“Heritage Brew Fest” at the Platypus Pub tonight

As much as Bend is a booming beer town, you might think it’s weird to celebrate the old school beers, but tonight the Platypus Pub is doing just that and having fun with it: their “Heritage Brew Fest” kicks off at 6pm and is featuring the classic beers of Pabst … Continue reading

Volcanic Theatre Pub is open

Located over on the westside in the Century Center, the Volcanic Theatre Pub is open now, and is taking something of an arthouse approach to theater, offering up plays, movies, and live music; here’s their description: Volcanic Theatre Pub is committed to enhancing Central Oregon’s cultural environment by providing a … Continue reading

Zwickelmania: Brewery open houses this Saturday

This Saturday the 16th is the Oregon Brewer’s Guild annual Zwickelmania event, where breweries across the state open their doors to a special statewide open house and offer up tours, tastings, and more from 11am to 4pm. Here’s the official description: 2013 President’s Day weekend, dozens of Oregon breweries and … Continue reading

Battledecks (& Ignite Bend voting party) is tonight

Tonight is the Ignite Bend Battledecks event and voting party, taking place over at the Broken Top Bottle Shop at 6:30 (though the actual Battledeck-ing will probably kick off around 7)—this is the improv/ad-lib “Powerpoint Karaoke” event where you can sign up to do a short Ignite-style presentation to a slidedeck … Continue reading

Speed limit on 27th Street is now 35 MPH

When did this happen? The best I can say is, I was driving on 27th Street on Saturday and the signs saying “Speed Limit 35” (note they do say “Speed Limit” and not just “Speed” like most Oregon speed signs) all looked quite new. But I don’t drive 27th often … Continue reading

Red Napkin food truck is for sale

Reader Jeff had contributed this bit of information about the Red Napkin food truck: The German food truck Red Napkin is for sale. The husband and wife owners/operators are moving back to Germany according to a post on their Facebook page. The red trailer has For Sale signs and is … Continue reading

Proposals for Ignite Bend 10 close this week

Ignite Bend 10 is just over a month away, and this week is the deadline to submit a proposal if you wanted to be a part of it! The deadline is Friday the 8th at 5pm, and then online voting for the favorites will begin on Saturday. And then on … Continue reading

Spork is moving into the Fox’s Billiards space

Good news for both the silver Airstream trailer/food cart Spork and the old Fox’s Billiards space next door to Cuppa Yo on Newport Avenue on the westside: The news first hit Twitter and Facebook last night that I saw, and Spork themselves sent out an email this morning with the … Continue reading

Worthy Brewing soft opening, in pictures

Today was the official soft opening for Worthy Brewing, Bend’s newest brewery that’s been under development for the past year on the east side across from the Pilot Butte Cinema on Highway 20. Naturally, being a beer guy, I was in attendance (along with family and friends) and took a … Continue reading

Central Oregon Locavore

Quite by accident yesterday we stumbled upon the brand new Central Oregon Locavore marketplace, located on 1st Street just a couple of blocks north of Greenwood; we were driving by on Greenwood when we saw the sandwich board sign, and out of curiosity stopped by on our way back by. … Continue reading