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Hey Baby, (Who Cares if) it’s Cold Outside!

What do food cart lovers do when the weather turns? Turn to the indoor beer gardens and heaters, of course
Avatar photo Donna Britt

“Amazing vibe, world-class food and rotating beer taps.” According to Caleb Trowbridge, those are a few of the things that make The Podski a special place any time of year. Add in a fire pit, a new, heated building, food carts offering up warm hearty foods like stew, fried chicken and perogies, “Thirsty Thursdays” and […]

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Some Fricken Good Chicken

Owners of ‘The Lot’ debut fried chicken, fish tacos
Nancy Patterson

You might be thinking, “What exactly is a Fricken Faco?” Other than being a laugh-worthy name to say aloud, it’s a collection of fried chicken and fish tacos, served at The Lot. A renovated 1965 British double-decker bus serves as the kitchen to Fricken Faco on its lower half and now offers seating upstairs on […]

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Food Cart Pods Abound

Why limit your choices on food and drinks, when you can be surrounded by options?
Chris Miller

Bend has an abundance of great mountain bike riding, skiing, hiking and trail running—and in recent years, an explosion of food cart pods to help you gain back those calories lost doing all that activity. Here’s the lowdown on the gastronomic wonders that abound at Central Oregon’s food cart lots—in no particular order. See more […]

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You, Your Dog & A Beer

Where to drink with man’s best drinking friend
Kevin Gifford

It’s July, summer’s in full force, and for many locals stuck in workplaces while every vacationer in the world’s hitting the river with their kids, there’s only one thing in mind: When can I get out of this joint and IPA it up on someone’s lawn with my dog? Much like the history of human […]

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What’s your Blizzard Bar?

The snow is starting to fly. Before the next blizzard, identify your nearest watering hole.
The Source Staff

Ah, winter…that time of year when we’re often stuck inside waaayy more than we’d like. Sure, those studded tires are going to get you around when the snow and ice comes around, but once in a while the weather gets so bad that there’s nothing else to do besides hole up at home. But wait! […]

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Coney Island Delight

The newest addition to The Lot is refreshingly simple
Avatar photo Phil Busse

The newest addition at The Lot is a good-looking food cart: Brown wood siding with cedar shingles lining the corners. And, we had only approached the cart two seconds earlier, when the very friendly woman serving food leaned out the window and laughed: “How can a girl from Indonesia cook hot dogs?” she asked, largely […]

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Who Let the Dogs In?

Bend’s restaurants and bars put out the welcome mat
The Source Staff

“We have water dishes, shade, etc., and we love having dogs,” says Crux manager Aaron Childers. In fact, originally, Crux had planned to be an off-leash dog park and bar; however, they could not find an insurance company to underwrite the idea (insert boos and growling here). Even so, the concept remains, as evidenced by the wide-open […]

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