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🥧 No more late night pie

🥧 No more late night pie

Two restaurant closings, big plans at Smith Rock, and a prestigious award for a local brewery

Derek Carlson
October 22, 2024

TOGETHER WITH

Good morning, Bend! Let’s hope this roundup of news and events is as satisfying as your favorite fall treat.

In today’s Bend Buzz:

🍜 Two restaurants close their doors for good
🦵 Sunriver Brewing takes home a major award
🧗 Big plans at Smith Rock State Park

Let’s get to it.

— Derek Carlson

SNAPSHOTS

🍩 High desert autumn donut roundup

If you’re a fan of fall treats (let’s be honest here, who isn’t??), then the Source Weekly just dropped their most important story of the year - a roundup of the best autumnal doughnuts from around the high desert. From apple cider doughnuts at Sister’s Bakery in Sisters to Richard’s cinnamon cake doughnut, there is no shortage of incredible offerings to sample before the season switches over to winter.

🧗‍♂️ Big plans in store at Smith Rock State Park

Smith Rock State Park revealed plans for a major overhaul of its visitor services areas. These include a stunning new visitor center, improved parking, new trail connections, and new restrooms. The park hopes to break ground sometime in late 2025 or early 2026.

🍠 Preorders for Fill Your Pantry are live

Fill Your Pantry, the annual event that connects local farmers with locals to stock up on meat and produce before the long winter ahead opened up preorders over the weekend. If you have your eye on, say, a 20# bag of magic molly potatoes, then you’d best jump on it early, or they may not be there by the time the event rolls around.

BUSINESS HAPPENINGS

🍺 Sunriver Brewing takes home the gold - Sunriver Brewing Company has had quite the year when it comes to awards, and recently, they took home perhaps the most prestigious of them all as they were named the brewery of the year (5,000-15,000 barrels) at the Great American Beer Fest. So stop in at one of their numerous locations around the high desert and make a toast to their new collection of gold.

🍜 Chomp Chomp closes their doors for good - Chomp Chomp, the downtown Japanese & American bar, announced over the weekend that they were closing their doors for good. We’ll miss the bowls of ramen on cold winter days downtown.

🥧 Late night pie at Shari’s is no more - Shari’s Cafe, on Bend’s north end, also announced over the weekend that they were shutting down. Now we’ll have to wait and see who steps in to fill the late-night pie void in town.

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LOCAL LOWDOWN

Tuesday

💰️ Show her the money: The Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, together with Haven Coworking, is hosting an evening for women entrepreneurs with a screening of Show Her the Money. The evening will also include a panel discussion about the role of women in entrepreneurship within our communities. 5:30 - 9 PM 1001 SW Disk Dr

🪲 Bringing Beetlejuice back: The last performance of Big Sexy Movie Night: Beetlejuice was such a hit that they are bringing it back for another showing. So, if you missed this entertaining rendition of a cult classic last time around, this is your chance to right a wrong. 7 - 9 PM Silver Moon Brewing

⛷️ Calm beneath castles: With snow falling on the peaks around Bend, this is the perfect time to start binging epic ski movies to get the stoke started. Join a couple hundred of your closest powder-loving friends for a screening of Calm Beneath Castles at the Tower Theatre. 7:30 PM 835 NW Wall St

Wednesday

🔥 Halloween dance party: Get down and get spooky at the Halloween dance party hosted by Bend Cider. Costumes are optional, but let’s be real, it’s not a real Halloween dance party if there isn’t at least one person dressed like Gumby (and that person might as well be you!) 6 - 8 PM 64649 Wharton Ave

👻 Hello! Storytime Halloween edition: Bring the littles to this extra spooky (but not TOO spooky) edition of Hello! Storytime at Roundabout Books. 10:30 - 11 AM 900 NW Mt Washington Dr

❓️ Trivia night at Deschutes: Headgames Trivia is on the mic for an evening of testing your most useless knowledge at Deschutes Public House. 6:30 - 8:30 PM 1044 NW Bond St

👩‍🌾 Farming in the high desert: Join local farmers Megan Kellner-Rode, Cate Havstad-Casad, and Sky Sharp as they discuss the future of farming in the high desert with LandWatch’s Rural Lands Program Director Rory Isbell. 7 - 9 PM 220 NE Lafayette Ave

⛳️ Disc golf putting mayhem: Want to hone your disc golf skills through the winter, no matter the weather? Well, Bevel Craft Brewing has you covered, as they will be hosting double elimination putting competitions every Wednesday through April. 5:30 - 9 PM 911 SE Armour St

Thursday

😆 Improv with The Roundabouts: The Roundabouts are back at the Open Space Event Studios for another evening of improv fun. Come be a part of the show and join in on this evening of laughs. 7:30 - 9:15 PM 220 NE Lafayette Ave

👻 Literary ghost walk: Take a haunting walk through the book aisles in search of tales from authors whose time has passed. But beware, as their ghosts may be making appearances during this spooky journey. 6:30 - 8 PM Downtown Bend Library

😂 NYC-style comedy in the high desert: Liz Miele is bringing her big city act to the Volcanic Theatre Pub in Bend. With past appearances on Comedy Central, Fox, Hulu, and NPR, you’ll know that she’s ready to bring the laughs. 7 PM 70 SW Century Dr

⛷️ Celebrating 75 years of Warren Miller: Ski films by Warren Miller have been captivating audiences for three-quarters of a century. Celebrate this milestone with a screen of the 2nd part of this two-year celebration film that captures the future of this film series. 7:30 PM Tower Theatre

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