Last year, the Source’s most-read story was our coverage of the City’s decision not to renew Crow’s Feet Commons’ lease on the Mirror Pond Plaza, that City-owned courtyard between the ski/beer/coffee shop and Drake Park. Fans of the popular shop were outraged. Owner David Marchi was upset and confused. But it was about more than […]
Best Of 2015
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Best Kombucha
Humm Kombucha
Kombucha has come a long way from its roots as a funky homemade brew peddled by hippies and New Age types. The fermented tea drink has taken off in the last few years, with a number of breweries popping up in Central Oregon. But Humm Kombucha, originally known as Kombucha Mama, is a local trailblazer. […]
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Best Chef
Joe Kim—5 Fusion & Sushi Bar
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, […]
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Best Men’s Clothing
Revolvr
Revolvr has only been open for a few months in downtown Bend, but winning Best Men’s Clothing so quickly speaks volumes for their reception. With a wide variety of clothing—including local designers—and all sorts of amenities for the modern gentleperson, the store is far from stuffy or snooty. Dayna Corbeille, the manager of our local […]
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Best Cider
Atlas Cider Company—Hard Blackberry Cider
Atlas Cider is defining the leading edge for the nascent hard cider industry and showing what expanding potential the beverage has. This summer, Atlas opened a cider tasting room (along with rotating beer taps) on the outskirts of the Old Mill District. Its instant popularity has planted a flag in the ground for cider’s staying […]
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Best Waste of Public Process
Mirror Pond
If we were to ask Franciscan friar and philosopher William of Ockham for advice (as in “Ockham’s razor”), he’d probably tell us the simplest solution, the one that relies on the fewest assumptions, is best. In this case, that would probably be taking out the failing Newport Dam and letting Pacific Power pay to restore […]
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Complete Winners List
2015 Best Of Central Oregon
BEST OF FOOD Best Breakfast McKay Cottage Restaurant Second Place: Chow / The Victorian Café (TIE) Best Coffee Back porch Coffee Roasters Second Place: Strictly Organic Coffee Best Drive-Thru Coffee Dutch Bros. Coffee Second Place: Starbucks Best Vegetarian Next Level Burger Second Place: Broken Top Bottle Shop Best Lunch Spork Second Place: Jackson’s Corner Best Salad […]
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Best New Recreation Opportunity
Bend Whitewater Park
Nothing puts a kink in an otherwise lovely summer day like having to take a land-based detour on your float down the Deschutes. Of course, it’s better than the serious bodily harm that can come from freefalling over the dam. So we’re pretty psyched about the approaching completion of the Bend Whitewater Park (aka the […]
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Best Reason to Attend a City Council Meeting
Barb Campbell and Casey Roats
Unless there’s a particularly hot topic on the agenda (like, oh, vacation rentals), attendance at bimonthly City Council meetings can be pretty sparse. Especially when you subtract the people required to be there—select City staff, people testifying on agenda items, reporters. But sometimes, things get a little spicy. And for that, we can usually thank […]
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Best Real Estate Agent
Christie Glennon—Bend Premier Real Estate
When Christie Glennon started selling real estate about a decade ago in Central Oregon, the market was hot—second homes were leaving the shelves at a head-spinning pace, and for her first couple years, she worked as a licensed agent for Wyndham Worldwide in vacation property ownership. But when the housing bubble burst, roughly halving the […]
