Redmond UFO convention

Who else saw the blurb in Saturday’s paper about Redmond’s UFO convention being planned for June? If the Redmond Historical Commission, The High Desert Society of the Arts and the Redmond Downtown Merchants have their druthers, airplanes won’t be the only craft descending upon Redmond come June. The groups are … Continue reading

How to find information on any property in Bend

I am often amazed at how much freely available information the City and County have put online—not that I think this is a bad thing, mind you. What’s more amazing to me is the fact that more people don’t know about all of this! In this article I’ll show you … Continue reading

JC’s grand opening party

JC’s Bar and Grill has announced their grand opening party for Saturday, March 17th starting at 6pm. The occasion, of course, is celebrating the completion of their expansion (which seems like it’s been going on forever) into the old Australia (Oztralia? What was the name of that store?) space next … Continue reading

Deschutes Brewery teams up with Backporch Coffee

This was found on the Backporch Coffee Roasters‘ blog today: Well some exciting news is instore for all you coffee folks. Deschutes Brewery has just announced the release of the new "Backporch Imperial Porter" which will be served at the downtown pub on the X tap. We are so excited … Continue reading

Trader Joe’s gives the official word

As reported on the front page of today’s Bulletin (online version only available to subscribers, unfortunately) and here on KTVZ.com, Trader Joe’s will officially be opening a store on the north side of Bend, in the Cascade Village Shopping Center. Here are the pertinent details: No opening or construction dates … Continue reading

The Source’s cheap dining guide

The current issue of The Source Weekly has a "Dine on a Dime" cheap eating guide that I thought was worth writing about—but you won’t find it online. Go pick up an issue before it’s gone if you want the full article. Their guidelines are places that serve at least … Continue reading

Beer lineups

I’m getting all beery on these last couple of posts, I notice. Just a note to list the current tap lineups at two of our breweries (in the spirit of Deschutes’ Now Pouring page): Silver Moon Brewing and Bend Brewing Company. Over at Silver Moon, there is: Hound’s Tooth Amber … Continue reading

Winter Brewfest at Eagle Crest

Spotted in an ad in The Source: Eagle Crest Resort is hosting a Winter Brewfest on Saturday, March 3rd. It runs from 12pm until 7pm, and prices are pretty much the brewfest "standard": $5 for entry which includes a stein and three tasting tickets; additional tickets are $1 each. Breweries … Continue reading

Zydeco’s poor men’s room layout

Okay, I love Zydeco and all, I think it’s one of the best restaurants in town, but I have to say, they have possibly the worst men’s room layout of any place I’ve been. Why is that, you ask? Well, as you open the door, the first thing you see—as … Continue reading

Mercury Diner is no more!

Apparently just within this past week, Mercury Diner has changed its name and is now an Italian restaurant. I’m unclear if they are under new ownership, but the new restaurant is named "Zucca." Literally, this happened just within this past week or so; we ate there only a few weeks … Continue reading