Addy Mac's Creamery - Bend
Location: 310 Southwest Industrial Way (at Spoken Moto) Tuesday-Saturday; Northwest Crossings Farmers Market, Saturdays, June-September; Drake Park: Music and Munch Thursday evening concerts, June-August
Why Go There? Artisanal, small-batch ice cream producer uses local sourced ingredients, rotates flavors, offers seasonal sorbets, freshly made waffle cones; served from trucks at public/private venues Bend area. Look for backporch coffee, salty caramel, maple bacon, raspberry sorbet.
More Information: Addy Mac’s + Facebook
Bend Farmers Market - Bend
May-October, Wednesday 2:00pm-6:00pm
Location: Brooks Alley: between Oregon/Franklin Streets, behind Tower Theater
Why Go There? Seasonal produce (including longstanding berry grower vendors from the Willamette Valley), locally made beverages, fresh baked breads, desserts, gelato and ready-to-eat foods entice local shoppers and visitors
More Information: Bend Farmers Market
Bonta Natural Artisan Gelato - Bend
Daily, 12:00pm-9:00pm
Location: 920 Northwest Bond Street, Suite 108
Why Go There? Don't miss 18 signature, rotating flavors made daily from local sourced quality ingredients. Look for lemon cream with candied ginger, thumb espresso, Oregon hazelnut, fruit sorbettos. Friendly staff.
More Information: Bonta Gelato
Elevation Restaurant (Cascade Culinary Institute) - Bend
Fall Term: October-December (closed Thanksgiving weekend)
Lunch Thursday: 11:30am-12:15pm; Dinner: Wednesday-Friday, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Spring Term: April-June, Lunches only
Location: 2555 Northwest Campus Way: Cascade Culinary Institute (CCI)
Why Go There? CCI's student operated restaurant, set in a beautiful modern building on forested campus, engages diners as an integral part of the student learning experience. Menus change seasonally, feature high quality ingredients sourced from regional growers, ranchers and producers, a la carte appetizers, entrees, desserts, reasonable prices. Diners asked to fill out a survey after meals.
More Information: Elevation Bend
Foxtail Bakeshop - Bend
Tuesday-Sunday 8:00am-2:00pm; last Saturday monthly evenings
Location: 555 Northwest Arizona Avenue, Suite 60
Why Go There? With a mantra of "make as much as possible in house", the small bakery cafe has a following for freshly baked desserts, pastries, coffee drinks, drinking chocolate; brunch menu savories (and alcoholic drinks); offers a dessert bar the last Saturday evening of each month (starts in May): 6:30pm-9:00pm.
More Information: Foxtail Bakeshop + Facebook
Seahorse Chocolate - Bend
Monday-Saturday 12:00pm-6:00pm
Location: 35 Northwest Bond Street
Why Go There? Bean-to-bar artisan small batch chocolate maker produces single origin chocolate bars; offers drinking chocolate/coffee drinks on-site. Changes bar origins frequently.
More Information: Seahorse Chocolate
Sparrow Bakery & Restaurant - Bend
Daily 7:00am-2:00pm; (Northeast Crossing location closes 5:00pm Monday-Friday, 3:00pm weekends)
Location: 50 Southeast Scott Street; 2748 Northwest Crossing Drive #110
Why Go There? Original location cute small made-from-scratch bakery cafe offers rustic breads, variety of pastries, breakfast/lunch items. Look for their Ocean Roll, a swoon worthy croissant dough spiral pastry sprinkled with cardamom. For sit down experience, the newer Northwest Crossings location is larger.
More Information: The Sparrow Bakery
Rainshadow Organics Farm Long Table Dinners - Sisters
Tuesday-Friday, 12:00pm-6:00pm. Saturday 10:00am-4:00pm (farm store)
Lunch: 12:00pm-2:00pm; Long Table Dinners - see website
Location: 71290 Holmes Road
Why Go There? Organic farm, store; seasonal family-style farm and winemaker dinners; Tuesday-Friday (when farm store is open) seasonal menu lunches (Saturday offers wood-burning oven pizza); farm tours. Spectacular views of the Three Sisters mountains.
More Information: Rainshadow Organics
Additional Resources
Bend Brewfest - Bend
Annual three day craft brewfest (August)
Bite of Bend - Bend
Annual three day Bite of Bend food festival includes live music, beer run, chef competition (June)
Cork and Barrel - Bend
Annual charity fundraiser high-quality wine dinners, multiple venues (May, July)
Deschutes Brewery - Bend
Deschutes Brewery special food/beer events
High Desert Food & Farm Alliance - Bend (and Crook, Jefferson counties)
Events include cooking classes, farm tours, meals
Ghost Tree Invitational - Bend
Annual charity fundraising food festival/dinner, Pronghorn Resort (August)
NW Crossings Farmers Market - Bend
Northwest Crossings farmers, crafters market, June-September (Saturday)
Taste of the Town - Bend
Annual Taste of the Town benefits community college scholarships (February)
Redmond Farmers Market - Redmond
Seasonal farmers market (Tuesday)
Bacon & Beer Festival - Redmond
Fundraiser for Chamber activities
Destination Hotels - Sunriver
Seasonal beer, food, wine and music events, some are fundraisers; 17600 Center Drive