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Ariana Restaurant
Bend's longtime fine-dining flagship in a converted craftsman bungalow, a seasonal multi-course tasting menu built on Northwest ingredients.
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For the food-led
Tasting menus, the ale trail, and a chef in your kitchen.
Bend's food and beer scene is unusually deep for its size. We build the trip around it.
Design This TripAnchor the week with a seasonal tasting menu at Ariana, Cajun-Northwest plates and cocktails at Zydeco, and a celebratory steak dinner at Bos Taurus. Then bring a private chef into your home or resort villa for a relaxed night in built around the Northwest harvest.
Anchor the trip around the ale trail
Bend is the original American craft-beer town, and the Bend Ale Trail links more than twenty breweries on an official passport, from the 1988 Deschutes brewpub onward. Pair a guided brewery afternoon with the Saturday farmers market downtown and the local cider and spirits makers to taste the whole region.
A private chef plus a guided brewery-and-market day is the ideal luxury-food spine, with the chef-driven tables reserved around it.
What’s inside
- A seasonal tasting menu at Ariana
- The Bend Ale Trail and a guided brewery afternoon
- Private-chef home dinners on the Northwest harvest
- Cocktails at Zydeco and a steak night at Bos Taurus
- The downtown farmers market and local makers
A sample rhythm
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Market morning
A guided market and maker visit to taste the region.
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Chef nights
Private-chef dinners in the home, built from the morning's haul.
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Ale trail
A guided brewery afternoon along the Bend Ale Trail.
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Tables
Tasting menus and a steak night at the chef-driven classics.
The Bendwe’d build in
The pieces that fit this trip.
The table
Wood fire, Cajun soul, and chef-driven plates.
Bend's dining runs from a longtime fine-dining flagship to a beloved Cajun kitchen and a wood-fired downtown standout. We hold the hard reservations.
Award-winning
Downtown Bend
Zydeco Kitchen & Cocktails
A Bend institution serving Cajun-influenced Northwest cuisine, all-natural meats and seafood, and one of the best cocktail and bar scenes in town.
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Downtown Bend
900 Wall
A lively downtown bistro in a historic building, seasonal Pacific Northwest plates and an award-winning wine list at the corner of Wall Street.
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Bend
Spork
A globally inspired street-food favorite that grew from a food cart, bold flavors from Latin America to Southeast Asia in a casual sit-down setting.
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Downtown Bend
Deschutes Brewery & Public House
The original 1988 brewpub that helped define Bend beer, house ales poured beside elevated pub fare in the heart of downtown.
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Downtown Bend
Bos Taurus
A modern downtown steakhouse for prime cuts and a deep wine and whiskey program, the go-to for a celebratory dinner in Bend.
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Float the river, climb the rock, paddle the lakes.
The one-of-a-kind Bend days: drifting the Deschutes through town, world-class climbing at Smith Rock, and stand-up paddling the Cascade Lakes.
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Old Mill / Riverbend Park
Deschutes River float
The classic summer ritual: drift the gentle Deschutes from Riverbend Park through the Old Mill District, with the Bend Whitewater Park wave for those who want it.
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Terrebonne
Smith Rock State Park
The birthplace of American sport climbing, towering welded-tuff walls above the Crooked River with thousands of routes and the famous Misery Ridge hike.
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Cascade Lakes Highway
Cascade Lakes paddling
Stand-up paddle or kayak the alpine lakes along the byway, Sparks, Elk, and Hosmer, with Mount Bachelor and South Sister mirrored on the water.
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Bend
Wanderlust Tours
Bend's veteran naturalist outfitter, guided canoe trips, volcanic lava-cave tours, and snowshoe treks led by certified guides year-round.
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La Pine
Newberry National Volcanic Monument
A vast volcano with the obsidian Big Obsidian Flow, Paulina and East Lakes, waterfalls, and the panorama from Paulina Peak south of Bend.
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Bend Ale Trail
The largest beer trail in the West, more than twenty breweries linked by an official self-guided passport across the original American craft-beer town.
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Resorts and ranches under the Cascades.
From a golf-and-spa resort on the edge of town to a high-desert guest ranch and a downtown landmark hotel, these are the stays a Bend trip is built around.
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Tetherow Resort
A modern lodge and luxury rental homes wrapped around a links-style course on the southwest edge of town, with mountain views, a pool, and easy access to Mount Bachelor.
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Powell Butte
Brasada Ranch
A high-desert guest ranch of cabins and homes on sweeping ranchland, with a spa, pools, golf, horseback riding, and big Cascade views east of Bend.
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Sunriver
Sunriver Resort
A sprawling year-round resort south of Bend with lodges and homes, multiple pools, the Cove aquatic park, golf, and miles of paved bike paths along the Deschutes.
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Bend
Pronghorn Resort
An upscale high-desert golf resort northeast of town with Nicklaus and Fazio courses, a spa, and suites and homes set among juniper and lava-rock landscapes.
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Downtown Bend
Oxford Hotel Bend
Bend's polished downtown boutique hotel, walkable to the Old Mill and the brewery district, with spacious eco-minded rooms and a well-regarded restaurant.
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Bend
Tetherow Luxury Rental Homes
Multi-bedroom designer homes within the Tetherow community, full kitchens and mountain views, ideal for groups who want resort amenities with private space.
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High-desert spas and hot-spring soaks.
Bend is built for the slow restore after a big day outside: resort spas, a downtown sanctuary, and natural hot springs in the surrounding national forest.
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Powell Butte
The Spa at Brasada Ranch
A serene ranch spa with treatments drawing on high-desert botanicals, soaking pools, and wide views over open country east of Bend.
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Sunriver
Sage Springs Spa at Sunriver
Sunriver's full-service spa and fitness center, a long treatment menu, hot tubs, and a saline pool for a family-friendly recovery day.
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Bend
Tetherow Spa Services
In-room and on-property treatments at the Tetherow resort, an easy wind-down after golf or a day on Mount Bachelor.
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Downtown Bend
Jinsei Spa
A downtown wellness sanctuary known for massage, facials, and a calm urban retreat steps from the Old Mill and Drake Park.
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Newberry Monument
Paulina Lake Hot Springs
Primitive hot-spring pools along the shore of Paulina Lake inside the Newberry caldera, reached by an easy lakeshore walk.
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Willamette Pass
McCredie Hot Springs
Rustic riverside hot pools in the Willamette National Forest southwest of Bend, a scenic soak on the way over the pass.
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Food & chef experience
Let’s design it around you.
Share what you can already picture. A concierge fills in everything still open and sends back a plan, not a quote.