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 […]
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Best Dispensary
Oregrown
A sign on the front door of Oregrown declares that “the end of cannabis prohibition has finally arrived!” Long-time best friends and co-owners, Hunter Neubauer and Aviv Hadar, opened their medical dispensary in January, and Hadar is proud to say they “have been open every day since.” Starting as an agricultural business five years ago, […]
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Best Bar in Redmond
Red Martini Wine Bar and Grill
Prepare to be wowed as you step onto the red carpet of this cozy, swanky joint. With a feel of something out of the roaring ’20s, Red Martini features a red velvet interior, signature cocktails, and outstanding creative edibles, as well as a professional wait staff. All in historic downtown Redmond, which is emerging as […]
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Best Fundraiser
Tuxes and Tails—Humane Society of Central Oregon
“We wanted the people who attended to have a good time and meet new friends,” says Humane Society of Central Oregon Community Outreach Manager Lynne Ouchida. “All of the attendees were like-minded in their shared passion for animals because they have all been touched by them. You can’t put into words the human-animal bond.” In […]
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Best Salad
Jackson’s Corner
Jackson’s Corner is simultaneously modern, yet revives that classic neighborhood market—a winning combination as dynamic as the mix of ingredients that make up their award-winning salads. “I am totally in love with the way Jackson’s is using organic produce and various proteins,” says Executive Chef Lindsay Duffy, who started at Jackson’s Corner as a line […]
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Best Hair Salon
Tangerine Hair Salon
Seeing the world through tangerine-colored glasses, the people of Bend have once again given the title of Best Hair Salon to the hip corner salon, Tangerine. Located downtown in the Oxford Hotel building, Tangerine had previously won Best Salon four years in a row and now has regained the title from last year’s winner, Blue […]
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Best Cheap Eats in Sisters
Sno Cap Drive-In
This old-school burger and shake shop is a must-stop for summer travelers and is worth its own quick trip for Central Oregonians.
