Thai on the Fly – temporary closure

Hurry and get your summer rolls, if you need a fix in the near future. Thai on the Fly (also known as “A Taste of Thailand”) is a popular drive-thru food stand off Greenwood. They are best known for great food, pleasant service, and plentiful free samples offered before (and while) … Continue reading

Cheap Eats Bend

Surprised I haven’t blogged about Cheap Eats Bend yet: a website that offers up exactly what the name says, a daily guide to cheap food deals and happy hours around town. The “Featured” items are updated each day for that day. And that’s the long and the short of it. … Continue reading

Lunch Bites: Cibelli’s Pizza (East)

This is pretty much an eastside restaurant mini-review feature that I’ll be running periodically. You can view my “lunch bite” critera at this first post. Cibelli’s Pizza (also cibellis.com, see below) is a mini-franchise of New York style pizza with some five locations in Central Oregon (three in Bend, one … Continue reading

World’s Largest Brownie (?)

Tomorrow, Saturday the 27th, the Albertson’s store on the south end of town will be making the “world’s largest brownie.” I’m not entirely sure what qualifies as “world’s largest” but it’s an all-day event starting at 10am and will raise money for local charities. The associates of Albertson’s #588 and … Continue reading

Taco Stand closing for vacation

Irony: Right after writing about Taco Stand earlier this week, they posted on Facebook that they’re closing for two weeks vacation, starting August 6th. They will re-open on the 22nd.

Lunch Bites: Taco Stand

This is pretty much an eastside restaurant mini-review feature that I’ll be running periodically. You can view my “lunch bite” critera at this first post. I can’t imagine any long-time residents of Bend that are either unaware of Taco Stand or haven’t ever been—and yet every now and again I’m … Continue reading

Jerry of Ben & Jerry’s visiting Bend today

Something fun down at Ben & Jerry’s in the Old Mill District is going on today: Jerry himself will be visiting the ice cream store. Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield is coming to Bend on July 28th! Jerry Greenfield (the Jerry of Ben & Jerry’s) will be visiting our … Continue reading

Lunch Bites: TuckMo

This is pretty much an eastside restaurant mini-review feature that I’ll be running periodically. You can view my “lunch bite” critera at this first post. Last Friday I decided to hit up TuckMo on the eastside to see what they had to offer. We had eaten there once before but … Continue reading

Lunch Bites: Super Burrito (eastside)

This is pretty much an eastside restaurant mini-review feature that I’ll be running periodically. You can view my “lunch bite” critera at this first post. Prompted by a comment on my first Lunch Bites post, I decided to get lunch from Super Burrito today—from their eastside location in the former … Continue reading

The Bite of Bend (2011)

This weekend the annual Bite of Bend is taking over Downtown Bend, offering up two days of food, beer, wine, music, and more. It’s taking place Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th, from 11am to 10pm and 11am to 7pm respectively. The Sterling Savings Bank Bite of Bend is … Continue reading