Greg’s Grill

Last night we decided to try Greg’s Grill for the first time. It’s the new upscale restaurant down in the Old Mill District that just opened to much fanfare from the Bulletin, which revealed, among other things, that they spent "around $225,000 training the Greg’s Grill team of 120 employees" … Continue reading

Northside notes

Just a couple of quick blurbs about things happening up north, along Empire Avenue. The new Empire Car Wash is open. It’s a full-service car wash and they had an ad in Sunday’s paper for a free wash (good through May, I think). They also have a sign out on … Continue reading

Bend makes Inc. Magazine’s top 10 boomtowns

I don’t know how many people have seen this yet, but Bend has been named one of Inc. Magazine’s top 10 boomtowns. It’s their annual "best of" entrepreneurial cities. Bend is actually highlighted twice: as one of the top 20 small cities for doing business, and one of the top … Continue reading

Riverside Market

I came across the Riverside Market yesterday, nestled down in the older part of southwest downtown. (How’s that for vague?) Actually, I think I’d seen it before, but I don’t rightly remember, so let’s say I "discovered" it. The Riverside Market is a typical small neighborhood market, established snugly in … Continue reading

Cinco de Mayo!

Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo already! I’m having trouble getting my head around that; it feels like it should still be a couple of weeks away. At any rate, the Bend Restaurants blog has a list of some Cinco de Mayo things going on, so I’ll shamelessly steal his hard … Continue reading

Music at WineStyles tonight

I’m cutting this close to last-minute… but Elise Michaels writes: The String Rats (formerly EMC) will be at WineStyles of Bend tonight. The town will be hopping during Art Gallery Walk, so be sure to stop by before or after your hopping! Note the new summer music hours: 7-9pm. Lots … Continue reading

The Source’s 2007 Dining Guide

The latest issue of The Source has their annual Dining Guide included with it. In it they’ve named Jen’s Garden over in Sisters as their Restaurant of the Year. (Their website isn’t updated as I’m writing this to reflect the new Guide.) I like their Dining Guide, it’s a good … Continue reading

Mary Jane’s Park

I noticed some construction going on at the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Lava Road downtown, on the northeastern corner that is otherwise bare (you can see it in the Google Maps photo, in the center). All the dirt’s turned over, piles of it, and there’s landscaping going in. There’s … Continue reading

pfundamentals is closing

Yesterday Duncan wrote on his blog that pfundamentals is closing, and in today’s Bulletin there’s a business blurb saying the same thing. pfundamentals has been downtown for 15 years, a solid little niche gift store. I always wondered where they came up with the name; turns out the owner’s name … Continue reading