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I Scream for Ice Cream

From soft serve to gelato, find your dream cream nearby
Avatar photo Donna Britt

First there was hand-cranked homemade peach ice cream at my Nanny Britt’s on summer Sunday afternoons. Then there was soft serve from my hometown Dairy Queen on warm, humid evenings after my little brother’s baseball games. Summertime conjures up fond ice cream eating memories, and constant cravings. From homemade to soft serve to stir-fried (explanation […]

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Foodie Crawl Benefits NeighborImpact

Lisa Sipe

The Foodie Crawl is combination pub crawl and progressive dinner—a celebration of local food through small plates and beverage pairings from chefs and restaurants in downtown Bend. Locations include 10 Below, 900 Wall, Barrio, Bonta Gelato at Townshend’s Tea House, Currents at the Crater Lake Tasting Room, J-Dub, Joolz, Salud Raw Foods, Spork at Crow’s […]

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Best Dessert

1st place | Bontà Gelato
M.W. Hill

Serving up hand-crafted, artisan gelato and sorbets that trump all other desserts, Bontà Gelato sources its ingredients from farms and companies like Rainshadow Organics, Miracle Acre Farm, Tumalo Lavender, Jem Nut Butter, Freddy Guys Hazelnuts, Thump Espresso and Eberhard’s. Much like they have done since their start in 2011 at NorthWest Crossing Farmers Market, the […]

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Dairy, Fruit, and Spices; So Nice

Just in time for summer, Bonta Gelato opens a downtown storefront
Phil Busse, with reporting from Hayley Jo Murphy

A year ago, Jeff Labhart dropped by our offices at the Source, and dropped off four pints of gelato. It was a great surprise on an early summer day. Labhart, originally from Oregon’s dairy territory of Tillamook, and his wife Juli, originally from a berry growing community in northwestern Washington, seemed to be an ideal […]

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I scream. You scream.

We all scream for—gelato?
Avatar photo Lucille Ausman

For a year, Jeff and Juli Labhart traveled the world—to the street stalls of Thailand, the beaches of Zanzibar, and the mountains of India —ostensibly looking for spices; like latter-day Marco Polos. Like the moral of a children’s book, though, they returned home to Bend to realize that many of the best ingredients for ice […]

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A Bonta gelato confession!

Avatar photo Phil Busse

With no prompting whatsoever, Jeff Labhart from Bonta Gelato dropped by our offices yesterday to drop off four pints of gelato. Yes, we feel as if we must have done something right! I am writing this as a confession that I squirreled away the Dulce de Leche with Sea Salt for myself – and have […]

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