Openings!

There have been a few openings of note, in the past week and a half or so—over on the east side. Firstly, the first of the two Walgreens coming to Bend has opened up: the one on Highway 20 in the old Pilot Butte Theater location, across from Worthy Brewing. It’s … Continue reading

Papa Murphy’s pizza is expanding

The Papa Murphy’s take-and-bake pizza place on the north end of town (on the corner of 3rd and Revere) is expanding, and will be closed for the first part of next week it sounds like. Word is, they will be closed Monday through Wednesday and then re-open on Thursday with … Continue reading

Ray’s Food Place is closing

News broke today that the Ray’s Food Place stores in Bend and Redmond be closing, due to Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by the parent company, C&K Market. Both the Bulletin and KTVZ have stories on the closing, but the gist is that competition from big stores like Walmart and Costco … Continue reading

Sears is closing

News hit the Bulletin today that the Sears store—long one of the anchors of the Bend River Mall (later, Promenade rather than Mall)—will be closing by the end of the year: The Sears department store and the Sears Auto Center at the Bend River Promenade on Northeast Third Street will … Continue reading

Worthy Brewing’s Grand Opening this Friday

Worthy Brewing has been open for several months now, opening softly in early February though as popular as it’s been you wouldn’t have guessed “soft.” (Read: they’ve been slammed!) However this Friday, the 5th, they are celebrating their official Grand Opening with special Hop House Dedication and party from 4 … Continue reading

The Red Napkin food truck re-opened today!

I blogged a little over a month ago about how the Red Napkin food truck was for sale and the owners moving back to Germany. Good news—those plans have changed, and the food truck re-opened today in fact! The other day I received an email from Gretel and Otmar, the owners, … Continue reading

Blacksmith Restaurant has a new owner

When I was downtown yesterday I saw a banner on the Blacksmith building, stating that they are closed for renovations. Tonight I checked their website and found the following post on their blog: We are excited to announce, that as of Friday February 1, 2013, The Blacksmith is under NEW … Continue reading

Broken Top Bottle Shop turns 1 this weekend

It’s hard to believe it’s been a year already, but the Broken Top Bottle Shop is turning one year old this weekend, and in that past year they’ve established themselves firmly as one of the go-to beer destinations of the Bend beer scene, and look at what they’ve accomplished: They … Continue reading

Anyone know what’s up with Amalia’s?

Since at least Saturday, Amalia’s Mexican restaurant downtown has been closed, with butcher paper over the windows and a sign on the door saying it would be closed through Wednesday (today) for “restructuring” “reorganization.” Which of course never sounds good. I haven’t been able to find anything online to indicate what … Continue reading