Spring Art Hop

Tonight (April 1st) is not only First Friday—whereupon art galleries and businesses downtown (as well as in the Old Mill) stay open late with special art exhibits, live music, and refreshments—it’s also the Spring Art Hop: the semi-annual event that’s essentially First Friday on steroids. The Downtown Bend page says … Continue reading

Ernesto’s space reopening (with beer)!

Back in 2009 I wrote a speculative post asking what to do about old empty restaurant spaces around town. Interestingly, three of those five spaces are now filled, and the fourth is on its way—the old Ernesto’s building, which The Source is reporting this week will be the new Brew … Continue reading

Dinner for Japanese Relief at Common Table

This Sunday, April 3rd, Common Table is hosting a Dinner for Japanese Relief from 5:30 to 8pm. Proceeds from the dinner will go to Red Cross and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, and Common Table is accepting donations which will go toward those funds as well. The cost of the dinner is … Continue reading

Spring library book sale

Even though it seems as though the last Friends of the Bend Library book sale was fairly recent (in fact it was mid-January), their spring sale is coming up this Saturday, April 2nd. All the usual details apply: it runs from 10 to 4 in the basement of the Library … Continue reading

The new eastside Library is open

The new east branch of the Deschutes Public Library officially opened today, in their new space in Borden’s Corner at Highway 20 and Dean Swift Road. Good news for the eastside! The Library website has their announcement of the opening here. The Deschutes Public Library is pleased to announce the … Continue reading

New restaurant: Pono Farm & Fine Meats

I got this in email the other day and wasn’t as timely with it as I would’ve liked: New restaurant; Pono (meaning “righteousness” in Hawaiian) Farms & Fine Meats opened yesterday, Wed, March 16th on the corner of Cooley & Hunnell. Farm to table, they grow Wagyu (Kobe) & Angus … Continue reading

Free tire collection event

This Saturday, the 19th, Knott Landfill is having their semi-annual free tire recycling event. From the County: Residents are encouraged to dispose of unwanted tires free at a collection event scheduled on  Saturday, March 19 at Deschutes County’s Knott Landfill Recycling & Transfer Facility.  The semi-annual event benefits the community … Continue reading

St. Patrick’s Day Guide: The Events

Lots of things going on this week for St. Patrick’s Day. I’ve been scouring the local web (and been getting emails too) to compile a (hopefully!) fairly comprehensive list. (Big thanks to The Source for many of the events from their calendar.) And of course, if there’s anything I missed, … Continue reading

St. Patrick’s Day Guide: The Pubs

St. Patrick’s Day is this Thursday, the 17th, and for the past several years I’ve published a pub guide for the holiday. As always, this isn’t meant to be a definitive guide to all the watering holes in Bend, but rather more what I consider a more St. Patty’s-oriented guide. … Continue reading

Pilot Butte Drive-in on the westside

Pilot Butte Drive-in in my opinion has the best hamburgers in town, so the news that they’re planning on opening a second location on the west side of town is a good thing. From the Bulletin: [Bill] Falconer, who bought the restaurant in April 2007, did not want to give … Continue reading