This news isn’t nearly as sensational as the headline might indicate; they are simply moving around the corner, according to a blurb in the Bulletin today, into the former Subway space. The Astro Lounge bar, located on Minnesota Avenue in downtown Bend, will move around the corner to the former … Continue reading
Back in 2009 I wrote a speculative post asking what to do about old empty restaurant spaces around town. Interestingly, three of those five spaces are now filled, and the fourth is on its way—the old Ernesto’s building, which The Source is reporting this week will be the new Brew … Continue reading
I got this in email the other day and wasn’t as timely with it as I would’ve liked: New restaurant; Pono (meaning “righteousness” in Hawaiian) Farms & Fine Meats opened yesterday, Wed, March 16th on the corner of Cooley & Hunnell. Farm to table, they grow Wagyu (Kobe) & Angus … Continue reading
Pilot Butte Drive-in in my opinion has the best hamburgers in town, so the news that they’re planning on opening a second location on the west side of town is a good thing. From the Bulletin: [Bill] Falconer, who bought the restaurant in April 2007, did not want to give … Continue reading
I noticed not too long ago that El Jimador, the Mexican restaurant downtown on the corner of Franklin and Wall, was closed, and the windows papered over, and yesterday reader Jeff submitted the same question: Any idea what is happening with El Jimador on the corner of NW Wall Street … Continue reading
If you’re familiar with the Spice Box—an Indian-cuisine restaurant over on Century Drive—you might be interested to know they’ve apparently been having some troubles of late, according to their Facebook page. (Brian, a reader, pointed this out.) Apparently they were closing on February 1st for spring cleaning, and (according to … Continue reading
The news that Sunriver’s Trout House restaurant—a charming little restaurant next to the Marina out at Sunriver Resort—was closing was embedded in Friday’s “Small Bites” section of the Bulletin’s restaurant review and nearly missed: Hola!, a popular Mexican-Peruvian restaurant with two Bend stores, will open a third location in Sunriver … Continue reading
My wife found this ad on craigslist pointing to a new restaurant downtown (also note if you’re looking for a job): Boken is a new restaurant and bar opening in the Breezeway downtown Bend. We are an Asian inspired “Izakaya” style restaurant. We are hiring for all positions, including: Sous … Continue reading
I don’t know if “drama” is the right word but I cribbed it from an earlier Source article so it seems to fit. Remember how Giuseppe’s closed and was going to re-open as “Bond Street Bar and Grill”? Well as it turns out, the Decoy Bar and Grill apparently already … Continue reading
Tonight was the final night Giuseppe’s Italian restaurant in Downtown Bend was open; after 25 years in the same location, the owner, Peggy Falcaro, has sold the restaurant to a local trio of thus-far unnamed people who plan to re-open the restaurant as “Bond Street Bar and Grill” on December … Continue reading