The Central Oregon Beer Angels are an amazing group of women who love all things beer. They’ve been meeting monthly for a year, and this is your choice to join them. The membership fee for 2013 is $35 and members receive a discount card for over 20 breweries, pubs, restaurants … Continue reading
I’d be tempted to call the new Hideaway Tavern Bend’s best-kept secret, except for all the press and notice it’s been getting lately! It just opened up within the past several months by John Nolan, owner of the Victorian Café (which I am on record as calling the best breakfast … Continue reading
What with the last couple of closure items lately it’s nice to see something that will be opening: the Cascade Business News site/paper has some news about what’s moving in to the old El Jimador space downtown on the corner of Wall and Franklin: Downtown Bend will welcome a new … Continue reading
What’s going on with this new year and the closings lately? Today I find out (from reader Jeff) that the westsides’s and (Bend’s) one-and-only pie shop, Sweet Home Alamode, is closing. From Tuesday’s Facebook post: With heavy hearts we announce the closing of the Sweet Home Alamode pie and frozen … Continue reading
Kids World is the toy store up next to Shopko that focuses on quality, imaginative toys, particularly scientific and educational toys, and I’m sorry to see that they’re closing. From Facebook: After five years, we’ve decided to close our store. We treasure the relationships we’ve built with our many loyal … Continue reading
Here’s a good way to start the year: with Deschutes Brewery’s Barrel Aged Beer Tasting, coming up on Friday, January 11, taking place at the Brewery’s downtown Pub in the new “Tap Room” space upstairs. It runs from 6 to 9pm and costs $45 per person, which is a good … Continue reading
Happy New Year’s Eve! We’ll be celebrating with friends, but if you don’t have anything going on yet and are looking for some ideas, here’s a rundown of some New Year’s Eve parties to check out. McMenamins Old St. Francis School has their New Year’s Eve kicking off at 9pm … Continue reading
Merry Christmas and happy holidays! I hope your day is a good one, and everyone is warm and safe and happy. We’ve pretty much got a white Christmas this year (and I know folks at the Mountain are loving it!) which always adds that touch of magic—but be very careful … Continue reading
With Christmas fast approaching and shopping days running short, it’s time once again to do a local holiday gift guide, presenting a variety of locally-made products and local stores and shops to hopefully give you a number of ideas for your shopping needs. Books are awesome, everybody needs books—or they … Continue reading
With Christmas fast approaching and shopping days running short, it’s time once again to do a local holiday gift guide, presenting a variety of locally-made products and local stores and shops to hopefully give you a number of ideas for your shopping needs. So far I’ve covered beer and cheese … Continue reading