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If there’s anything worth celebrating during the darks days we’re currently experiencing, it’s the return of the light. In that vein, here are two fun food and drink events happening on the winter solstice.

Bend Wine Bar

Ever had gluhwein? The hot spiced wine drink that originated in Germany is on offer this Thursday at Bend Wine Bar’s Winter Solstice Party & S’more Cookout. Cook a toasted marshmallow around the fire pit and grab a mug of gluhwein from 5 to 9pm at the Bend Wine Bar in the Box Factory, at 550 SW Industrial Way #194 in Bend. Holiday discounts on bottles of wine, too!

Monkless Brasserie

Over at Monkless Brasserie, diners will experience a candlelit dinner and a Winter Solstice Celebration Thursday night, complete with special menu items to help celebrate the return of the sun. Reservations are accepted by calling the brasserie at 541-797-6760. Monkless is located at 803 SW Industrial Way in Bend.

This article appears in Source Weekly December 21, 2023.

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Foodie Winter Solstice Celebrations

by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon
December 20, 2023

<h1>Foodie Winter Solstice Celebrations</h1> <p class="byline">by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />December 20, 2023</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/lilb1-1-5c24c7fe3dea8394.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/lilb1-1-5c24c7fe3dea8394.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-53836" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">An example of gluhwien, a hot spiced wine drink that originated in Germany.</figcaption></figure> <p> <span class="fdnDropCap">I</span>f there's anything worth celebrating during the darks days we're currently experiencing, it's the return of the light. In that vein, here are two fun food and drink events happening on the winter solstice. </p> <p> <b>Bend Wine Bar</b> </p> <p> Ever had gluhwein? The hot spiced wine drink that originated in Germany is on offer this Thursday at Bend Wine Bar's Winter Solstice Party &amp; S'more Cookout. Cook a toasted marshmallow around the fire pit and grab a <a href="https://www.bendwinebar.com/events" target="_blank">mug of gluhwein</a> from 5 to 9pm at the Bend Wine Bar in the Box Factory, at 550 SW Industrial Way #194 in Bend. Holiday discounts on bottles of wine, too! </p> <p> <b>Monkless Brasserie</b> </p> <p> Over at Monkless Brasserie, diners will experience a candlelit dinner and a Winter Solstice Celebration Thursday night, complete with special menu items to help celebrate the return of the sun. Reservations are accepted by calling the brasserie at 541-797-6760. Monkless is located at 803 SW Industrial Way in Bend.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/foodie-winter-solstice-celebrations-20349319/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=53831&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/foodie-winter-solstice-celebrations-20349319/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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