tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313281062011-11-27T15:17:25.029-08:00Bend Oregon Restaurants reviewed. I frequent Bend restaurants as often as I can. If you're looking for a place to eat in Bend, Oregon I'll give you my opinion of what I've tried and where you can find it.Bend Oregon Restaurantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786852987308471211noreply@blogger.comBlogger3901100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31328106.post-6828039676383676292010-12-03T14:15:00.000-08:002010-12-03T14:22:03.872-08:00

Brother Jon's - BreakfastBrother Jon's is one of my favorite places to hang out. I've had almost everything on the menu aside from the stupid portobello sandwich. "But it tasted like steak, you'll love it" your vegan ass tries to convince me. Yeah, sure portobello tastes like steak if steak was mushy and tasted like shit. It's not steak and doesn't taste "beefy". You know what does taste "beefy"?

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JoolzI've written about Joolz before but I'm trying to get back to my roots and simply review the dishes I eat. So when the Wife and I went out for apps and drinks at a few spots on a glorious Saturday evening, we stopped by Joolz for a quick bite.I ordered an Arak (a traditional alcoholic beverage of Lebanon and Syria) as I always do and we decided on the BBQ Pulled Chicken topped with

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Thai Thai RestaurantThai Thai Restaurant is the newest restaurant to take over the old 38 Degrees location in NW Crossing. I have eaten there a few times now with mixed results. Below you'll find my comments about the different dishes that we've tried.My first visit was for lunch and I ordered my favorite dish that I get from Toomies in order to compare, the chicken red curry. Lunch specials

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Little Woody Beer ListI know that I'm getting excited about this year's Little Woody. I'm actually more excited about the Bourbon Tasting but these beers do look good. So if you want to join me downtown at the Deschutes Historical Museum this Friday and Saturday, I'll be there looking for a designated driver. I'll be the buzzed guy with a camera.The Little Woody is Central Oregon's Barrel-Aged

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Cuppa Yo"Cuppa Yo is excited to be Bend's premier, self-serve frozen yogurt shop!" Let me start off by saying that I have nothing against Cuppa Yo and/or anyone who enjoys self-serve frozen yogurt. More power to the owners and their league of fans. The Wife absolutely loves going to Cuppa Yo and defends it when I go off on one of my Gin induced rants. Speaking of which, here you go:I've said it

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Best of Bend Oregon 2010 (Editors note: right off the bat I have to say that I wrote 98% of this about a month before posting it. I was at my favorite watering hole reading the results in The Source Weekly when I realized I never posted mine. I did skim through them and thought that I had to make a note before you read my rant, BLOND BOMB-FUCKING-SHELL won Best Locally Brewed Beer!!! Blond

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Spice Box The Spice Box, located in Bend's Glorious West Side (the best side), is bringing some much needed Indian food to Bend. The Spice Box took over the old Hurricane's spot next to Bend's Favorite Kid Friendly Mexican Restaurant, Baltazar's. As of writing this post The Spice Box does not have a website but rather a Facebook Page in which they update fans on what's available on a weekly

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Bourbon Street BendBourbon Street Bend has finally opened its doors to the public this past Friday, July 23rd and the following day had a line out the door. Good thing too cause I was getting tired of hearing from the peanut gallery about how the evil empire of McMicheal and friends some how run Downtown Bend like Master Blaster runs Barter Town.There have been a lot of rumors flying around about

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Letzer's DeliA Deli like Letzer's has been needed in Bend ever since my favorite deli, good ol' Speedshop, closed its doors. I see on TV where someone goes into a NY style deli and gets one of those crazy high sandwiches stacked with pastrami or corned beef so tall there's no way in hell you can bite it like a regular sandwich. I've always wanted to get a deli sandwich like that. The one time I

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The Blacksmith Restaurant is offering bags of their spice rubs available at Rays and Newport Market. I was online the other day and just happened upon the Blacksmith's blog and they mentioned that their spices had a $5 gift card included in each bag. That's a great offer so I jumped at the chance. I was scheduled to go to Rays anyhow, needed to refill my Gin supply.I grabbed a couple bags of

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Schlotzsky's DeliSchlotzsky's Deli on the fabulous east side of Bend has the slogan of "funny name, serious sandwich". I'd like to propose they change it to "stupid name that no one can spell, seriously sucky ass sandwiches". Not sure if that would make it past the legal dept though.It was my first time going to Schlotzsky's. I decided to select one of their special sandwiches offered for a short

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Put this short video together last night. Send in your questions, I need material. I can't afford to go out to eat so this is all you're going to get.

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Versante PizzaVersante Pizza probably has some good pizza. I say this because some other people have told me and HackBend gave them a thumbs up. Personally though, I don't know cause I went for lunch thinking that I'd get a slice of pizza. I looked online at their menu and saw that they have slices available at lunch:The internet lied to me. Really internet? Really? I thought we were friends. I

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Apologies for last week's lapse in my new Q and A feature. I'm a busy guy. Keep the questions coming. I love them.Here is this weeks video. It's only 4 minutes this time.

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Pup HutNormally I would start off with some info about the Pup Hut and how awesome their hot dogs are but instead, just look at this:How awesome is that?!?! Look at the grease from the real cheddar, the meaty chili, lack of onions (optional, but only douche bags get onions on a hot dog at lunch), and HUGE WIENER. Oh man, call me whatever you want but there is nothing worse that a little wiener

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New feature, you can either read all the questions and answers or simply watch the movie.I've been having fun with the questions that I've been getting through my Q&A Service. It's a site where anyone can ask me anything and they can be anonymous or leave their name. I added the app to the right side of this blog so you can simply ask me anything you like.I got a nice T&G sitting next to me and

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El SanchoA lot of people have emailed, twittered, formspringed, and facebooked me and asked if I could review the street vendors downtown. I wasn't really looking forward to it as I'd rather sit at a table in a restaurant vs standing on a street corner like a hobo. Don't get all pissy at me for calling hobos, hobos. They dont have internet access and wont read this.Well on a rare, nice spring day

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Last week I posted some questions and answers that I got through my Q&A Service. It's a site where anyone can ask me anything and they can be anonymous or leave their name. I added the app to the right side of this blog so you can simply ask me anything you like.Q: born and raised in Tacompton, WA. whats up with no Teriyaki joints in Bend? do you by any chance know of a good substitute?What up

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Olive GardenGood old Olive Garden. I know what I'm going to get before I even sit down...mediocre pseudo Italian American food that is lacking in flavor and originality. Chicken Parmesan, fettuccine alfredo, spaghetti and meatballs, and of course, the best salad and bread sticks in the WORLD!"But BOR, how can you form your opinion about a restaurant that you haven't been to?" asks the East Sider

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A few weeks ago I created an account at Formspring.me. It's a site where anyone can ask me anything and they can be anonymous or leave their name. I added the app to the right side of this blog so you can simply ask me anything you like.I was dorking out on it and blasting answers to my twitter account which then gets posted on my facebook page. It was too much so I stopped posting the answers.

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Szechuan RestaurantOver the last few months I've been hitting up Szechuan Restaurant for lunch around once every two weeks or so. $5.50 you get your main dish with your choice of pork fried rice or white rice, hot n' sour soup or egg flower, egg roll or crab puffs. I'll help your white ass out. Get your broccoli chicken with fried rice, egg roll, and hot and sour soup.The last three choices are a

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900 Wall I've written about 900 Wall before but this time I want to focus on their Happy Hour menu. Bend has some decent happy hours and when you find a great one, you want to hold on to it for dear life. At least for me it's like that. I love a good happy hour since I like to save money and when you go out to eat as often as I do, every little bit helps.When you go to 900 Wall, ask for Ron or

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Cafe 3456Cafe 3456, located out at the BEND airport, is well worth the trip out East. If you live on the east side, you have no excuse to not drive over. I want to emphasize that Cafe 3456 is at the BEND airport since every person that I've talked to seems to hear airport and assume Redmond. Even when I say Bend airport, they get Redmond airport stuck in their head.My first trip to Cafe 3456 was

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Trattoria SbandatiOur first trip to Trattoria Sbandati was absolutely fabulous. We've gone for lunch twice and for dinner three more times since then. I feel fortunate in my life that I've been able to go this many times. Lucky for me, a couple of those dinners were paid for by our guests. The best way to dine out is on someone else's dime!I love that we have Trattoria Sbandati in Bend - a great

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Deschutes Brewery's 8th Annual CrabfestThe 8th Annual Deschutes Brewery Crabfest sold out so fast this year that they opened up a second day. I was smart and got my reservation in nice and early so we were locked into the traditional Saturday event. When we heard that the second day was on Friday, I was a little worried that we'd get left over crab.Turns out they threw all of the left over crab

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Baldy's BBQThis week Baldy's BBQ is celebrating their 5th Anniversary with $5 specials all week long. From what I've heard, they're doing $5 full racks, smothered fries, dozen wings, 2 pulled pork or chicken sandwiches, and more + drink specials.**Update**After lunch at Baldy's today (Monday) I have the $5 specials:- Full Rack of ribs (these are the Danish ribs, little smaller than their normal

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Beach Side Beach Side is the new burger joint that took over the old La Costa Azul location near Port of Subs. The menu looks very affordable and they have a happy hour burger for $5 and free buffalo chips.A friend and I sat down for lunch and were presented with a basket of potato chips which appeared to be made on site. They were ok, something to nibble on while we waited for our lunch.I

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Ordering Pizza as a group like in an office environment or at a gathering of some sort has got to be one of the worst ideas ever. It used to be that you'd have your mom call up Domino's and order up a bunch of pepperoni pizzas. Then you and your buddies would scarf it down and get back to watching Real Genius and pretend that you too could be a cool nerd like Val instead of just a nerd.Now your

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Brother Jon'sI've gushed over Brother Jon's in the past but that was just about their regular menu. Lately I've been all over their specials. I love showing up and seeing whats on the big chalk board for that day. I haven't been disappointed yet. Brother Jon's is my favorite restaurant/hangout in Bend right now. Everything is great and its all priced right. Specials are normally right at $8.50 or

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On Saturday The Athletic Club of Bend and Scanlon’s hosted up to 17 restaurants and chefs who cooked up their best chili concoctions. All proceeds donated to the Education Foundation for the Bend La Pine Schools.Some friends, the Wife, and I made it over to the Athletic Club of Bend for this event and had a great time. After paying the measly $10 per person we were warned to "pace ourselves" but

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Beefy 5 Layer BurritoWell I didn't even make it a full year since my last visit to Taco Bell. But that Beefy 5 Layer Burrito just looked too good to pass up. I know I should never EVER look at fast food or chain restaurant commercials and think "that looks good" because it NEVER looks like it does on TV or on the menu.Seriously, why do restaurants put photos of their dishes on their menu's? The

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Flatbread Community OvenI've written about Flatbread Community Oven before but that was for lunch shortly after their opening. We've tried to go a couple of times since but the place was slammed so we ended up going elsewhere.Recently we made it to Flatbread Community Oven for some pizza and had a wonderful experience. Upon arrival there were many tables filled and not much in the way of staff.

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5 SpiceI already wrote about 5 Spice but the Wife and I wanted to go back to check out their $5 Happy Hour Menu. The Wife and I can't get enough sushi or even Asian food. So when you say that you have sushi rolls for $5 and its from a quality restaurant like 5 Spice makes me want to jump at the chance.We surveyed the options and opted out of the ridiculous $5 edamame but went for the Assorted

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McRibYup, I took a bite of one. It wasn't good.I pulled up to the drive thru speaker box at the McDonald's and before any pleasantries were exchanged, the voice immediately asked "Would you like to try our McRib?"Thinking only of you, my loyalest of loyal followers, I responded "Absolutely I would" even though I really didn't. I've never been enticed by the McRib. But since I felt an obligation

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Chicago Style Hot Dogs and Italian BeefSince the Hottest Dog up and left me without even a Dear John letter, I've been praying for another hot dog joint to show up. When I heard that Chicago Style Hot Dogs was open in the old Baskin-Robbins spot on 3rd next to the Taco Bell, I got a excited. Then all of the friends that went there told me their opinions and I wasn't so excited.I heard that it was

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5 SpiceMy Facebook friends have been pestering me to write about 5 Spice. Finally the Wife and I made it over there to test it out. We've heard a couple of opinions from friends that 5 Spice is a bit pricey for what you get. Still, we wanted to see for ourselves.We walk in and it doesn't look too much different than deep (the previous restaurant) looked aside from the lack of water in the

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Summit SaloonNow with The Downtowner MenuOne of my biggest complaints of the Downtowner was always the tiny sitting space with huge tables. I've documented this a couple of times. The Downtowner is no longer in its old breeze-way location with the HUGE tables and customers that don't abide by the commonly known rules of not claiming a table before you ordered your food (rude). Instead, the

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I have a few minutes before I have to get started on a project. So while I wait for this email to arrive I thought I'd rant a bit on a non-food related issue. I may have talked about this before or maybe just said something on facebook or twitter about it.In the age of Tivo and DVRs it is very easy to record a sporting event. I like to record sporting events especially when I have a weeknight

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Trattoria SbandatiTrattoria Sbandati, located in the old La Rosa location on College Way, is one of my new favorite restaurants in Bend. If I could, I would eat there once a week for the rest of my days.I tried for weeks to get in...actually I sort of was hoping I'd get asked to come in but since they've been booked solid since they opened, that wasn't going to happen. The Wife and I made it in

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Thank you for your service!A while back the Wife and I were in the process of buying a house here in Bend and I needed my DD214 (a form showing my time in service and status of my discharge) so I could get a VA loan. I called the VA office and was talking to a helpful fellow who was telling me about all the other benefits I could take advantage of.I remember saying "No no, those are for "real"

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Little Pizza ParadiseOne day I overheard someone mention that there was a little pizza place on the corner of Butler Market and 27th. I made a special effort to go out that way to check it out. Little Pizza Paradise shares a parking lot with a gas station and a kung fu shop and some other weird/random East Side shops.I jumped in for a lunch time slice. Little Pizza Paradise boasts that they make

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Del TacoA friend of mine was raving over the Del Taco Combo #6. I love cheap tacos. I'm not talking about real tacos with two corn tortillas and some carnitas, onion/cilantro mix and some cojita with a twist of lime. I'm talking about hard shell, ground beef, iceberg lettuce, and shredded cheddar. Quite a few years ago in another state I saw a sign that read "5 tacos for $1". I dropped a five

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The Source Weekly's Best of Bend 2009I got a text the other night that said "congrats on the mention" and I had no idea what they meant. After a few more texts I was told that this little restaurant blog got an honorable mention in The Source Weekly's Best of Bend 2009 for Best Local Blog. I have to say, I'm very honored by this. I didn't even know the polls were open and didn't try to get votes.

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River Mill GrillThe River Mill Grill has taken over the old Fireside Red location and I've been excited to get over there to sample the goods. The Wife and I got the opportunity to go on a beautiful day and sitting on that famous deck was the best part of our evening.The deck was just under half full and only one table occupied inside the restaurant. We sat down and only had one set of silverware

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@bendeats Coffee MugThe infamous @Mugmkr has created the best coffee mug of all time. My mug rocks so hard that T-Pain carries my mug on stage. Michael drank what he thought was wine (even though he was told it was blood) out of my mug in Lost Boys. Neo washed down the red pill from the tap water in my mug. My mug is so awesome that it was cup the evil Nazi dude mistakenly drank from at the end

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Raz LacticI have an apprentice, or rather a BOR-pprentice as Raz Lactic calls himself. He even started a fan page called The BOR-pprentice which I sent invites to all my Facebook Friends. Raz is starting with the basics while he gets his literary skills fine tuned and is eating his way through his pantry, under his car seats, in old jacket pockets, and writing about it. Funny shit. You should

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I asked on Twitter and Facebook if I should write a food review or if I should just rant. Apparently no one actually cares for my food opinions and would rather have me just talk some shit about whatever I like or better yet, don't like. Ok.When you sit down at a restaurant, do you pick up your knife and fork and start tapping them on the table and glasses and relive those memories of playing

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Oh Deschutes Brewery, how I love thee so. Today I received a Tip List of what's going on with Deschutes Brewery in the next couple of months. I also realized that I never got the photos of the last event that I attended, the Barrel Aged Tasting, posted online. For $40 per person you get to sample (all you can drink - please drink responsibly) a variety of beers that have been soaking in bourbon

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Brother Jon's Public House Brother Jon's Public House is open in the old Makhana's coffee shop location on Galveston. Jon and Steve (formerly with the Downtowner) are open for business with a full bar, 5 beers on tap including one of my favorites, Terminal Gravity's IPA, and familiar staff since they've hired all ex Deschutes Pub employees - it feels like I was eating at Deschutes Brewery like 4

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TOP WORLD CHEFS MEET IN BEND, OREGON TO HELP CHILDREN AND FAMILIES The Deschutes Brewery Sagebrush Classic Feast and the Golf Will Be First-Rate and, As Always, It’s the Community That Will Take Home the Biggest PrizeBEND, Ore. – What sort of event is so powerful that it attracts 18 of the world’s most celebrated chefs – all to a summer gathering in Bend, Oregon?It would have to be big on

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JoolzThe Wife and I made it into Joolz for a couple of small plates. I was previously at Deschutes Brewery for a pint (or possibly two) so I sat and drank water for the most part. That was until the people next to me ordered a traditional liquor which was called Raki or Arak (ok, maybe three pints). It is a anise flavored liquor that they mixed with water turning it milky. Sooooo I had to order

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900 WallI had the pleasure of attending 900 Wall's soft opening. I am going to continue writing but for those of you short on time let me sum up my review...if you liked Merenda, you'll like 900 Wall. Basically 900 Wall could have done a "find and replace" on all marketing materials, name tags, and menu's and just replace Merenda with 900 Wall and there you have it. Actually, not even a find and

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Crooked River Dinner Train Opens May 30Under new management, a Central Oregon icon returns with a fresh approachThe Crooked River Dinner Train and Cougar Canyon BBQ announced that the train will have its first dinner run of the season on Saturday, May 30th. The train is under new management and will run every Saturday, with more dates to be scheduled as the summer progresses. The train will also

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Club SandwichWhat makes a sandwich a Club Sandwich? I ask because many times I see a Club Sandwich on the menu at a restaurant and what arrives on my plate varies. My research (wiki) defines the club as:"A club sandwich is a "double-decker" sandwich with two layers of fillings between 3 slices of bread. It is often cut into quarters and held together by cocktail sticks. The traditional club

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Jake’s Diner’s Third Annual Race Night On Wednesday, May 20th, Jake’s Diner will be holding it’s third annual Race Night BBQ.Dragsters from Madras drags and Circle track cars from Madras Speedway will join with local cruisers for a big car show in Jake’s parking lot. Madras Drags and Madras Speedway officials will be on hand to answer questions regarding their upcoming season.Jake’s will be

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Ocean RollThe last post I wrote was about a tasty sandwich from the Sparrow Bakery. My Facebook friends were commenting away as were my Tweeps (shutter) like @MelindaCampbell who kept telling me that I have to try the Ocean Roll.I'm not a huge fan of sweets but that damn! This thing is crazy good. Its like a cinnamon roll on steroids. I'll call it the Manny Ramirez of Cinnamon Rolls. @thewritegal

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Sparrow BakeryA friend of mine has been dying to try the Sparrow Bakery. He wanted to go so bad he even tried to schedule via outlook. I had a short opportunity to grab a quick bite and we met up over at the bakery. I wasn't going to publish this review until I tried the Ocean Roll that EVERYONE keeps telling me to get. But @cassondra on Twitter said I should go with my rebellious insticts and I

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Wendy'sWendy's has some of the smallest burger's I've seen! The photo below shows a burger off their value meal with fries and a frosty. I put the small frosty spoon next to the burger so you can see how small this sucker is.Now that's tiny. I like Wendy's when it comes to getting a fast food burger. Fast food is rarely on my list of options but every now and then I get the craving for some gut

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El BurritoMy last visit to El Burrito was ok, not great but just ok. So the Wife and a friend that was with me on the last visit, and I went back to El Burrito to give it another try.The chips and salsa arrive at the table immediately and I was happy as I remembered them being quite good. Normally I don't like to complain about a freebee like chips and salsa but these weren't good. The chips were

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Alpenglow Cafe The Alpenglow Cafe has had a loyal following for a long, long time as do most of the breakfast restaurants in Bend. I have been to Alpenglow a few times. I used to go there back when they had the location next to Deschutes Brewery. I remember that they had great eggs Benedict's. I also remember that they used to be the hippy's #1 choice for breakfast complete with a pack of dogs

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Krispy Kreme DoughnutsKrispy Kreme Doughnuts have been spotted on Century Drive next to Dutch Brothers and in front of the gas station on Butler Market Road. $10 will get you a dozen.I was going to go to Richard's Donuts this morning but it is in the opposite direction than my new office. So when I saw the little girl holding the sign on Butler Market, I had to make a quick U-turn."Here you go

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Deschutes Brewery Sagebrush Classic Announces 2009 Celebrity ChefsBend, Ore. – The yesterday announced its line-up of celebrity chefs who will participate in this summer’s Classic Feast, the highlight of the popular two-day celebration which benefits the Deschutes Children’s Foundation. The Sagebrush Classic, which typically sells out, is a favorite among the star chef crowd, many who return

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I haven't read much of The Source Weekly since Laurie J. Rice stopped writing the food reviews but damn if H. Bruce Miller might get me back. The last two paragraphs of his Westside Is Reeling After Meth Bust article are pure genius."Well, gosh, who wouldn’t be shocked? Swarthy guys with moustaches peddling drugs (and METH, no less – how yucky, how déclassé!) is something that’s simply not

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Finally I have the answer as to why I would get the urge to steal VHS players and pawn them off for cash so I could get more tacos at Rigoberto's.http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=10098055"Twin brothers who own Rigoberto's Taco Shop on Bend's Westside have been arrested on numerous drug charges as their restaurant and homes were raided following months of undercover detective work, the

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Simply join UtterlyBORing's March Madness pool for free and you could possibly win a $25 gift card to Carino's Italian donated by your's truly. There are some great prizes that you could win besides the gift card including:First Place: Meals for two (breakfast, lunch, or dinner, as it's all served all day) from Jake's Diner here in Bend (though, considering the portion sizes at Jake's, you could

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Voodoo DoughnutThe Wife and I watch No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain on the Travel channel. One episode featured the NW and he went to a couple places in Portland. One place was Voodoo Doughnut. We knew about Voodoo Doughnut but the kicker was the Maple-Bacon Doughnut that Tony had. I had to get my hands on one of these bad boys. So simple, just add a slice of bacon to a maple

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BOR was in his High School's Band, so was the Wife. Band is cool. Support it.MVHS Band Halibut Feed 2009Who: Anyone who likes Halibut or MVHS BandWhat: Halibut Feed at MVHS to benefit Japan Exchange ProgramWhen: Saturday March 14, 2009, 5:00pm to 8:00pmWhere: Mountain View High School Cafeteria/ CommonsWhy: To help students going to Japan pay their wayHow: Cash or check paid to MVHS BandChildren’

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I've been on Twitter for a short while which means I'm a Social Media Expert now. Since I'm the leading expert in Social Media, I thought I'd post some of the rather annoying tweets in an attempt to silence some of the noise.Twitter is a social networking microblog (Bend Oregon Restaurants is a MegaBlog) that you can access from the interweb, on a cellular telephone, or via text message. If you

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Le CakeryLe Cakery on Galveston offers a daily menu of 7 cake flavors and 9 frosting flavors and serves up some of the tastiest Cupcakes (for $2.50 each) and Kidcakes (for $1.50 each) I have ever had. On Valentine's Day I went into Delusso Bakery for a baguette which would be used for the Valentine's Day dinner I'd end up making for the Wife. She saw the small sign for Le Cakery's cupcakes and

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I have been busy lately and haven't taken the time to write up one of my clever, award winning, reviews. So instead of taking time to write something good, I thought I'd just post a comment or two that I found amusing."The best fast Mexican food is, by far, Del Taco. Taco Bell is El Segundo (second). The fact of the matter is I grew up and lived in East LA, and man, you don't have any good

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Rigoberto'sI have a friend who requested a review of Rigoberto's and over beers I agreed to go with him. I agree to a lot of things over beers. Stupid ballet tutu. I selected the Carne Asada Taco, the Carnitas Taco ($2 each), and couldn't resist going for 3 rolled tacos with sour cream for $2.80. TACO TOWWWWN!First I tried the Carne Asada. After a couple of bites I somehow was flooded with

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I'm very disappointed in you who have not tried bistro corlise and helped keep one of the finest restaurants in Bend open. I just received an email from the very talented Jason Logan announcing the upcoming closure.I'm sad. I thought you all loved me. We have a good thing going here. I tell you where the good places are and where to avoid. If I say that somewhere is good, you should believe me

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ArianaAriana Restaurant has been on my list of dining options for a long time. I am sad that it has taken us this long to make it to Ariana's. When the hostess sat us at our table, the Wife mentioned that the last time she'd been in this house was when it was Cup of Magic. The hostess responded, "Gee, its only been four years." The Wife holds grudges. Cup of Magic was her favorite coffee shop and

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Spaghetti Feed to Fund Bend Heroes MemorialThe Bend Band of Brothers and Jake's Diner are partnering for a spaghetti feed to raise money for the Bend Heroes Memorial to be built at Brooks Park near the west end of Veterans Memorial Bridge on Newport Ave.This event will be held at Jake's Diner on Sunday February 22nd from 4pm - 6pm.The cost of the meal will be $10 per person (cash only). All the

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Over the last couple of weeks I have been attending Dr. Juri Sbandati's Italian Cooking School and I posted Day 1's review a couple weeks ago. Well I never got around to writing about Day 2 so here we go.On Day 2 Juri taught us how to make Pollo alla Cacciatora (chicken cacciatore), Risotto ai Funghi Porcini (Mushroom Risotto), and Stock.First we started with the Cacciatora since it needed to

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I was too busy (read Lazy) to put together a Valentine's Day post. I was also too busy to plan something for the Wife and I to do. Most likely, we will end up getting the Heart Shaped Pizza from Papa Murphy's like we always do.So if anyone has any ideas or wants to host BOR and the Wife, let me know. Comments are welcome. What are your Valentine's Day plans?

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My Edamame post delivered one of my all time favorite comments - "you arrogant anus." Now, my Bubble Tea post has delivered another favorite. I absolutely love logging into my eMachine and seeing all the comments and emails that I receive (all two of them). The latest and greatest is""i have never read such a close minded review in my life. Although you didnt like it, you could have given a more

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bistro corliseThe Wife is kicking me, and I'm kicking myself for not trying to get us seats at bistro corlise's Head to Tail Dinner on Feb. 22. The event is already sold out but I still needed to mention it. 15 course dinner of deliciously pork heaven. Chef Logan is working some serious magic with this pork filled menu from Confit of pig heart and sprouted lentils to Pork blood Ravioli with pig

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Taco BellTaco Bell is and has always been gross. Yet for some reason, I can't stay away for more than two years at a time. Every two years or so I just get this craving for Taco Bell. I want to devour like 8 tacos with 16 packets of fire sauce. So the other day the Wife was out running errands and I took full advantage.I stand in line so I can review the menu and figure out a plan of attack. My

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BaldyFestThis week Baldy's is doing their Customer Appreciation Week which will lead up to Saturday's BaldyFest. Last year I showed up and took some photos of the 70lb pig roasting away in the smoker and got a sample of the pork...soooo good. Its nice to hear that in these trying times, you can still get some great food super cheap.This week you can get some $4 specials (as it is their 4th

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Tony's Deli I bumped into a couple of friends at Starbucks -- Side note on Starbucks...shut up...I don't care about your fancy pants coffee shop. I don't even like coffee. The Wife likes Starbucks and that's where we go....shut up -- after eating the Two Taco Tuesday special at Taco Del Mar and they had just come from Tony’s Deli. They swear by the Cheese Steak and eat there all the time. So I

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The DowntownerIt has been a long time since I have written about The Downtowner. With the Speedshop gone, I think the title of Best Sandwich goes to The Downtowner. I do like the food there, I just don't like the seating situation which I've documented many times.Well, they have ditched the over sized tables but it is still cramped in there. I get annoyed seeing the single diners taking up an

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Baldy's BBQYesterday I posted on the Bend Oregon Restaurants blog, twitter, and facebook asking for info on where to get deals and eat on Super Bowl Sunday. A couple of comments came in but details are lacking. Then Baldy himself (Brian) contacted me and said he had a test run of the special Super Bowl Wings that he's serving on Sunday ready and invited me to pick some up.Brian gets it. I like

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Super Specials on Super Bowl Sunday I know of a couple of places that are offering specials for Super Bowl Sunday. If anyone knows of specials going on that are not mentioned, please let me know and I'll update.Super Bowl DealsBaldy's Barbecue is offering a $20 all you can eat Ribs and Wings (dining in only) starting at 3pm and ends at the end of the game. The wings will be smoked and covered in

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Deschutes Brewery 7th Annual CrabfestAfter the 5th Annual Crabfest I swore that I would attend every year. I swear alot and it doesn't actually get me anywhere. So for some reason I wasn't able to attend last year and I've cried myself to sleep on my huge pillow ever since. Luckily, I was fortunate enough to get a seat at this years crabfest and was giddy all week in anticipation of doing my part

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Scanlon's RestaurantScanlon's is located in the Athletic Club of Bend and is still alive and kicking. Back when the Wife and I moved to Bend, there were only a few fine dining options available. But not too long after the head chef left Scanlon's and opened up Cork, Scanlon's sort of fell off the fine dining route. The food was still expensive but not that good. We stopped going.Not too long ago

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Last Monday I attended the first night of Dr. Juri Sbandati's Italian Cooking School. I have a few jealous friends that wanted to hear about the evening so I thought I'd do my best to give a summary. If you wanted to attend but thought the price was too high, let me tell you, this is by far the best cooking school/class that I have ever attended. It is well worth the price of admission.Juri spent

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Bend Oregon Restaurant ClosingsIt doesn't look good for Bend restaurants right now and there doesn't seem like there is good news on the horizon. Maybe the restaurants are praying that Obama can work some magic on the economy. I don't have any answers. But I keep getting asked for an update on my earlier restaurant closings post.I have had a very busy week setting up my Facebook Profile and

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Port of Subs Port of Subs, located off Empire near KOHD and a building that has a huge red sign that reads "KARATE", is your run of the mill sub shop. When we were walking in my friend says "Karate" and I'm all looking around like a turd until I see the huge sign. I wonder what goes on in there. Maybe they sell soup.I knew nothing about the Port of Subs other than hearing their ads on ESPN Radio

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La Costa AzulI visited La Costa Azul a long time ago and commented on Hack Bend about my experience. I ended up never writing the review for some reason though. So I recommended to some friends that we should give it a try. After being seated and snacking on the chips and salsa we ordered drinks. Everyone but "watching my calorie intake - Lucas" kept it real by ordering Negra Modellos or

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Pastini PastariaWhen I heard about Pastini Pastaria coming to Bend I thought, "Great, another cheese ball Olive Garden wanna be, or worse, Johnny Carino's." Seriously, why can't we get some great Italian restaurants here? Search Google for "italian, bend oregon" and you'll see some very VERY sad results:Johnny Carino's, Bella Cucina, 5 pizza places, closed down Ernesto's, and of course, the mecca

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I'm excited to announce that I will be attending Cooking School with famed Personal Chef, Juri Sbandati. One of the great benefits to the class is that the students get to take the food home. So I might not be going out to eat as much over the next month. That's another plus since I'm broke.I'd love to hear from anyone else that is taking the class. Details below."Learn how to cook the Italian

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In the spirit of giving, today I'd like to try and give my readers what they want. Every time I go off on commentors or stupid emails that I receive, my traffic soars. Like this one. So for today, I'm going to do my best to give you want you want and rant on some stupid comments.I try not to discuss service too much as every one's experience is going to be different. I've had great service at

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I don't know how you volunteers and givers out there do it. I tried to give for a few days and couldn't keep my streak alive. Yesterday I gave to Deschutes Brewery. I gave bartenders Shawn and Allison a nice tip. I gave my belly a couple of pints. I gave Best Buy and Ross some money.I did buy a gift for a giving tree but I'm not going to mention where or for who (or is it whom?). On my way back

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Yesterday's post was about the Salvation Army Food Drive. Today's is all about NeighborImpact. I started this blog for a few reasons and none of them were to make money. Don't worry about me, I'm doing just fine. See I got three of my friends to join me in this program that I'm in and they each got three of their friends. They're doing just fine. One of them has two Jeeps, he's doing just

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My goal for this week is to give. I want to have a entire week's worth of posting about giving. I don't have a solid plan so anyone with any ideas of what I can do or which groups I can donate to, please let me know.I started the week off with taking some food to Coldwell Banker Morris Real Estate for the Salvation Army Food Drive. We were already at Costco and I had the list of recommended items

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I was sent the following announcement about a local food drive going on which benefits the Salvation Army. I like the Salvation Army. I bought the refridgerator which I converted into a Keg-o-rator at our local Salvation Army. The weird thing is, that location seems to be some sort of church instead of the thrift store. I don't know what's going on there.A while back I developed this weird phobia

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Just me rambling on a Wednesday morning while avoiding my work.I heard a couple of rumors the other day. One was that Fireside Red was going to close for a few months and the other was that Volo has shut its doors. The first was confirmed by the Bulletin and I don't know for sure about Volo or not.-------------I also saw that Aloha Cafe has taken over the old 38 Degrees location in NW Crossing.

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Papa JohnsDo you ever get tired of Pizza? I don't. Just like Mexican food, I'd eat pizza daily if the wife would allow it. For delivery I like the Run Little Piggy from Pizza Mondo. For a quick slice I'll go to Cibelli's on the West side then head to my friend's nearby basement for some pong. But I can't just keep writing reviews of Cibelli's and Pizza Mondo. I have to branch out. I do this for

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Longboard Louie'sLongboard Louie's used to be a weekly stop for me back in the day. It used to be that I could score a Meat, Bean, and Cheese for $4.95. The burritos were big and full of flavor especially when their hot sauce was added to each bite. Now they are just big. The flavors are quite bland and I stopped going.I was out running errands the other day and needed a quick bite. I called a

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