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Restaurant Guide 2020

The Source Eating Team makes its picks for Restaurant, Rookie Food Carts of the Year

In other years, weโ€™ve put out our annual Restaurant Guide earlier in the season, giving locals and tourists alike a guide to whatโ€™s good to eat in Central Oregon. This year, everything is different. Restaurants and bars continue to grapple with new and changing regulations, with customers who might not be ready to comply, and […]

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The Bite’s Best

Locals take home Top Chef and Bartender titles

You know summer has arrived in Bend by a few key markers: The kids get out of school and start running in wild packs around ice cream shops and arcades, the parking lots at Riverbend Park get stuffed full… and the Bite of Bend kicks off in downtown Bend. And where there’s a Bite of […]

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Where do people rideshare #inBend?

Just in time for V-Day, Lyft’s new top 10 reveals the top restaurant destinations

Use it to get home from the bars. Use it to shuttle your errant relatives to and fro while you’re at workโ€”or on the mountain. Or, use a ridesharing service to take you and your bae out to dinner. Since ridesharing apps began to be allowed in Central Oregon in 2017, plenty of people have […]

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Cheri Helt Vying for Buehler’s Seat

School board member will run for House 54

The race for Oregon House District 54 already has one Democratic candidate filed in the raceโ€”and now, one Republican is announcing her run for the Republican nomination. Cheri Helt, who currently sits on the school board for Bend-La Pine Schools, announced today that she’s seeking the Republican nomination for the seat currently held by Rep. […]

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Bistro 28 Carries Forward Zydeco’s Style

In an athletic club, but nothing like a sports bar

Plush couches adorn a beautifully restored Bruce Wayne-sized fireplace. Thoughtfully hung bike rims pay friendly tribute to the town’s outdoor culture. And high-top bar tables made of three and a half-inch-thick maple invite both personal and business communions alike to Athletic Club of Bend’s newly opened culinary treat, Bistro 28. Replacing the once popular Scanlon’s, […]

Posted inBest Of Central Oregon

Best Fine Dining & Best Service

Zydeco

Not surprisingly “fine dining” and “great service” go hand in glove. And, not surprisingly, Zydeco was chosen by our readers for both categories. Open and airy, with simple, clean and confident décor, Zydeco imports the best of big-city attitude to the High Desert—the coolness of an LA restaurant, the sly sass of a San Francisco […]

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