Free Sweetheart Donuts on National Donut Day

This Friday, June 3, is National Donut Day, and Sweetheart Donuts is giving away free cake doughnuts to celebrate: On National Donut Day, the first Friday in June, you’ll find one of the sweetest deals yet at Sweetheart Donuts, a FREE* cake donut! We invite you to join us as … Continue reading

Bend Brewing’s new menu

Yesterday Bend Brewing Company unveiled their new food menu on Facebook, saying, “Fish tacos, coconut shrimp and steak & spinach salad are a few of the new additions.” Among items no longer on the menu include the Jalapeno Artichoke Dip, Chile Verde Nachos, Tuna Melt, BBQ Pulled Pork sandwich, and … Continue reading

The Brown Owl’s new location is open

The Brown Owl started out as a food truck that had a spot over at The Lot, and over the past year they built out a brick-and-mortar space in the Box Factory (the former Old Mill Marketplace). Good news—last week they officially opened! I was walking by yesterday and poked … Continue reading

MOD Pizza Grand Opening is today!

The new MOD Pizza that has been under construction on Colorado by the new Market of Choice is opening today, with a Grand Opening celebration taking place all day. Bend, are you MOD? We’re bringing super fast artisan-style pizzas to your town! We’re opening the doors of our newest location … Continue reading

Deschutes Brewery’s Burger Month

Burger lovers take note! Each day this May, Deschutes Brewery is celebrating National Burger Month by offering up a special burger menu that features a unique (and sometimes unusual) burger special of the day. Earlier this week I was invited along with several other local media folks to have dinner and … Continue reading

Welcoming Spring with the Bend Spring Festival

If the beautiful weather we’re having this week hasn’t reminded you of Spring, well there’s the return of the NorthWest Crossing Bend Spring Festival taking place this weekend that should help finish the job. It’s taking place Friday the 8th, from 5 to 11pm, Saturday the 9th 11 to 11, … Continue reading

Weekend breakfast at the Brickhouse

Did you know the Brickhouse restaurant in downtown Bend is serving breakfast on the weekends these days? Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 1pm they are open for breakfast/brunch service, and have a pretty tasty-looking menu. We decided to try it out and this weekend met friends for breakfast. The … Continue reading

Three Creeks Brewing Pre-Zwickelmania Breakfast

The beery Zwickelmania returns this Saturday, February 13 (which I’ll have more about in another post soon), and Three Creeks Brewing in Sisters is having a pre-Zwickelmania breakfast at their new production brewery from 9 to 11:30am. We are excited to be participating in this year’s Zwickelmania. Drop by the … Continue reading

McMenamins’ Hammerhead Ale turns 30 today

Over at McMenamins Old St. Francis School, they are celebrating the 30th birthday of their Hammerhead Pale Ale this weekend, with beer and food specials you might want to check out: On this day in 1986 a special beer was born at the Hillsdale Brewery in Southwest Portland, clad in … Continue reading

Five Guys Burgers and Fries is open today

The new Five Guys Burgers and Fries is open today, it would appear from Twitter (and confirmed on Facebook). The Bulletin had first reported on the chain coming to town back in October; the restaurant shares the building on Third Street with Chipotle and Jersey Mike’s. So, is this kind of … Continue reading