The Bulletin had two new restaurant bits on Saturday: NorthWest Crossing gets new restaurant The new NWX Bar & Grill, at 745 N.W. Mt. Washington Drive, replaces Aloha Cafe, which closed Oct. 23. Aloha’s other two restaurants in east Bend and Sunriver remain open. Stoddard said the restaurant is a … Continue reading
I just realized my headline there could be read a different way, which amuses me. Anyway. The Bulletin reports that a new restaurant is finally taking over the space of the former Deep, Jody Denton’s expensive sushi bar that closed suddenly in January when Denton left town in a hurry. … Continue reading
I suspect I’m behind the curve on this one, but Monday nights at Typhoon in downtown Bend are half-price wine nights. Basically, all wine under $100 is half price… that’s per glass and per bottle. No kidding, half off a bottle. Our waitress told us that there are people who … Continue reading
As many of you may know, the owners of The Downtowner, a great little sandwich-and-soup shop located to the entrance of the breezeway in downtown Bend, are also the owners of The Summit Saloon, the sports bar located in the O’Kane Building on Oregon Avenue. You may also know that … Continue reading
This is a purely hypothetical post, playing "What if?" with a bunch of the empty, former restaurant spaces around town. The question is, which of those should be re-opened with (new) restaurants occupying them? I know there are a lot of places around town that qualify, but I’m picking ones … Continue reading
Last month when I blogged about the new Brother Jon’s Pub I speculated as to the whereabouts of Le Cakery, since both share the same address. Rest assured, Le Cakery is still very much alive and well, and they do indeed share building space with Brother Jon’s. Ida Gurule writes … Continue reading
The Fireside Red space (which closed for good at the beginning of May) is getting a new restaurant, according to the Bulletin: River Mill Grill, a steakhouse. The tentative opening date for River Mill Grill is July 22. [Axel] Hoch, who previously opened Le Bistro, the Old Bend Blacksmith Shop … Continue reading
The Bulletin today had some details on the new pub that will be opening over on Galveston on the Westside: The pub, to be called Brother Jon’s Public House and located at 1227 N.W. Galveston Ave., will be family-friendly and serve breakfast, lunch and dinner, Machell said. The menu will … Continue reading
I noticed there’s a new restaurant(ish) place that’s opened up on the Eastside: "The East Village" is the new second location of the Village Baker (who still have their main Westside space), located in the old Demetri’s space at 425 NE Windy Knolls. (Across from Bend Pet Express and Wells … Continue reading
Wow, that was fast: following up on my rumor news yesterday that Fireside Red was closed, the Bulletin today had a more detailed article confirming it. The main reasons were economic (no real surprise there). Meanwhile, on the other end of the spectrum the Bulletin reports (also today) that Jack … Continue reading