Portello Winecafe’s owner, staff and customers share a love of wine that has powered the restaurant for more than a decade. “We’ve just built this great little community around our restaurant,” said Courtney Toci, who has owned Portello Winecafe for about a year after managing it for about five. Portello prides itself on offering wine […]
Northwest Crossing
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A Smaller Footprint
Affordable housing options in Bend?
Currently in Bend, there’s a broad spectrum of housing development underway, varying from upscale projects in the northwest to more economical options on the east side. Just to the west of Northwest Crossing is a new development called Discovery West, which will have a centralized park streaked through it and will be comparable to Northwest […]
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Street Beat
The Source asks kids: where’s the best place to trick or treat in Bend?
There will be plenty of candy around this Halloween, but where are the best spots to Trick or Treat? We hit the streets of downtown Bend and asked local kids, who were eager to share their secrets. Sloan and Kellen Olson said, “The Old Mill! Riverfront and Federal!” You might see the pair on the streets […]
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Poke Row Opening Soon in NWX
The team from 5 Fusion & Sushi Bar will open Poke Row, a counter-service poke bar in Northwest Crossing this spring. Poke is a popular raw fish salad that commonly uses ingredients including soy sauce, green onions and sesame oil. The dish originated when fishermen seasoned the cut-offs from their catch as a snack. Customers […]
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NorthWest Crossing To Welcome Roundabout Books
New bookstore and café slated to open next week and will offer books, gifts, refreshments and gathering space
BEND, OR—NorthWest Crossing, a mixed-use community on Bend, Oregon’s west side, will welcome a new bookstore and café next week. Roundabout Books is a neighborhood bookstore founded by Bend resident Cassie Clemans, and will feature a carefully curated selection of books for all ages and a café. In addition, the new shop will host a […]
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Art Watch 4/8-4/15
In case you didn’t already know, upcycling is quite a thing right now. Theoretically, artists have been creatively reusing objects and turning them into art for decades—Marcel Duchamp and the Dadists were doing it when they created their “ready-made” art in the early 1900s, and Robert Rauschenberg was incorporating trash into his mid-century collages way […]
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The Nest Grows Larger
Sparrow Bakery adds a new location—and more!
Sparrow Bakery Northwest is so much more than just another place to purchase Bend’s favorite pastry, the Ocean Roll. Recently opened in Northwest Crossing, it’s a large, open space with ample natural lighting, high ceilings, plenty of tables and a fresh, urban decor that’s sophisticated yet inviting. It’s the kind of place where you could […]
