Bend, Oregon’s Best New Restaurants: Spring 2025 | Eater Portland
"Iris is the revamped and renamed Juniper Reserve Resort restaurant, formerly Pronghorn, about 15 minutes outside Bend. The quiet dining room is cozy between a wall of windows and a stone fireplace where diners can relax and enjoy local food prepared with careful combinations of flavors. Although the restaurant is between executive chefs, executive sous chef Tanner Hansen has put his stamp on the menu. The brûlée brie board alone is worth the trip, as the creamy cheese gets a sweet kick from candied pistachios. Dried crispy prosciutto chips add meaty saltiness, and Marcona almonds toasted with rosemary round out the flavor profile. Likewise, the beet salad with charred grapefruits plays against creamy burrata cheese, with pistachio brittle and apple chips to add crunch and dimension. When everyone in town serves diver scallops, Iris offers smaller imported Hokkaido scallops sitting on truffled cauliflower puree topped with XO sauce." - Barb Gonzalez
