This is a great Market . Beautiful, with all kinds of unexpected delights . I was in a few days…read moreago, and asked JT if my favorite Spindrift ISLAND PUNCH , could be in the refrigerated singles. I stopped to BS with fabulous John, the wine guy, by the time I left, JT had put my beverage into the refrigerated stock!! Thank you!

We ordered a charcuterie tray for our 50th anniversary picnic for just the two of us. It was…read morebeautifully put together! A large variety and more than was expected. The gentleman who designed it reviewed all the items included and seemed genuinely proud of the creation! Also the market is very unique and worth a visit to just look around!

Decided to take a little drive and try a new butcher. Sirloin steaks and breakfast sausage were…read moresome of the best we have had in Central Oregon. Prices were also pretty good. Thanks guys!

If you drive past the turnoff, yes, it is worth turning around for. I just cooked up the Choice…read moreTriTip roast in a thick Italian soup. It is flavorful and tender. (2.98 a pound). The prime cut was $6.98 a pound, and next time I stop, I will buy 2 of each: prime and choice. While not the friendliest fellow working there, the meat is great. (I had the feeling he did not care for Saturday "shop duty." Can't say I blame him, for the ranch setting is gorgeous.) Enjoy!

Service and selection both missing on the day of our mid afternoon Monday visit. So much less…read morethan we expected, given we were fans of the guy who owns this from the days we lived in Bend and he was chef/owner of a soup food cart in downtown Bend and then owner / chef at Barrio in two downtown locations (now Bar Rio next door) as well as Shimshon for Israeli fare which started as food truck and now bricks and mortar service counter at The Grove. We expected a variety of good eats as take out options here based on the marketing materials for Bodega so braved downtown parking specifically to go here to pick up something good to eat to take with us to the house we were staying at for a few days as visitors. Here is what is described in their marketing stuff: "We prep it, you take it home, and knock the pants off your family and friends. The grab-and-go meals and grocery essentials at Bodega are inspired by our travels throughout Mexico, Spain, Israel, and the Mediterranean. .. Worth the trip downtown? Uh huh. Satisfy those mid-day hangries? Yup. Best of all, we can bottle it, box it, and you take it home. That's the beauty of Bodega. " What we found in the grab and go cold case was a few plastic containers of two kinds of salad, one of which looked as if it had been there a while. The girl at the counter didn't bother to look up from the book she was reading as we walked in or at any time to ask if she could help even though my husband and I were clearly talking about our confusion for limited options for fresh take out and wondering if we were looking in the wrong spot. Finally we interrupted her reading to ask her about it and she looked up, answering our questions and when we asked how to tell which salad was the was freshest she answered that question too. We felt very much as if we were interrupting her free time. Maybe we hit them on a bad day, Bar Rio is closed on Mondays for example, and if the options are coming from that kitchen, maybe the low inventory was due to that. But the lack of service didn't help. On the flip side, someone walked in who works at another of the downtown stores, picked up a candy bar and she and the woman behind the counter had a friendly chat about the reading material. I think if you were working downtown and popped in for something like a bag of chips (big selection for such a small space), or soda or candy bar or package of cheese this would work swell. It may even work well if you are downtown anyway on some other day but Monday when they are better stocked to grab something to take with you. But for what we expected, helpful service and good selection of take away prepared foods, we found neither. It was not a return on the effort to find downtown Bend parking to to in.

It's nice having such a place downtown. It serves in a pinch. However. Be aware that they are more…read moreexpensive than an average convenience store. Also, they have no cat. What's a bodega without a cat?

Truffleur is a goat cheese that contains Oregon white truffles. Made by Tumalo Farms, an artisan…read moregoat cheese maker in my neck of the woods,it is only produced in years when the truffle harvest is good and in years when it is produced, it is available only for a limited amount of time. (As in January and February.) The bad news is last year there was a poor truffle harvest and so no Truffleur was available. The good news is this year the truffle harvest is good and- WHOHOO - Truffleur has not only been produced but is available by mail order too. So I'll share information about "how to" here. How to access the Tumalo Farms main page. http://www.tumalofarms.com/ How to read about Truffleur. ( http://www.tumalofarms.com/Truffleur-overview.aspx ) How to order Truffleur as part of a combined cheese shipment (of at least 2 lbs total) or by itself. ( http://www.tumalofarms.com/tumalocollections.aspx ) How to order Truffleur as part of a packaged shipment for 10% off and reduced shipping.( http://www.tumalofarms.com/truffleur-trio.aspx ) And if you order the Super Bowl selection, although it does not include Truffleur, here's how to get 10% off your order and reduced shipping with that special package too. ( http://www.tumalofarms.com/SuperbowlXLV.aspx ) I know...who would think of goat cheese and football together? In fact, who would think of football, period? I know...I know...I'm one of sixteen people in the United States completely indifferent to the game. Back to the important thing, good goat cheese, if you're ordering your own custom box of multiple cheeses, you might also want to add to the order, along with Truffleur (with white tuffles), some others like: Remembrance (with rosemary), Pondhopper (using a local beer in the cheesemaking process), Capricorns (with peppercorns), Fenacho (with fenugreek) or Classico (and better yet the Classico Reserve). And if you order the cheese now so it arrives before February 6, the date of the "big game" my husband tells me, and do watch the Superbowl (the only reason I can think of to do that is for the commercials and the food at the party), while others are eating hot dogs and potato chips, you could be eating Fenacho stuffed dates, or Pondhopper mac n cheese, or grilled Poblanos stuffed with goat cheese raisins and hazelnuts. (Recipes on the Tumalo web site.) If you live in central Oregon or in the Valley area, from Eugene through Portland, you can probably find Truffleur in local specialty markets, or even perhaps in bigger markets, like Market of Choice, that normally carry other Tumalo cheese products. (Although looks like Whole Foods may not be carrying Truffleur this year.) But if you're outside the normal range of Tumalo Farms distribution, isn't the ability to "e order" a good thing? Unlike football. :-)

Great place. Took the family for a tour. Very interesting and entertaining. Their soap, deodorant…read moreand creams are amazing and make great gifts

Our go- to ice cream shop in sunriver. So nostalgic and fun. You just gotta wait in a super long…read moreline. It's $7 for a "single" scoop, but as you can see a single scoop is actually like 4 scoops. A $6 junior scoop was the perfect size for me.

My scoop of Marionberry ice cream was incredible! They were way backed up with one guy scooping ice…read morecream and one girl taking orders 5x faster than he could scoop. Also, I could get 2 pieces of chocolate for $6. Or 4 pieces for $12.50. That doesn't math... math is hard. I asked the girl taking orders why... she struggled with some math and said, "I don't know ". To sum up: Ice cream good. Staff underwhelming. Their math is bad.

An unbelievable taste-bud bending blend of herbs and spices! The Magnificent 7 is our current…read morefavorite. Love to rub this stuff on my meat!!!

From the owner: Spice blends and rubs for BBQ, smoking, and whatever.read more

Just got in to Bend Oregon and right now is the season for Dungeness crab, so I checked out on Yelp…read morewere they would have fresh Dungeness crabs and Sebastian's Seafood & Specialty Market came up. So after unpacking we left to check out Sebastian's Seafood and sure enough they had fresh cooked Dungeness crabs in the cooler case, besides different types of poke and smoked salmon and fish, besides other fillets of fresh fish. They also carry other grocery and ready to eat items in the cooler section, besides the restaurant which they serve different types of seafood sandwiches and clam chowder bowls and shrimp cocktails and many other menu items. Staff were friendly and helpful! Shared parking lot with other tenants

Called to order take out. Was told could only do that on a website…read more Ordered fish and chips. Window popped up to asked if I wanted cole slaw. Clicked yes. Picked up order, brought home and found a small cup of slaw but NO FRIES. Called and were told since I selected slaw I forfeited the fries. The website DID NOT say it was either/or. Very disappointed. Was told that after ordering on website I should have called back to verify. WHAT??????