Going out to breakfast is a Central Oregon pastime. For that matter, so is going out to lunch. So as sad as I was to hear that Sisters’ wonderful fine dining establishment, Jen’s Garden, had closed, I was darn happy to hear that it had morphed into the Cottonwood Café. I was even happier to…
If you’re looking for a local brewpub where the food is as much of a draw as the craft beer, I have four words for you: Welcome to Immersion Brewing. One look at the menu of this upscale, downhome gastropub, which opened just a year ago, tells the tale. Braised short ribs. Duck. Pork shank….
by linden gross, One Stop Writing Shop What do you do when you’re a chef of Korean-Irish descent, co-owner of a celebrated restaurant and a James Beard Award semifinalist? If you’re Chef Joe Kim, you open an Asian noodle house, of course, so you can cook the kind of casual fare that doesn’t fit in…
What kind of food do you think of when you hear wine bar? A charcuterie board and hot artichoke dip? The Open Door Wine Bar has both of those (done brilliantly, I might add), but this rustic Sisters joint has so much more. For starters, it’s also an art gallery with live music on Monday…
Clams. Photos courtesy of wavejourney.com. Tired of snow, ice and, yes, comfort food, my three friends and I took a trip to Northern Thailand in downtown Bend for a complete change of pace. At Wild Rose, a casual, friendly restaurant on NW Oregon Avenue, we started with some of the best cocktails I’ve had in…
BY LINDEN GROSS Chef Kayo Oakley’s restaurants have been Bend institutions for decades. Still, his current establishment—Kayo’s Dinner House and Lounge, which he opened in 2010—was not on my radar until my dad and brother started going there for Happy Hour a couple of years ago. Their accounts of oysters on the half shell and…
Photo and Story by LINDEN GROSS, One Stop Writing Shop & Oregon Local Getaways Most breakfast and lunch joints don’t offer monthly wine dinners. But Birdies Café isn’t exactly typical. Before November’s wine dinner highlighting Spain’s Rioja region, a friend and I popped in for a mid-week breakfast. After ordering an orange juice/pomegranate mimosa to…
by LINDEN GROSS, One Stop Writing Shop & Oregon Local Getaways If you haven’t been to Black Butte Ranch recently, you’re in for a surprise. A new, spectacular building that’s so modern it doesn’t have a single right angle has been constructed on the edge of Phalarope Lake, offering in-your-face views of the Cascades. My…
by LINDEN GROSS, One Stop Writing Shop & Oregon Local Getaways I hadn’t been to Broken Top for years. Truth be told, I forget about it when I’m thinking about restaurant options. I won’t make that mistake again, especially when it comes to finding a spot for drinks, appetizers and a sunset with a killer…
Blink as you’re driving along Greenwood between Sixth and Seventh Streets, and you’ll miss Rockin’ Daves Bagel Bistro. And that will be your loss, because Rockin’ Daves is a whole lot more than a bagel joint. My friends and I settled outside on the patio with our five (!) dogs and ordered Bloody Marys (one…
