A new blog

No, not a new blog by me (ha!), but I wanted to point to this new blog: best minimum wage job a middle aged guy ever had. For a couple of reasons. First, I know Duncan, he owns Pegasus Books and he’s one of the few Bend long-timers left. Second, … Continue reading

Bend Bulletin on Wildfire Brewing

I’m prescient. Last week I first blogged about Wildfire Brewing starting up (from the owners of JC’s Bar & Grill), and today there’s an article on them in the Bulletin. According to the Bulletin, they’re planning on opening in the next two months. “It’s sort of scary because nobody wants … Continue reading

Bend Christmas Parade

Saturday, December 9th is the Bend Christmas Parade! Hard to believe it’s that time of year already… The parade starts at noon, and follows a looping course through downtown and around Drake Park and Mirror Pond; check out the parade map here. It’s a fun parade, the kids will love … Continue reading

Zydeco follow-up

Just a few quick notes following up my Zydeco post from a few days ago. We had dinner there Saturday night and had the prime rib special. In a nutshell? The entire meal was fantastic. It’s pretty much cemented in my mind as the best restaurant in Bend right now. … Continue reading

Deschutes Brewery Annual Garage Sale, Dec. 2

Don’t miss Deschutes Brewery‘s annual "garage sale" this Saturday, December 2nd. It’s taking place at their Mountain Room from 12pm until 4. We went last year; there will be good deals on pub wear (T-shirts, hats, etc.), drinkware, accessories, and so on. It’ll also be busy, so get there early. … Continue reading

WildFire Brewery… starting soon(?)

A friend gave me heads-up that the owners of JC’s Bar & Grill downtown are starting their own brewery—WildFire Brewing. I found confirmation on JC’s MySpace page, where they say: JC’s is soon to be pouring beer from WildFire Brewing Company. This brewery was started by Jeremy and Chris and … Continue reading

Apricot Lane downtown is closing

From the Bulletin today is a notice that the Apricot Lane gift store downtown is closing its doors: Downtown Bend’s Apricot Lane will close its doors by the end of the year, the store’s owner said Tuesday. The clothing and gift shop has been at 1001 N.W. Wall St. for … Continue reading

Zydeco Kitchen & Cocktails

In my rant about Outback Steakhouse the other day I suggested going to Zydeco instead, and decided they needed a full post. I wrote about them on chuggnutt almost two years ago now, and if anything, my review is even better now than it was then. They’re not cheap, but … Continue reading

Renegade Rollergirls review

Saturday night we attended the final bout (for this year) of roller derby, featuring the local Renegade Rollergirls. Interesting experience; the crowd was bigger and louder than I would have imagined. It was at the Indoor Sports Center, but apparently they had to turn something like 300 people away at … Continue reading

Outback Steakhouse: Avoid

We hadn’t eaten at our local Outback Steakhouse in a couple of years, at least, so tonight we decided to try it for dinner. It’s definitely not something we’ll be doing again anytime soon—they’ve really gone downhill. I’ll start right off by saying the only truly good part of the … Continue reading