Maragas Winery announced this week that they will be closing their tasting room in Bend (again) to consolidate all of their operations out at their Winery north of Terrebonne. After attempting to run two tasting rooms with tapas food service, the split efforts became exhausting. It was a difficult decision … Continue reading
I don’t remember seeing this reported locally anywhere else yet, but the Panda Express that is located on the north end of Bend (essentially on the northeast corner of the Target lot) is now open. It had been under construction since September and originally I believe was slated to have … Continue reading
Down in the Old Mill District, there are some changes taking place: Bath & Body Works is planning to close from February 8th through March 7th, in order to perform some remodeling. The Children’s Place is closing entirely, on January 21st, and right now they’ve got a big sale going … Continue reading
There’s a new, free website service you can sign up for to get text alerts sent to your phone when snow drops on Mt. Bachelor: Cone Patrol. It’s a dead-simple service to use—all you need is a mobile phone with texting—and there are a couple of neat additional features. You … Continue reading
Big changes are in store for The Abbey Pub on Bend’s westside: it’s changing hands! Current owner Geoff Marlowe included this tidbit in his “draft list” email newsletter: Finally, as some of you know I have sold the Pub and a new group of people are coming in. This is … Continue reading
Each year Ben Salmon (the Bulletin’s music writer) compiles a big list of the year’s songs in a compilation called “Near/Far“ that comprises 18 songs by national acts, and 18 songs by local acts. The best part is that these are completely free and legal collections of MP3s that you … Continue reading