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
It’s kind of puzzling how there’s news of three new breweries starting up in the next few months, and then the Bulletin reports today that WineStyles is closing as of October 15th. The owners of Bend’s WineStyles, which offered wine tastings and sold bottled wines, are closing the store Oct. … Continue reading
Or so reports Bend Happy Hour in a Facebook post. NW Urban Grill is (was) located in the space on Industrial Way on the edge of the Old Mill District that I’m beginning to think of as cursed for restaurants; that’s the spot that previously housed Fireside Red and the … Continue reading
Tonight was Staccato‘s last night in downtown Bend; they have the notice on their website about their closure, which was also ran on KTVZ and the Bulletin had a more in-depth article. I was a bit surprised; I rather liked Staccato and thought they were doing well. But there’s more … Continue reading
Seriously, I didn’t plan for these last three posts to be about business closures, but that’s what seems to be happening. As reported by the Bulletin yesterday, Westside Video is closed. Westside Video is (was) located over on Newport Avenue on, er, the west side for the past 24 years—a … Continue reading
Right on the heels of finding out Deep is closed, it turns out Merenda—Jody Denton’s longer-lasted downtown trendy restaurant—is closing for good, as well. A couple of people noted in the comments here on the blog, and the initial announcement in the Bulletin is here, with a longer, more detailed … Continue reading