The Pine Tavern‘s annual brewfest returns this Saturday, October 21—the PT82 Beerfest Invitational. It brings together most of Central Oregon’s breweries for a fun event that takes place on the back patio. The overall fest is a friendly competition to select the “best” (favorite) beer, which will be the featured … Continue reading
This Veterans Day, Friday, November 11th, Veteran’s will eat for free at the Pine Tavern restaurant downtown. The Pine Tavern in Bend proudly rolls out the red carpet for Veterans on Friday, November 11 for Veterans Day with a complimentary meal as a small token of appreciation for their service. … Continue reading
The Pine Tavern restaurant hosted their inaugural PT80 Beerfest last year, and IPA challenge with many of the local breweries, and this fest returns again for their PT81 taking place next week, Tuesday, September 27! This year the style focus is on Pale Ales, and the event will run from … Continue reading
Yesterday’s Pine Tavern beer event, their PT80 Beerfest Challenge, was a lot of fun and (I think) a successful first-time event! The goal was not only to invite Central Oregon’s local breweries to pour beer and help support the Humane Society of Central Oregon but also to help pick the … Continue reading
The Pine Tavern in downtown Bend has been open since 1936, making it (I believe) the oldest continually-operating restaurant in the area (the D&D Club has been open for a similar amount of time), and next year they are celebrating their 80th anniversary. They wanted to do something big to commemorate … Continue reading
If you don’t have plans for dining at home or with family or friends fors Thanksgiving (they fell through, you don’t want to cook, whatever), there are of course a variety of options in town to check out. (Updated, see below.) McMenamins Old St. Francis School is holding a Thanksgiving … Continue reading
My wife told me about this, and it sounds like a pretty cool event: The Pine Tavern is hosting a “Bites & Brews” event tonight, where they are pairing beer tasters from seven breweries with special food “bites” for $25 per person. Join us for a night of FANTASTIC BEER … Continue reading
While the Pine Tavern restaurant has been open in Bend since 1936, it’s been under the current ownership and management since 1982, and that’s the theme of their 28th anniversary celebration this month, from the 14th (Sunday) through 16th (Tuesday): “Where were you in ’82?” My dad Bert Bender and … Continue reading