I was down at The Little Woody last night (of course) to enjoy the opening night, drink some amazing beer, and giveaway some Central Oregon Beer Week swag (which I’ll be doing again today—watch the COBW page on Facebook for detail on that), and noted some updates to the guide … Continue reading
This Friday and Saturday the fifth annual Little Woody barrel-aged beer fest is taking place downtown at the Des Chutes Historical Museum, featuring 19 breweries pouring various wood- and barrel-aged specialty beers in the parking lot, a whiskey tasting in the museum, and live music on the green. This is … Continue reading
One of the premiere beer events in Bend, The Little Woody is coming up this weekend (Friday and Saturday), and while I plan to publish a longer guide-type post for the event, right now they are still seeking some volunteers to pour beer. Here’s the call: There are two fabulous … Continue reading
Tonight over at Broken Top Bottle Shop, Bend’s newest brewery Oblivion Brewing will be having their official release party from 5 to 7pm, offering up the very first chance to try their beers. Oblivion was profiled recently by Mark Lindner and the Bulletin, with owner/brewer Darin Butschy coming from Firestone Walker … Continue reading
I missed the boat on blogging about this earlier—bad blogger! bad!—but this weekend Lay It Out Events’ Shakespeare in the Park returns for its second year and is featuring the play “Much Ado About Nothing” in Drake Park tonight, and in Sunriver at the SHARC on Sunday. Lay It Out … Continue reading
The Source Weekly is currently holding a contest to win free tickets to Saturday night’s Ghost Tree Dinner on the Range event—just leave a comment naming a celebrity you’d wish to see attend the dinner, and you’ll be entered for the chance to win. If you’ve never heard of the … Continue reading
The next Ignite Bend is coming up in just over two months, number 11 which is taking place on Wednesday, October 23rd. If you’ve never been to one of these events before (which are totally free, incidentally), mark your calendars and watch this space for more news as it approaches. … Continue reading
I am once again honored and humbled that Hack Bend has received The Source Weekly‘s nod to Best Local Blog in their annual Best of Central Oregon issue (which hit the stands today)! This is the fifth year in a row that this blog has won, and there is no … Continue reading
Do you like ribs? Do you like football? Summit High School has a great fundraiser going on tonight combining the two. The event kicks off at 5:30 at the Century Center. Cost for adults is $25 while kids are $15. Here is what you get for that price: 1. Two … Continue reading
This is pretty much an eastside restaurant mini-review feature that I’ll be running periodically. You can view my “lunch bite” criteria at this first post. Yes, it’s been a little while since the last “Lunch Bites” post, and this one might have you scratching your head: Timbers East Bar & … Continue reading