Deschutes Brewery’s Chocolate Beer Dinner – this Friday

Deschutes Brewery’s epic Chocolate Beer Dinner event is back and taking place this Friday, November 13 at their Mountain Room on Colorado Avenue. They pair some amazing food courses, all infused or prepared with chocolate in some way, with some of their great barrel-aged beers and the results are pretty … Continue reading

Spork is expanding

Fans of the westside’s Spork, the restaurant that started out as a food truck located in a silver Airstream trailer, rejoice: their email newsletter came out just this afternoon with big news—they are expanding! And they are inviting everyone to the opening of the expanded space on November 20. From their … Continue reading

Colorado Avenue Bridge closure extended

Just got a note from the City that the Colorado Avenue Bridge will be closed three days longer than originally expected: The Colorado Avenue Bridge closure is being extended to Friday, November 20. The bridge was originally scheduled to open November 17 with the completion of Bend Parks and Recreation … Continue reading

Veteran’s Day Parade, this Wednesday

This Wednesday, November 11, is Veteran’s Day, and the annual Veteran’s Day Parade will be taking place downtown from 11am until 12:30pm. The parade will start on Northwest Harmon next to Harmon Park west of Mirror Pond, then follow Newport Avenue into downtown, turn south down Wall Street, and follow … Continue reading

Nature’s General Store to close

As reported in Saturday’s edition of the Bulletin, Nature’s General Store, the health and natural foods store that has been an anchor in the Wagner Mall for three decades, will be closing its doors this year. [Owner Debbie] Sloan announced the closure via her newsletter to subscribers Thursday. She said … Continue reading

Bend’s Haunted Places

Updated for 2022! It’s been forever since I last wrote about the haunted places of Bend, and because it’s Halloween (and inspired by last weekend’s Haunted Heritage Walk by the Historical Museum) it’s high time to tell some ghost stories again! Deschutes Historical Museum The Deschutes Historical Museum is located in … Continue reading

Tonight: McMenamins O’Kanes Garage Series beer release

McMenamins Old St. Francis School has a quarterly beer series dubbed the O’Kanes Garage Series where they recreate classic, iconic beers from the overall McMenamins portfolio—and that’s landing once again tonight, Friday the 30th, starting at 5pm. The beer they’ve brewed is Rhino Stout, originally brewed in the early 90s. … Continue reading

Redmond Craft Brewing Supply’s Grand Re-opening Halloween Bash

Redmond’s homebrew shop, Redmond Craft Brewing Supply, changed locations recently, moving three doors down from their old location into a much larger space, and tonight, Saturday the 24th from 6 to 10pm, they are celebrating with a Grand Re-opening Halloween Bash! There will be beer (of course), food, live music, and … Continue reading

Today: Drink a pint at McMenamins, help support UCC Strong

All across Oregon today, McMenamins pubs and breweries are donating $1 of every pint of beer sold to UCC Strong to benefit the victims and families of the shooting tragedy in Roseburg earlier this month. This of course is going on at our own Old St. Francis School as well, … Continue reading

Crane Shed site to be developed

The Bulletin has an article today about the development plans for the old Brooks-Scanlon Crane Shed site in the Old Mill District—which some of you may only know as the big, empty lot across the street from the Old Mill Marketplace complex. The gist: A 50,000-square-foot office building could soon … Continue reading