Phoenix Rising: The Phoenix re-opens with a fresh menu and new locale

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Phoenix Rising: The Phoenix re-opens with a fresh menu and new locale

Source Weekly

To state how The Phoenix rises from the ashes in rejuvenation and rebirth would be obvious, but what isn't so obvious to many in Bend is that The Phoenix Café has reopened as The Phoenix in the old Kayo's Roadhouse location.
With the moniker, “A Restaurant for Everyone,” The new Phoenix menu sets no boundaries of regional flavor, blending elements of American steakhouse, Thai fusion and California cuisine. With dark, private banquette seating and dim lighting, the space is conducive to intimate dining despite high-volume traffic. The wait staff is attractive and well trained – the sort of people I want to be serving my food.
For breakfast, the thought behind the Phoenix Omelette ($8.50) was good; it had mushrooms, spinach, Swiss and sausage ($1.50). The sausage was well seasoned and flavorful, while the eggs and vegetables could have benefited from more seasoning. A little Cholula went a long way. The rosemary roasted potatoes were crunchy on the outside and creamy on the inside.

Posted inFood & Drink

Phoenix Rising: The Phoenix re-opens with a fresh menu and new locale

Source Weekly

To state how The Phoenix rises from the ashes in rejuvenation and rebirth would be obvious, but what isn't so obvious to many in Bend is that The Phoenix Café has reopened as The Phoenix in the old Kayo's Roadhouse location.
With the moniker, “A Restaurant for Everyone,” The new Phoenix menu sets no boundaries of regional flavor, blending elements of American steakhouse, Thai fusion and California cuisine. With dark, private banquette seating and dim lighting, the space is conducive to intimate dining despite high-volume traffic. The wait staff is attractive and well trained – the sort of people I want to be serving my food.
For breakfast, the thought behind the Phoenix Omelette ($8.50) was good; it had mushrooms, spinach, Swiss and sausage ($1.50). The sausage was well seasoned and flavorful, while the eggs and vegetables could have benefited from more seasoning. A little Cholula went a long way. The rosemary roasted potatoes were crunchy on the outside and creamy on the inside.

Posted inMusic

Keeping the Discussion Open: Some of Bend's biggest bands (and some out-of-towners) team up to send Help to Haiti

Mike Bookey

It's been more than three weeks since the devastating earthquake hit Haiti, taking 170,000 lives (and possibly many more) and decimating the infrastructure of the already poverty-stricken island nation. There's been an outpouring of donations and other support from not just the neighboring United States, but also from around the world, to help the country.
The stories surrounding the earthquake, most of them heartbreaking, have flooded the media, and the phrase “Text Haiti to 90999… ” has become omnipresent. But as time goes by, the news reports will begin to fade. According to Jesse Roberts, founder of the locally based humanitarian non-profit, Rise Up International, Haiti's need for aid will endure.

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Dudley Tries to Get in the Tax Game

The Source Staff

Republican Chris Dudley, the former Portland Trail Blazer who wants to be Oregon’s governor, is challenging Chicago Mayor Richard Daley to go one-on-one – but it’s not clear what game he wants to play.
Daley has gotten attention over the past week by predicting he’ll be able to lure businesses away from Oregon to Chicago after the passage of Measures 66 and 67.

Posted inCulture

Our Picks for 2/3 – 2/11: Art Walk, Cash’d Out, Slightly Stoopid and more

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First Friday Art Walkfriday 5After taking January off, the First Friday Art Walk is back on with all the usual suspects (downtown, Old Mill, Northwest Crossing and beyond) showing off local, regional and national artists. Hit our Local Arts listings for a complete gallery guide.
Cash'd Out
friday 5Tribute bands can sometimes wander into dangerously corny territory, but that doesn't seem to be the case with this San Diego-based Johnny Cash cover band. Their covers of mostly early Cash numbers (including all the classics, of course) are eerily on target – down to the twang of the guitar and the smoothly deep vocals that made Cash an American legend. Larry and His Flask open. $12/door. All ages. 9pm. Domino Room, 51 NW Greenwood Ave.After Hours Art Party friday 6After doing the walk of art (our second favorite walk, behind the walk of life, of course), you can keep your creative appreciation muscles flexed by hitting up the Silver Moon where you'll see live painting from Erik Hoogen and music from Mindscape. $5. 9pm. Silver Moon Brewing Co., 24 NW Greenwood Ave.

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A Pet Problem: A Bend couple turn their dog's injuries into a chance for change

Mike Bookey

Zoe was the runt of the litter. Of the 10 collies she was born alongside in Southern California, she was the smallest, often fighting with her siblings for food and was the last puppy of the brood to leave the breeder.
It was John and Caren Burton who took Zoe into their home just east of Bend. Zoe took to her new owners and her new high-desert terrain, gradually shaking off the timidity of her infancy and, like so many pet animals, became a member of the family.
John and Caren went as far as to bestow upon her a middle name: Autumn, reflecting the hue of her coat, which John referred to as “the color of fall golden wheat.” She would often accompany the Burtons on their trips, riding in the car without complaint, and in her six years Zoe had only been left in another's care a handful of times.

Posted inOpinion

Ripped From The Headlines: Torn gets ripped, Obama woodsheds Congress and more!

Source Weekly

The author has been sent on the road to discover a lost country formerly known as America. He is reporting from the Super Bowl (really his couch, a bottle and bookie only a reach away), hating the guy who loves the commercials – on assignment for Or-Bust.com and The Source Weekly.
Busted Piggy Banks
President Obama is doing more damage control than Toyota. Gas pedals sticking to the floor and sending cars out of control at high speed (stop, think, put the car in neutral, people) is much like government spending. The new $3.6-trillion budget is akin to a panhandler trying to sell a Hummer (err, let's say Porsche) and will increase our deficit by $1.6 trillion over ten years, a reality that the White House defended by pointing out that Obama inherited a $1.3 trillion deficit from Bush. Does any of this make sense? Of course not. We're dealing with D.C. here, where our money and morals are mere talking points. The budget does include cuts: Bush's attempt to explore the moon (so much cheese still undiscovered), border security (shhh, don't tell Mexico), and a bunch of programs that fix the environment and actually help people but are no longer compelling sound-bites on television and YouTube.

Posted inOpinion

Mayor Daley's Raid on Oregon

Source Weekly

When you're the mayor of a decaying Rust Belt city, you naturally are inclined to grasp at any straw of hope that seems to present itself, so we probably shouldn't be too hard on Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.
His Honor has been bragging loudly about how Oregon's passage of Measures 66 and 67, which modestly increased taxes on affluent individuals and big businesses, is going to prove to be a windfall for America's former Second (now Third) City.
“It will help our economic development immediately,” Daley told the Chicago Sun-Times. “You'd better believe it. We'll be out in Oregon enticing corporations to relocate to Chicago.”
Daley couldn't resist throwing in some faux populist, anti-progressive-tax rhetoric: “I've always thought America stands for [rewarding success]. … I never knew it's a class war – that those who succeed in life are the ones that have to bear all the burden. … It will be a whole change in America that those who succeed and work hard, we're gonna tax 'em more than anyone else.”

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