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 […]
Best Pizza in Redmond
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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 […]
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Best Medical/Cosmetic Enhancement Services
Loyal voters have chosen EsthetixMD the “Best” in the realm of medical and cosmetic enhancement services for 10 years running. The Practice Manager Emily Talbot attributes that longtime win to loyalty and experience among the staff. “We have a great, tenured, experienced team that — from our patient care coordinators up to our providers — […]
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Best Tattoo Artist
Chase Tafoya lived all over California before making Bend his home in 2012. He’d visited his parents, who’d just moved here, loved it and relocated three weeks later. “Bend is such an artist town,” Tafoya says. “From the arts and entertainment, the entrepreneurial spirit, to the recreational sports; the people who live here are all […]
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Best Local Farm
While the “Best Local Farm” category may be new, David and Megan Kellner-Rode’s Boundless Farmstead is going strong in its eighth season of growing food. After about a half-decade of learning the ropes on their 20-acre mixed vegetable farm just north of the Badlands, the Kellner-Rodes seem to be hitting their stride. With more than […]
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Best Beauty Boutique
The owner of Wren & Wild Clean Beauty on Minnesota Avenue. is very clear about the intent of her business. With more than 88 brands, Mandy Butera frequently adds new ones, but only if they meet strict criteria. “Clean ingredients,” she says. “We look for specific things that they don’t carry like parabens or phthalates […]