When Letzer’s Deli closed both of their locations a couple of months back, it left a old-style deli void in Bend’s restaurant landscape. Fortunately someone decided to fill that void and Letzer’s former downtown location, and thus the Pastrami Old World Deli is now open (they officially opened on Friday … Continue reading
One of the Central Oregon Beer Week events that was just confirmed this week is a very cool beer dinner that Brew Werks Brewing and Old Mill Brew Werks (yes, the two are separate now, though still closely affiliated) are hosting on Wednesday, the 23rd: Chef Rudy has worked out … Continue reading
WhatTheBend posted this first: that Italian restaurant Trattoria Sbandati will be moving from their westside location (at the base of College Way in the old La Rosa space) to the empty Bourbon Street Bend location, downtown (the old Firehall). This is a great move for them, providing plenty of traffic, … Continue reading
It’s not new news that the Jackalope Grill is moving downtown, since The Source first reported it back at the end of September, but it was news I had either forgotten or missed since I was a bit surprised to read about the latest update from their monthly email newsletter: … Continue reading
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
Yesterday John Anderson broke the news on Facebook that Tart Bistro, the corner restaurant in the St. Clair building, is closing today: It’s apparently official: Tart Bistro is closing after Saturday (and possibly after tonight) — and Hola! will be taking its place at the corner of Bond and Minnesota … Continue reading
Yesterday I saw this picture on Facebook from What The Bend, showing El Caporal West (downtown) in the process of changing signs—to “Amanda’s”. And then yesterday evening Jeff emailed to say: Heads up that El Caporal on NW Bond (at NW Franklin) changed its exterior sign today to “Amanda’s Mexican” using … Continue reading
I’m a little bit behind on reporting this, but there’s definitely some excitement I’ve seen over the opening of the new Barrio restaurant on March 1st. Interestingly they’re opening in the former Gatsby’s space (163 NW Minnesota), which answers the questions I’ve been hearing about what’s going on there (sign … Continue reading
Apparently this week is Baldy’s Barbecue’s “Baldyfest” Customer Appreciation Week (from Monday the 13th through Saturday the 18th)—they are celebrating 7 years of being in business with $7 deals on food, specialty drinks, and on Saturday the 18th they’re going to cap the week off with “a FREE Pig Roast, … Continue reading
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