I’d be interested to see how many weekend festivals per year are held in Bend, because it feels like there’s always SOMETHING closing a street in this town. Seems like we have a higher than usual concentration of beer-centric events than anywhere. I’m not complaining, though. Who’s excited for Oktoberfest? For the … Continue reading
Somehow, the fact that the Bend Fall Festival is this weekend (September 18th and 19th) completely snuck up on me—perhaps starting with the fact that it’s not actually taking place during the actual Fall season (which starts the 23rd). This is the autumn version of the other downtown Festivals, which … Continue reading
The Subway restaurant that has been open downtown for over a year and half has officially closed its doors, the Bulletin reports. The Subway Sandwiches location that opened in downtown Bend in January 2009 closed Wednesday night. Owner Chris Griffin is moving the equipment to a new Subway location he … Continue reading
I wrote last week about some of the new(er) stores I found out about downtown(ish), and promised more. Here are a few more: Looney Bean Coffee: A (chain?) coffee shop that took over the old Balay Coffee location at 961 Brooks Street, offset just behind the Pine Tavern. I have … Continue reading
The Bend Summer Festival is this weekend, hot on the heels of the holiday last weekend; SummerFest is one of my favorite (if not the favorite) Bend festivals, and this year they’re celebrating 20 years(!) of “Central Oregon’s signature artist event of the summer.” The Bend Summer Festival draws artists … Continue reading
This Friday, July 2nd, is the monthly Art Walk and First Friday celebration in downtown Bend, as well as the Old Mill District and Northwest Crossing (usually; it’s not in their own site’s calendar however). As usual the Downtown Bend website has a good listing of participating galleries and events, … Continue reading
The annual Bite of Bend is back again this weekend, June 26th and 27th, and it’s taking place in downtown Bend from 11am to 10pm on Saturday, and 11 to 7 on Sunday. The Sterling Savings Bank Bite of Bend, held on June 26th & 27th in Downtown Bend, is … Continue reading
Whenever there’s a big event in Downtown Bend, they close off some of the streets and traffic has to route around the area. Summertime seems to bring about a spate of these, and the Downtown Bend website today posted a list of upcoming summer street closures (found by my wife): … Continue reading
It’s the first Friday in May, which means tonight is the First Friday Art Walk. Downtown, the Old Mill District, and Northwest Crossing art galleries stay open late with receptions for guest artists and special presentations of new exhibits, and often feature live music and refreshments (wine!). It all goes … Continue reading
A fan of Lola’s in the Breezeway (the restaurant that filled in the space that the Downtowner vacated) writes in to say: Did you hear that the Chef from Soupcon has stepped into the Exec Chef shoes at Lola’s In the Breezeway? He’s brought his soups (from his little vending … Continue reading