In my previous post Kina in the comments pointed to the site Restaurants For Sale Online, basically a searchable directory of—you guessed it—restaurants for sale. Checking out what they have for Bend, there are four items: A "Concert venue/Night club/Restaurant" for $1.2 million. Vino Mercato ("Busy Bend Bistro with Great … Continue reading
Papa’s Pizza, south of town across from Fred Meyer, is changing its name to "Pappy’s Pizza." My wife saw this while in the area today. Vino Mercato, the wine bistro and deli downtown, is closing. It was a blurb in the paper today and Duncan mentions it on his blog. … Continue reading
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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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