Best Bend-Inspired Tattoo
Joey Hayes by Ryan Osborne at Monolith Tattoo While tattoos dedicated to fleeting human loves are often ill-advised, paying homage to a city is a far less risky proposition. That's not to say a person...
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Best Beer Named After a Person
No Quit Wit A decade ago, Gary Bonacker, Sunnyside Sports co-owner and mountain bike pioneer who spent the '70s and '80s bombing around Mt. Bachelor on a clunky bike, hit perhaps his hardest obstacle...
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Best Place to Nerd Out
Pegasus Books Duncan McGeary has owned Pegasus Books in the same location on Minnesota Avenue. for 30 years…
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Best Missed Opportunity
Troy Field To be fair, the City tried to "save" the not-quite-an-acre of grass enclosed in chain link across from City Hall. It made an offer on the parcel but Bend-La Pine Schools wanted more…
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Bend Whitewater Park Nothing puts a kink in an otherwise lovely summer day like having to take a land-based detour on your float down the Deschutes. Of course, it's better than the serious bodily harm...
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Mirror Pond If we were to ask Franciscan friar and philosopher William of Ockham for advice (as in "Ockham's razor"), he'd probably tell us the simplest solution, the one that relies on the fewest...
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Best Reason to Attend a City Council Meeting
Barb Campbell and Casey Roats Unless there's a particularly hot topic on the agenda (like, oh, vacation rentals), attendance at bimonthly City Council meetings can be pretty sparse. Especially when...
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Best Change of Heart
Crow's Feet Commons Last year, the Source's most-read story was our coverage of the City's decision not to renew Crow's Feet Commons' lease on the Mirror Pond Plaza, that City-owned courtyard between...
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Best Silver Lining on a City Council Decision
A New Spot For Outdoor Concerts On The East Side If you've been keeping up with the ongoing, dramatic saga surrounding noise and concerts in the City of Bend, then you know that earlier this year the...
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Best Sidewalk
Franklin Avenue, Near The Tunnel Bend has a lot of good things going for it, but what about the best of the worst?…
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Best Supporters of Local Food
Central Oregon Locavore, Bend farmers markets and High Desert Food & Farm Alliance"Every aspect of our lives is, in a sense, a vote for the kind of world we want to live in." Frances Moore Lappé,...
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Best Place to Work Remotely
Spoken Moto Technically, this one should probably have been voted on, instead of being a staff pick…
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Best Kept Secret
Floating the Deschutes Floating the Deschutes River is a pastime near and dear to Bendites' hearts…
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Best Job (When you don't wanna work in Bend)
Freelance Writer, Graphic Designer, Social Media Guru, Etc. In Bend, it's typical to hear someone mutter, "Doesn't anyone work in this town?"…
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Best Local Band
Bony Chanterelle Back in the day, Best Local Band was a category readers could vote for…
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Best Excuse to be a NIMBY
Evergreen Housing Development There were numerous choices to fill this bill: The Old Ray's Food Place building, the hotel on Century Drive and Mt. Washington Drive or any additions to Oregon State...
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Best Community Problem Solving
A New Warming Shelter For People In Need It was already past the worst of winter when I set foot inside the Sagewood Sanctuary on Greenwood Avenue, near Bend's downtown…
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Best Local Band
Night Channels For what really was their first year on the Central Oregon scene, alternative rockers the Night Channels have utilized creative outlets to the fullest. From countless shows at The...
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Best Republican PR Stunt
Fleeing Oregon to protest Cap and Invest legislation If Oregon Senate Republicans' goal this year was to position themselves as righteous outlaws, out there to rabble rouse anything that remotely...
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Best Ongoing Public Debate
Dredging Mirror Pond What's all that sludge in the shallow water that is Mirror Pond? Who should clean up that stuff?…
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Best Place to Catch a Free Show
Floating the Deschutes There's no shortage of places to catch a show in Central Oregon — we're teeming with local talent, and traveling acts come through every summer. While there are plenty of solid...
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Best Place to Throw Your Dog Poop
Hint: Not in a bag, left on the side of the trail Most people who've spent any time hiking trails around Bend, or taking their kids to school, or just walking down the sidewalk have seen them: black...
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Best Open Mic
M&J Tavern After a brief closure of its musical festivities, the M&J Tavern is back and showcasing all of the local talent we have in the area– and they clearly haven't lost a step. When an...
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Best Way to Commute in the Winter
Cross country skis & snowshoes Most can agree that getting around after a heavy snowfall in Bend isn't fun or ideal—despite how much we like to tout how good we are at driving on snow and...
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