The Foodie Crawl is combination pub crawl and progressive dinner—a celebration of local food through small plates and beverage pairings from chefs and restaurants in downtown Bend. Locations include 10 Below, 900 Wall, Barrio, Bonta Gelato at Townshend’s Tea House, Currents at the Crater Lake Tasting Room, J-Dub, Joolz, Salud Raw Foods, Spork at Crow’s […]
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Little Bites – Easter Brunches
Here’s where to spend your Easter in Central Oregon
The Easter bunny is almost here! If you’ve decided to go out for holiday brunch this year, we’ve found local restaurants and resorts hosting all sorts of sweet and savory buffets. Broken Top Club Brunch includes a visit from the Easter Bunny, so don’t forget your camera. Sun., April 21. 10am-2pm 62000 Broken Top Dr., […]
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Gingerbread House Building Party
Remember the edible house in Grimm’s “Hansel and Gretel?” You can thank it for the popularity of gingerbread houses because it inspired German bakers to make them in the early 1800s. If you want to build your own gingerbread house but don’t want to turn on the oven, go to the gingerbread house building party […]
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Ditch the Kitchen this Christmas
Festive feasts and where to find them
The dog doesn’t have to “accidentally” eat the turkey for you to feel justified in taking your loved ones out to a restaurant to eat this holiday. If the idea of planning, preparing, serving, and then cleaning up after feeding family and friends sounds more like a work day than a holiday, then we have […]
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There’s a New Chef in Town
10 Below’s Ingrid Rohrer competes for Top Chef honor
Early this year, Ingrid Rohrer moved to Central Oregon with her husband. Her story isn’t uncommon: Her husband likes to hunt and fish, and they both wanted to get away from city traffic. The change—and the opportunity to take over as head chef at the upscale restaurant 10 Below—also was a chance for her to […]
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Breakfast Down Under: A postmodern morning at 10 Below
The Oxford Hotel’s 10 Below offers a breakfast that’s hard to find.
When it comes to breakfast in this town I prefer the comforts of a dark seedy joint and an excess of heavy sauces, gravy and greasy meats. Breakfast is an occasion for over-consumption and gluttony so that eating is not a concern again till nightfall. But, hell, for the sake of the greater good, I decided this time to go undercover and underground, get a taste of the way the other half lives – the half with economic stability and a proclivity for all things fine – and try breakfast at The Oxford Hotel's 10 Below.
Circle through a revolving door into the hotel lobby, and down to the basement via elevator. Welcome to what the 1970s thought the future would look like. A black, lime green and white color scheme plays out in various patterns of geometric shapes, a busy carpet, tubular shapes, light fixtures of porcelain antlers and branches. There is a balance between the real and artificial that leaves one questioning the authenticity of the bright-green flower on the table, the rounded cross-sections of wood on the wall.