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The Bite’s Best

Locals take home Top Chef and Bartender titles

You know summer has arrived in Bend by a few key markers: The kids get out of school and start running in wild packs around ice cream shops and arcades, the parking lots at Riverbend Park get stuffed full… and the Bite of Bend kicks off in downtown Bend. And where there’s a Bite of […]

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Bite of Bend Cheat Sheet

This weekend, more than two dozen restauranteurs offer bitesโ€”but here are a few of our picks

The Bite of Bend happens this weekendโ€”offering locals a chance to try bite-sized morsels from restaurants you might not yet have had a chance to sample, in addition to the Top Chef competition, a Bartenders’ Brawl, live music, craft vendors and much more. Since the Source’s parent company puts on the event, we have some […]

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Beloved Bartender

Local bartender rose from runner-up to winner at Bite of Bend’s Bartender Brawl

R ecognize this guy? He’s Josh Behrens, named the best bartender in Bend, crowned at the Bartender’s Brawl finale at the Bite of Bend. To earn his title, he had to woo the judges with six different cocktails at two separate events. Behrens has worked around the bar since he was 19. He started as […]

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