Kids World is closing

Kids World is the toy store up next to Shopko that focuses on quality, imaginative toys, particularly scientific and educational toys, and I’m sorry to see that they’re closing. From Facebook: After five years, we’ve decided to close our store. We treasure the relationships we’ve built with our many loyal … Continue reading

Fox’s Billiard Lounge closed last night

This seems awfully sudden, but Fox’s Billiard Lounge over on Newport Avenue closed last night. They’d been posting on their Facebook page all day yesterday about it being their Customer Appreciation Day and that “ALL BEER, BOOZE & FOOD is $1.00 from 9:30pm-2am. If we have it on the shelve … Continue reading

Common Table is closing Wednesday

This is sad news to hear from Common Table in downtown Bend: We are closing the restaurant associated with the nonprofit, Common Table as of the end of day Wednesday, August 8th. In addition to the day-to-day challenges of running a very unique restaurant, we’ve been informed that additional building … Continue reading

TuckMo is closed

I was over by where TuckMo Subs & Sandwiches was located yesterday and I was surprised to see the signs gone, the lights out, and everything generally being closed up—I didn’t remember coming across anything about them being closed that I could remember, but sure enough, a sign on the … Continue reading

CAT6 is closing this weekend

The news has been out there for a little while: CAT6 Video Game Lounge in the Old Mill District is closing this weekend. April 1 will be our last day so if you have any punch cards, CAT6 Ca$h or other passes or credits come down and use them this … Continue reading

Boondocks is closing

I heard it on the radio this morning, and KTVZ had a story today as well, that Boondocks Bar and Grill downtown is closing. Saturday is their last day. They had announced it this last Saturday on their Facebook page: Thank you for many years of fun, joy, excitement and … Continue reading

Letzer’s Deli is closing Friday

Sorry to see that Letzer’s Deli is closing their doors for good tomorrow, Friday the 23rd; I wasn’t aware they were having problems (considering they’d opened a second location downtown), but they posted on Facebook today: As of Friday afternoon, March 23rd. Letzer’s Deli will close its doors for good. … Continue reading

Typhoon! is closed

Of course the big news over the weekend is that downtown Bend’s Typhoon! Thai restaurant closed—and in fact all five of their locations are closed. It had been rumored that something like this was happening, and news hit over the weekend on Twitter first (I believe Shannon twittered it first … Continue reading

Maragas closing their tasting room, consolidating in Terrebonne

Maragas Winery announced this week that they will be closing their tasting room in Bend (again) to consolidate all of their operations out at their Winery north of Terrebonne. After attempting to run two tasting rooms with tapas food service, the split efforts became exhausting.   It was a difficult decision … Continue reading

Changes in the Old Mill

Down in the Old Mill District, there are some changes taking place: Bath & Body Works is planning to close from February 8th through March 7th, in order to perform some remodeling. The Children’s Place is closing entirely, on January 21st, and right now they’ve got a big sale going … Continue reading