say it, so that upon reflection you could stop in the middle of saying it.” I suppose it makes sense for her…
Letters to the Editor 5/6/21
Editor’s note: It happens every time: The Source Weekly staff and I spend countless hours poring over the listings for restaurants in Bend, Redmond, Sisters and beyond—and as a result, we get endlessly hungry to try all the places we’d forgotten about since the last time we put out a Restaurant Guide (or Happy Hour…
Noticias en Español
Al retomar la primavera, muchos habitantes locales (incluidos los balsistas de descenso de ríos) se preguntan cómo se presentó el invierno predicho de la Niña y cómo afectaría la posibilidad de incendios forestales a su preciada temporada de recreo al aire libre durante el verano. A finales de noviembre de 2020, la Administración Nacional Atmosférica…
Congressional District 2 is a Huge Geographic Area. Break It Up, Already.
It’s been expected for quite some time, but last week, it became official: Oregon is picking up a new seat in the U.S. House. Oregon narrowly missed adding a seat following the 2010 U.S. Census, so it comes as little surprise that we’d add one now, with our state continuing to be a place with…
Fore! Sale
Golfing is expensive, but not nearly as expensive as a house in Bend. Good news is, there’s about to be more of them. Wayne Purcell, whose family has been instrumental in the economic development of Bend as a tourist destination for decades, announced his intention to retire and sell River’s Edge Golf Course in the…
Restaurant Guide 2021
It is an understatement to say that it’s been a tumultuous year for restaurants near and far—and this guide you hold in your hands is intended to show them a little love. Use the following pages to give you some fresh ideas about where to go for foods that are spicy and savory, fresh or…
Rookie Restaurant of the Year
The creation of a brick-and-mortar restaurant for Blissful Spoon was a long time coming for Bendites, who have been clamoring for expanded offerings since at least 2018, when Miki and Kamal Bakkari started selling granola and baked goods at local farmers markets. The couple, meanwhile, admits that opening a bona fide restaurant was never really…
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Rookie Food Cart of the Year ▶ [with video]
Jeff Berneski has a giant panda head stashed at his food cart in Tumalo, and when we visit, he’s insistent we let him snap a photo or two of him wearing it. Good thing the Source Weekly loves goofiness of that and other varieties—so much so that the panda head graces the cover of this…
Restaurant of the Year
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…
Food Cart of the Year
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…
Here’s Wallace!
I know we all know this by now, but Michael B. Jordan is easily in the top two or three most charismatic actors of his generation. Ever since his unforgettable turn as Wallace in “The Wire,” Jordan has slowly and systematically built one of the smartest and most durable careers in Hollywood. As well-balanced as his…
Wear Your Life Jacket to Work Day
Can you believe it’s almost that time of year again—when you can slip into the Deschutes River on an inner tube and float downstream like Central Oregon royalty #livingyourbestlife?! Although a few more storm systems are blowing the last of this year’s pow up at the mountain, down in town, the weather’s been almost float-worthy. …
Rain Check
During a July 2017 multi-day river trip on the Lower Deschutes River, around the Olive Grove Camp, a thick haze started rolling in. That was day two. By the time we reached the takeout on day three, the crew was choking on particulate matter. This was pre-COVID and we opted to wear then-rare masks. On…
Celebrate Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Asian American violence has been on the rise in the U.S. since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Stop Asian American Pacific Islander Hate, a coalition that tracks reports of violence and harassment against the AAPI community across the nation, reported a steady increase in the number of hate incidents since March 2020. The month…
Source Material
April may have been the most-hyped month of new music so far in 2021. I’m talking across the board of genres—whether it was popular names (Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Young Thug all put out new music last month) or more under-the-radar artists, everything that dropped seemed to be exciting—even if it was bad. Lil…
Cinco Cervezas for Cinco de Mayo
Isn’t it loco to think that we have Austrians to thank for Mexican lagers? German immigrants greatly influenced non-indigenous brewing in Mexico, but the quintessential Mexican lager is a style more formally known as Vienna lager because in 1864 Napoleon imposed an Austrian-born emperor. Though he was executed by Mexican forces in 1867, Austrian brewers…
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Baking the Magic: The making of the Source Weekly’s 2021 Restaurant Guide cover ▶ [with video]
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…
