I got a press release recently about the newest ice cream cart, Bend Creamery, and it sounds intriguing: they make their ice cream from scratch using liquid nitrogen. And according to that press release, it’s made on the spot for you, to order: Bend Creamery, creators of Bend, Oregon’s only … Continue reading
A couple of closures came to my attention recently… I heard about baked. closing at The Night Light Show on Monday. (Have you been to The Night Light Show? It’s fantastic. But that’s a topic for a different post.) Confirmation on their FB page: The rumors are true. Baked will … Continue reading
One of my favorite Mexican restaurants, La Rosa, is coming up on their ten-year anniversary here in Bend, and are planning on ten days of trivia fun to lead up to it. They posted on Facebook this morning: Here comes something to celebrate! In just over a week we will have … Continue reading
Tomorrow kicks off the biggest (and best in my opinion) of the Bend seasonal festivals: the Bend Summer Festival! (Additional details here.) Summerfest is going from 5 to 10pm Friday, 11am to 10pm Saturday, and 11am to 5pm Sunday, and takes over downtown with closures on Wall Street, Oregon Avenue, … Continue reading
Central Oregon’s largest food festival, The Bite of Bend, is taking place this Saturday and Sunday the 28th and 29th, respectively. As a run-up to the main event, “Bite Week” is again taking place all this week featuring chef’s dinners, classes, and demos to whet your appetite. The Bite of … Continue reading
Tonight is McMenamins Old St. Francis School’s monthly Friends & Family Night, where from 5pm to closing 50% of all the night’s sales are donated to a selected beneficiary. The selected beneficiary for this month is River Song School, which is a “non-profit providing a nurturing, individually tailored educational experience … Continue reading
The new Go Donuts, which took over the space formerly occupied by Papa John’s Pizza on the southwest corner of Greenwood and Eighth, is giving away free doughnut samples today until 3:30pm. They’ve been busy remodeling the location for their doughnut shop and it’s only the past few days they’ve … Continue reading
Tonight is McMenamins Old St. Francis School’s Friends and Family Night where 50% of the evening’s total sales (“burgers, beers, wine, cocktails, salads, sandwiches, tater tots, the day’s specials and more”) are donated to the beneficiary of the month—this month is Summit High School’s Life Skills Class. Please join us for Friends … Continue reading
No foolin’: Broken Top Bottle Shop is teaming up with 10 Barrel Brewing to host their “April Fools Brewers Dinner” tomorrow night, Thursday the 3rd. It’s a five course dinner paired with five beers, “with surprising & unexpected beer pairings in honor of April Fools’ Day” and a surprise beer. … Continue reading
Sad news for fans of Brother Jon’s Public House (on the westside, not to be confused with the Ale House downtown): they are no longer serving breakfast! Last Sunday was the final breakfast. As they explain on their post on Facebook: Thank you customers!!! For allowing Brother Jon’s the privilege … Continue reading