Monthly Archives: May 2007

KouseFly at M&J

Tonight (the 30th) KouseFly is playing at the M&J Tavern: In the mood for shelled salted peanuts, cold beer and good local original music? Want to perform your tunes? M&J Tavern, on Greenwood downtown Bend, hosts an open mic on Wednesday nights and Kousefly is set to play a its originals tonight and future events. The event kicks off at 8pm. Stop by and join us! They’re starting to get around! This Sunday they’ll be … Continue reading →

Bite of Bend 2007

Summer is here—or at least the summer event season is. Nearly. Or something. I saw a banner today for the Bite of Bend, which is going on in just over two weeks time, on June 16th and 17th (Saturday and Sunday). What’s different this year is that it’s taking place in Downtown Bend, rather than the Old Mill District where it’s been for the last few years (or maybe it’s always been down there). I … Continue reading →

Bend Bulletin restaurant guide

Not too long ago I was mentioning The Source’s Dining Guide and commented that there should be a site that puts all the dining guide stuff together… well, we’re not quite there yet, but I just found out that the Bulletin has a very comprehensive restaurant guide online here. You can search by restaurant name or, even better, by cuisine style, region, price, outdoor seating, and vegetarian items, and they appear to have 161 restaurants … Continue reading →

Off to Portland

We’re heading off to Portland for the weekend, so don’t expect any posts or updates for a few. Hope everyone has a good Memorial Day!

The Victorian Café: Best breakfast in Bend

We had breakfast at The Victorian Café last weekend, and it reinforced my belief which I’ll boldly state here that the Victorian is the best breakfast place in town. There’s a number of reasons for this: The quality of food. They’re widely considered to have the best eggs benedict around (I’ve seen this asserted in a number of publications), but everything I’ve had there is beyond excellent. This last time I had the Salmon Benedict … Continue reading →