This week’s papers have arrived! And this week’s issue is stuffed with…drum roll, please…THE 2014 RESTAURANT GUIDE! A comprehensive listing of eateries in Central Oregon and the announcement of our Restaurant and Rookie Restaurant of the Year! Matt Fox and Jen Hornstein Read the full 2014 Restaurant Guide here. Congratulations to Zydeco Kitchen and Cocktails, […]
2014 Restaurant Guide
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Jeff Hunt, Spork
Chef Profile
Jeff Hunt likes pork. So much so, that Spork, a food cart turned proper restaurant, purposefully includes a reference to the swine. “It’s a delicious animal and super versatile,” says Hunt. “There’s a lot you can do with it.” Bend already has an impressive and diverse food scene—a successful diversity bolstered both by supportive and […]
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Michi Nakanishi, Ju:no
Chef Profile
“I create a culture here (that’s) like real Japanese dining,” says Michi Nakanishi, the proprietor, coordinator and sushi chef for the relatively newly opened Ju:no. With a slender bar and a tidy interior, the space is classy, yet the prices are extremely approachable. Likewise, the expansive menu features everything from more exotic sashimi to the […]
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Joe Kim, 5 Fusion
Chef Profile
In February, when executive chef and part owner of 5 Fusion, Joe Kim, read the James Beard Foundation’s 20 nominees for the Best Chef in the Northwest, he did a quadruple take at his own name. “It’s a big deal, because you don’t do anything for it. You don’t ask for it. They find you,” […]
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The Source Weekly’s 2014 Restaurant Guide
Our 15th annual installment
It is an exciting time for food, and eating, in Central Oregon. The idea of local, fresh food is no longer a novel idea, but the standard and expectation for diners. And, for the past decade, Zydeco, our Restaurant of the Year, has led those trends, while also presenting those fresh and healthy foods in […]
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The Source Weekly’s 2014 Restaurant Guide
Our 15th annual installment
It is an exciting time for food, and eating, in Central Oregon. The idea of local, fresh food is no longer a novel idea, but the standard and expectation for diners. And, for the past decade, Zydeco, our Restaurant of the Year, has led those trends, while also presenting those fresh and healthy foods in […]
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2014 Restaurant of the Year
Zydeco Kitchen and Cocktails
It is not even yet 10 on a Wednesday morning, but already Zydeco is busy. Steve and Cheri Helt, the husband-wife restaurant owners, have been across the street filming a spot on a local TV show about the upcoming Foodie Crawl, and now they are rushing for another media interview. The back kitchen is busy, […]
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2014 Rookie of the Year
The Lot
You can hear and smell The Lot before you ever see it. A cacophony that starts as a murmur of laughter and clinking glasses rolls up and down Columbia Street just off Galveston, past Hutch’s Bicycle Store. The blissful roar couples with the smells of spicy Mexican dishes, Thai curries, sizzling burgers, and fresh baking […]
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Ariana and Andres Fernandez Ariana Restaurant
Chef Profile
Ariana and Andres Fernandez met at COCC more than a decade ago, where they were attending culinary school. Both come from families where food and cooking were a centering force. In fact, Ariana’s family is still very involved in the business, with her dad, a chiropractor, managing the wine selection, and her mom working the […]