This is pretty much an eastside restaurant mini-review feature that I’ll be running periodically. You can view my “lunch bite” critera at this first post. The Aloha Café is located in the Crossroads shopping center on the northeastern corner of the Highway 20/27th Street intersection (across the street from the Forum center), nestled into the (mini) strip mall layout along with Cuppa Yo, China Doll, Max Muscle, and the like. They serve up Hawaiian-style dishes … Continue reading →

This is pretty much an eastside restaurant mini-review feature that I’ll be running periodically. You can view my “lunch bite” critera at this first post. Cibelli’s Pizza (also cibellis.com, see below) is a mini-franchise of New York style pizza with some five locations in Central Oregon (three in Bend, one in Tumalo, and one in Redmond) and one apparently in Florida as well. They specialize in giant thin crust pizzas (they offer a 24-inch pizza) … Continue reading →

This is pretty much an eastside restaurant mini-review feature that I’ll be running periodically. You can view my “lunch bite” critera at this first post. I can’t imagine any long-time residents of Bend that are either unaware of Taco Stand or haven’t ever been—and yet every now and again I’m completely nonplussed to run into one. (One of my co-workers has never been, and he’s been here for many years.) Taco Stand is a Bend … Continue reading →

This is pretty much an eastside restaurant mini-review feature that I’ll be running periodically. You can view my “lunch bite” critera at this first post. Last Friday I decided to hit up TuckMo on the eastside to see what they had to offer. We had eaten there once before but I couldn’t remember the exact details, so it was high time to check them out again. TuckMo is a sandwich and sub shop, with all … Continue reading →