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High Risk Returns

Just a few days after being moved to Extreme Risk, Deschutes, Crook and 13 other counties will move back to high risk.
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The Bend-La Pine Schools district will move to a modified schedule as cases among young people rise, even as Deschutes County is lowered from Extreme Risk to High Risk in the governor’s risk-protection framework. In the High-Risk category, people will be able to eat at restaurants, exercise at gyms and go to indoor entertainment establishments […]

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Munching While Masking

Wear a mask indoors, but take it off while eating or drinking. Say what, now?
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Since July 1, Oregonians across the state have been required to wear masks when inside public buildings—but with some of those public spaces being places we go to eat and drink, the rules can get pretty confusing. Take the mask off too early and risk being publicly shamed by a zealous mask-wearer. Wear it while […]

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Coming Soon: Fast & Fresh Mediterranean Cuisine

Robal Road Village to add more restaurants
Nancy Patterson

The Northeast end of Bend has more restaurants coming its way. Robal Road Village, home to Cracker Barrel, MOD Pizza and soon, Chick-fil-A, is adding yet another dining option. This time, it’s a fast-casual hub for fresh Mediterranean cuisine. Kefi Fast Fresh Mediterranean will feature fresh bowls made with organic and locally-sourced ingredients, whenever possible. […]

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Food and Restaurant Highlights of 2019

Central Oregon saw significant growth amongst restaurants, breweries and taprooms
Nancy Patterson

As a food journalist, it’s almost impossible to list the top-10 food and drink stories of the year. So, please, bear with me as I guide you through 10 of Central Oregon’s highlights across the food and drink scene. Miyagi Ramen: This small ramen hub made waves across Bend’s food scene when it opened up […]

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Axe and You Shall Receive

Bend’s first hatchet-throwing bar set to open in December
Avatar photo Cayla Clark

A group of people getting drunk and throwing sharp, potentially lethal objects?! Sounds like a pretty horrible combination. But not to John Heylin, the mastermind behind Unofficial Logging Co., the hatchet-throwing bar set to open in downtown Bend sometime in December. Stupid, maybe… but not horrible.  “I love stupid ideas,” said Heylin during an interview with […]

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Thanksgiving Day Dining

From casual to non-traditional, these are some spots giving people the day off from cooking
Nancy Patterson

Cooking is my love language. It brings me a deep sense of purpose and allows me to share recipes I’ve curated with people I cherish. Every year, my family and I brainstorm holiday menu ideas and assign side dishes to those who’ve proven their mirepoix-making skills—that is until five years ago. I became so irate […]

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San Simón Open Downtown

“Sophisticated debauchery” in downtown Bend
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Looking for some “sophisticated debauchery” in downtown Bend? San Simón aims to deliver. The owners of the new bar, now open in Tin Pan Alley, have transformed the space formerly occupied by Lone Pine Coffee Roasters into a lavish space that feels like a hidden speakeasy. Named after the liquor-drinking, chain-smoking Mayan saint, San Simón, […]

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Vegan Eater, Non-Vegan World

A simple guide to eating out with a plant-based lifestyle
Angela Moore

Being vegan can certainly have its own set of challenges. For example: what grass do you eat when there is snow on the ground? Kidding kidding…as a longtime eater and not-so-longtime vegan, I’m well aware of the vast amounts of vegan variety there is out there, and the options seem to be getting tastier every […]

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That Time Bend Got an In-N-Out… Not

April Fool’s Jokes about free burgers are funny… kinda
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Editorial meetings at the Source involve at least a few story pitches that hit the cutting room floor… never to be seen again. In other words, not every story that writers pitch actually makes the paper. This week, cub reporter Isaac Biehl pitched the idea of covering the groundbreaking of the purported In-N-Out Burger on […]

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