The history of Wonderland Chicken Co. begins with a love story. In 2019 the owners, husband-wife team Jonathan Gooden and Autumn Eberlei, happened to order a Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich at a brewery in Portland. They loved it so much, they obsessed over how to replicate it. Their experiments turned into a recipe for the […]
Best Food Cart in Sunriver
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Best Nonprofit Event in Sisters
While the sun is still burning hot these days, there will come a time not so long from now when the scene looks more like this: a late September weekend in Sisters, evening settling in with a sharp autumn bite. The streets are filled with music, merriment and warm layers as people wander in and […]
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Best Barber in Redmond
Amber Webb started cutting her cousins and three brothers’ hair as a joke at the age of 12. At 15, she decided it was her career path. “Everyone’s like, chicks aren’t barbers, right? Chicks do chick things, and guys do guy things.” Webb said. That is where Aziz Crew started — at least the namesake. […]
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Best Breakfast Burrito in Redmond
An Americana diner on wheels, Jonny’s Joint serves what Redmond locals voted the Best Breakfast Burrito, as well as being runner up for Best Burger and Best Food Truck. Co-owned by mother-son duo LoriAnn and Jonny Kuhn, the bright red food truck parked on First Street is a family affair, involving three of the four […]
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Best Pizza in Redmond
Grace and Hammer’s pizza menu offers a variety of divine names, including, “Belltower,” “Integrity,” “Purist” and “Benevolent Bird.” The meaning behind the holy motif? The pizzeria is in a declared historic church site. Adam Valentine, the “preacher of pizza,” spoke with the Source during the eve of Grace and Hammer’s sixth anniversary. Valentine told the […]
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Best Boutique in Redmond
Diana Pierce has owned Willow Wild on Southwest Sixth Street in downtown Redmond for the past three years. Before that, she was an employee. The women’s boutique has been voted the Best in Redmond for the past two years. Pierce believes one of the reasons is that they try to cater to every woman. “We […]
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Best Breakfast in Redmond
When they were traveling across the nation as a military family, Kristy Cross, her husband and her four kids always found themselves at cozy, homey, eclectic diners. Inspired and imaginative, they would sketch on paper napkins what their own cafe could look like. Seventeen short years ago, when Cross’s husband began building homes in Redmond […]
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Best Nonprofit Serving Education, Families and Children
What happens when homework help meets basketball courts, art supplies meet leadership training, and caring mentors meet kids who are ready to explore? You get the Boys & Girls Club of Bend. This year, that winning combination earned it the Best Nonprofit award for its outstanding work with children and families. “It’s super exciting to […]
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Best Place to Work (Under 50 Employees)
Tumalo Animal Hospital has been around since the 1970s, located in a former house and barn. The workspace is tight, which is fine when you have happy employees who just won Best Place to Work (under 50 employees). When asked what makes the clinic the “Best Place to Work,” Practice Manager Amie Aleshire says, “I […]
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Best Influencer/Best Indoor Plant Store
Heavy is the head that wears the crown. Or, in this case, many, many crowns, as John Kish has now won six consecutive Best Indoor Plant Store awards for Somewhere That’s Green. (The shop is also the venue space for The Greenhouse Cabaret, which hosts theatric performances.) Additionally, this year, Kish has earned another accolade […]