1st Place: Joe Kim Five – Modern Japanese Bar & Retaurant 821 NW Wall St., Bend 541-323-2328 2nd Place: Chef Andres Fernandez Ariana Restaurant 1304 NW Galveston Ave., Bend 541-330-5539
Ariana Restaurant
Best Fine Dining
1st Place: Ariana Restaurant 1304 NW Galveston Ave., Bend 541-330-5539 2nd Place: Zydeco Kitchen & Cocktails 919 NW Bond St., Bend 541-312-2899
Best Fine Dining
1st Place: Zydeco Kitchen & Cocktails 919 NW Bond St., Bend 541-312-2899 2nd Place: Ariana Restaurant 1304 NW Galveston Ave., Bend 541-330-5539
Best Food Service
1st Place: Zydeco Kitchen & Cocktails 919 NW Bond St., Bend 541-312-2899 2nd Place: Ariana Restaurant 1304 NW Galveston Ave., Bend 541-330-5539
Best Chef
1st Place: Chef Andres Fernandez – Ariana Restaurant Ariana Restaurant 1304 NW Galveston Ave., Bend 541-330-5539 2nd Place: Chef George Morris – Bos Taurus Bos Taurus Steakhouse 163 NW Minnesota Ave., Bend 541-241-2735
Restaurant of the Year
The restaurant of the year is a Central Oregon love story. A boy and a girl from different parts of the world fall in love while developing their passion for food. Ariana and Andres Fernandez were at the Cascade Culinary Institute together, but didn’t connect until working together at Merenda (now 900 Wall). After they […]
Restaurant Guide 2017
Lucky for all of us, eating is a pleasure the majority of us get to enjoy at least three times a day. And with so many glorious restaurants to choose from in our area, all the better! Think of this as your guide for where to go when youโre craving a night on the townโor […]
Little Bites: Ariana, Bethlyn’s Global Fusion & Root Cellar
Ariana selected for OpenTable “Best Restaurant” category With a fine attention to detail, a rotating seasonal menu and the use of high-quality, locally-grown ingredients, Ariana Restaurant is no stranger to big praise by critics and writers who’ve dined there. This year, Ariana has been awarded, for the second year in a row, the OpenTable 100 […]
Best Chef
Joe Kim, lead chef at 5 Fusion and two-time James Beard nominated chef, is a fusion himself. Much of his childhood was spent between San Francisco—where he was born and his dad lived—and La Pine, where his mother moved when he was 6 years old to raise him and his sisters. Kim’s dad is Korean, […]

