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Rookie of the Year: Hawkeye & Huckleberry

Hawkeye & Huckleberry Lounge hit Bend with a splash this year. Its efforts are duly noted.

Maybe itโ€™s like a rocket ship landing in a placid Cascades lake โ€” or perhaps more appropriately, like a clatter of hooves in a mud puddle, but itโ€™s hard to overstate the gusto with which Hawkeye & Huckleberry Lounge splashed down on Bend this year. With a massive bar and dining room โ€” done to […]

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Community Bike Rides for youth and adults

Blazin Saddles is leading free rides on Saturdays

It’s time to pull that bicycle from your garage and hop in the saddle. Don’t worry if you aren’t sure which direction to ride. Blazin Saddles bike shop is partnering with Sisters Park & Recreation District for a series of community rides. Anyone can join. The idea is to meet new people with similar interests […]

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Food Cart of the Year: Tacos Pihuamo

The beloved family-run food truck receives appreciation for its classic yet flavorful offerings

Tacos Pihuamo is a Mexican food truck situated off of southeast Third Street, just north of Reed Market Road. While the location is somewhat obscure, the food and the service offered at the truck has earned it a reputation as the best food truck in Bend and, according to many, the best tacos in Bend. […]

Posted inFood & Drink

Food Cart of the Year: Tacos Pihuamo

The beloved family-run food truck receives appreciation for its classic yet flavorful offerings

Tacos Pihuamo is a Mexican food truck situated off of southeast Third Street, just north of Reed Market Road. While the location is somewhat obscure, the food and the service offered at the truck has earned it a reputation as the best food truck in Bend and, according to many, the best tacos in Bend. […]

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Rookie Food Cart of the Year: Cotto

Street-side, Italian-American bliss on the go

This is not a (fire) drill. But the team behind Cotto does, surprisingly, have the fire marshal to thank for the situation they currently find themselves in. Itโ€™s no secret that The Podskiโ€™s Mikel Lomsky likes to collect Bendโ€™s finest at his centrally located, Old Bend gathering place for carts and locals, and Cotto has […]

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Horoscope Week of April 24, 2025

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You can’t see or hold the wind, though you can feel its force and observe its effects. It scatters some seeds far and wide, dispersing them to grow in unexpected places. When harnessed by turbines, the wind is a renewable energy source. It can be utilized to pump water and fuel […]

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Restaurant of the Year: Rancher Butcher Chef

Itโ€™s unprecedented, but our nod for restaurant of the year goes once again to Rancher Butcher Chef

If thereโ€™s any sign that an establishment is earning the love of local crowds, among the most brightly lit might be the rapid opening of a second place, with a name that hints to the first. Over the past year, the Rancher Butcher Chef brand โ€” known commonly by its initials, RBC, did just that […]

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A Lesson I’ll Never Forget

Stepping out of your comfort zone

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” โ€”John F. Kennedy Have you heard of the Central Oregon Partnership?” my friend Jim Lussier began, as soon as we sat down, he sipping a latte, me a hot chocolate. It was late […]

Posted inFood & Drink

Rookie of the Year: Hawkeye & Huckleberry

Hawkeye & Huckleberry Lounge hit Bend with a splash this year. Its efforts are duly noted.

Maybe itโ€™s like a rocket ship landing in a placid Cascades lake โ€” or perhaps more appropriately, like a clatter of hooves in a mud puddle, but itโ€™s hard to overstate the gusto with which Hawkeye & Huckleberry Lounge splashed down on Bend this year. With a massive bar and dining room โ€” done to […]

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