Celebrating your wedding anniversary? Perhaps you’re in the mood for exquisite food, atmosphere, and hospitality. Or are you toasting to the fact that you’re in Bend? Because that’s certainly cause for celebration. So why not do it with a drop-dead fantastic meal at one of Bend’s fine dining restaurants.

Bend boasts some of the top chefs in the country, creating brilliant, inventive meals that delight all the senses, especially the taste buds. Ariana Restaurant features classic dishes with a fresh twist using local northwest ingredients prepared by owners and chefs Ariana (voted best chef for 2022 in the Best of Central Oregon) and her husband, Andres. Chef George Morris (runner-up for 2022) at Bos Taurus is exceptionally picky when choosing just the right cut of meat. And that’s a win for you and me when slicing into the juiciest, most flavorful, melt-in-you-mouth steak around.

Exquisite meals are one thing, but let’s not forget about pairing them with a bottle of sophisticated wine, an inventive cocktail, or a local award-winning craft beer. Trattoria Sbandato dishes up authentic Italian food and offers an abundance of wines to choose from that perfectly complement their molto buono flavors. Zydeco not only dishes out savory Northwest cuisine with a Southern flare, but they make a mean cocktail! Sip from classics like a gin martini or try a spicy Ring of Fire using house-infused jalapeno tequila or a Cucumber Cooler with local Crater Lake Gin.