Beginner’s Guide to Bend
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Restaurant Guide 2022

350+ Bend & Central Oregon restaurant listings, plus our restaurants of the year
by The Source Staff

Central Oregon’s Ever-Evolving Restaurant Scene From “appointment dining” to fast casual, takeout and delivery, our local food scene has a little of it all. If you’re finding it hard these days to keep track of what’s open, what’s recently closed and what new food places are coming onto the scene, you’re not alone. Central Oregon, […]

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Takeout Guide: Central Oregon Pickup & Delivery

Let the Source Weekly’s constantly updated guide to takeout and delivery satisfy your cravings for great local grub
The Source Staff

The Source Weekly’s Takeout Guide is our bi-annual guide to bars and restaurants in Central Oregon and what they offer for takeout and delivery. Look for the “2022 Takeout” section for each business,  showing what their hours are and where you can get delivery options (ie, Doordash, Uber Eats, etc.) ⇓⇓ Click the image to see […]

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If You’re New Here: Let’s Talk Sno Parks

No one knows why they dropped the “w,” but here’s the deal with sno parks
Avatar photo by Nicole Vulcan

If you’re new here in Bend or Central Oregon and you’re trying to figure out all the ways to enjoy winter fun, one of the classic destinations is definitely a winter sno park. It’s a mystery that stretches from Oregon to Washington to California sno parks: Why no “w” in snow? Maybe there was no […]

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If You’re New Here: A Primer on Ice Skating

Some deets on where to go for ice skating in Bend and beyond
Avatar photo by Nicole Vulcan

Welcome to “If You’re New Here,” a new, occasional feature in the Source Weekly that gives the many newcomers to Central Oregon a primer on some of the area‘s most beloved destinations. This week, If You’re New Here has some deets on where to go for ice skating in Bend and beyond. Bend Park and […]

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2018 Best Of Central Oregon

Who’s Rising to the Top in 2018? Read on to find out!
The Source Staff

Here it is, Central Oregon: The issue many of you wait all year to swoop up off newsstands region-wide. Inside you’ll see the many businesses and individuals who are soaring above the rest and taking home top honors in our 2018 Best of Central Oregon readers’ poll. Thousands of people voted either online or with […]

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The Nature of Bend

Welcome to eagle, big pine, juniper and sagebrush country!
Jim Anderson and LeeAnn Kriegh

Central Oregon has the perfect habitat for eagles and other natural treasures. Here are some sites to check out the local flora and fauna. The American bald eagle—once almost extinct in this part of the U.S.—has returned, and can be seen just about any place in the state. There are now over 400 active nests […]

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So You’re In Central Oregon

10 things every newcomer should know
Avatar photo Magdalena Bokowa

Welcome to Central Oregon! No, seriously, we mean it. We know the cat’s outta the bag: Deschutes County (that’s us) was number one in overall population growth in all of Oregon in 2017, growing by a whopping 3.6 percent. And with this being the Pacific Northwest’s version of Neverland, why not embrace all the things […]

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