A quick update to yesterday’s story about Old Mill Brew Wërks closing: stopped in at OMBW today for their last day for a couple of happy hour-priced apps and a beer, and picked the server’s brain a bit on what’s going on. According to what she said, it’s just the restaurant … Continue reading
It’s official, Old Mill Brew Wërks posted the news on Facebook: This Sunday we will be CLOSING the doors to Old Mill Brew Werks!! A farewell to all our fans we will be running happy hour specials all day with mention of this post!!! And free swag giveaways!! Come down … Continue reading
A couple of closures came to my attention recently… I heard about baked. closing at The Night Light Show on Monday. (Have you been to The Night Light Show? It’s fantastic. But that’s a topic for a different post.) Confirmation on their FB page: The rumors are true. Baked will … Continue reading
Surprising news came last week that The Nature of Words was suddenly closing its doors and “transition its creative writing outreach programs to the Deschutes Public Library at the end of the academic year.” I first saw the news on the Cascade Business News website, and then emails went out (one … Continue reading
Freezing rain moved in to the area overnight and encased everything in a coat of ice, and as a result all the Bend-Lapine schools are closed today. According to KTVZ: NeighborImpact said its Bend and La Pine HeadStart classes were closed for the day. Redmond’s HeadStart canceled its morning and midday … Continue reading
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
Surprising news that appears to be true: it looks like Papa John’s Pizza over on Bend’s eastside is closed. They posted on their Facebook page this morning: Goodbye Bend. Thank you for the 20+ years we were here. And apparently the corporate office confirmed the closure (I’m told, though I … Continue reading
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
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
What’s going on with this new year and the closings lately? Today I find out (from reader Jeff) that the westsides’s and (Bend’s) one-and-only pie shop, Sweet Home Alamode, is closing. From Tuesday’s Facebook post: With heavy hearts we announce the closing of the Sweet Home Alamode pie and frozen … Continue reading