What’s on at Bend bars
Checked against each bar’s own website on October 9, 2026
Sunday is for football at 10 a.m., brunch, free pool and an early night. Kitchens close early, so eat first.
Happy hour Sunday: The Commonwealth Pub 3 to 6 · Lady Bird Cultural Society 3 to 5 · Prost! Bend 3 to 5 · Hawkeye & Huckleberry Lounge 4 to 5, bar and patio · Washington Dining & Cocktails from 2 All happy hours →
Closed Sundays: COYOTE
The quietest night in town, and a few places are closed. It’s also the cheapest: Monday is where the deals are.
Happy hour Monday: The Commonwealth Pub 3 to 6 · Lady Bird Cultural Society 3 to 5 · Prost! Bend 3 to 5 · Hawkeye & Huckleberry Lounge 4 to 5, bar and patio · River Pig Saloon 2 to 5 · Base Camp 2 to 5 · JC’s Bar + Grill all day · Portello Lounge 4 to 6 · Midtown Yacht Club 2 to 4 and 8 to 9 All happy hours →
Closed Mondays: COYOTE, Dogwood at the Pine Shed, Canteen at Campfire Hotel
Karaoke, open mic and bingo. Tuesday is when the regulars come out.
Happy hour Tuesday: The Commonwealth Pub 3 to 6 · Lady Bird Cultural Society 3 to 5 · Prost! Bend 3 to 5 · Hawkeye & Huckleberry Lounge 4 to 5, bar and patio · River Pig Saloon 2 to 5 · Base Camp 2 to 5 · JC’s Bar + Grill 3 to 6 · Portello Lounge 4 to 6 · Midtown Yacht Club 2 to 4 and 8 to 9 All happy hours →
Closed Tuesdays: Put A Cork In It Wine Bar, Ken’s Artisan Pizza, Canteen at Campfire Hotel, 5 Fusion & Sushi Bar
Trivia night, basically everywhere. Pick a team name and get there early for a table.
Happy hour Wednesday: The Commonwealth Pub 3 to 6 · Lady Bird Cultural Society 3 to 5 · Prost! Bend 3 to 5 · Hawkeye & Huckleberry Lounge 4 to 5, bar and patio · River Pig Saloon 2 to 5 · Base Camp 2 to 5 · JC’s Bar + Grill 3 to 6 · Portello Lounge 4 to 6 · Midtown Yacht Club 2 to 4 and 8 to 9 All happy hours →
Closed Wednesdays: Ken’s Artisan Pizza, 5 Fusion & Sushi Bar
Live music night. Thursday is the unofficial start of the weekend here.
Happy hour Thursday: The Commonwealth Pub 3 to 6 · Lady Bird Cultural Society 3 to 5 · Prost! Bend 3 to 5 · Hawkeye & Huckleberry Lounge 4 to 5, bar and patio · River Pig Saloon 2 to 5 · Base Camp 2 to 5 · JC’s Bar + Grill 3 to 6 · Portello Lounge 4 to 6 · Midtown Yacht Club 2 to 4 and 8 to 9 All happy hours →
Everything’s open and downtown fills up after 9. Small rooms get tight, so start early.
Happy hour Friday: The Commonwealth Pub 3 to 6 · Lady Bird Cultural Society 3 to 5 · Prost! Bend 3 to 5 · Hawkeye & Huckleberry Lounge 4 to 5, bar and patio · River Pig Saloon 2 to 5 · Base Camp 2 to 5 · JC’s Bar + Grill 3 to 6 · Portello Lounge 4 to 6 All happy hours →
College football by day, DJs and bands at night. The busiest night of the week, by Bend standards.
Happy hour Saturday: The Commonwealth Pub 3 to 6 · Lady Bird Cultural Society 3 to 5 · Prost! Bend 3 to 5 · Hawkeye & Huckleberry Lounge 4 to 5, bar and patio · Portello Lounge 4 to 6 · Washington Dining & Cocktails from 2 All happy hours →
Weekly nights change without warning, and holidays break everything. If you’re building the night around one thing, check the bar’s calendar or call first. For one-off shows and concerts, see the events calendar, and for every weekly quiz in town, the trivia guide.
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A few things to know before you pick. Downtown is the only place a real bar crawl works on foot: Wall and Bond are a block apart and a big chunk of this list sits between them. Century Drive is the locals’ workaround, where a cocktail bar, a dive and a soccer pub practically share a parking lot. And this town goes to bed early. Midnight is late here, 1 a.m. is the ceiling, and a lot of kitchens are done by 9 or 10.
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Small rooms, good drinks
Bend’s cocktail scene is small rooms, not big clubs. Most of these hold a few dozen people, so go early or go on a weeknight. Downtown, you can walk from Velvet to San Simón to Dear Irene in a few minutes and never move the car.
★ Local pick Best for: A first or last cocktail downtown
A tiny candlelit bar tucked into Tin Pan Alley, with fire pits out front. Better for an actual conversation than a rowdy night, and one of the most distinctive rooms in town.
Know before you goIt’s small. If there are more than four of you, have a backup.
★ Local pick Best for: Creative cocktails without downtown parking
Plant-filled, low-lit and one of the westside’s most memorable rooms. Same family as San Simón, with more space and a tropical greenhouse feel.
★ Local pick Best for: A cool little downtown bar that can turn into the whole night
Two floors on Wall Street, an upstairs lounge and a downstairs bar, and neither one is big. When it’s busy it gets tight, and that’s half the charm. Order the Blue Velvet (blueberry-infused vodka) and hold your spot.
Know before you goOpen 5 to midnight every day. The downstairs bar is a Friday and Saturday thing. 21 and over only.
★ Local pick Best for: A dressed-up date night, by Bend standards
Polished, moody and a clear step up from a normal bar stop. Come for cocktails and stay for small plates. The kitchen is the reason to book a table instead of just grabbing a drink.
Know before you goEveryone in your party has to be 21 or older.
★ Local pick Best for: Cocktails early, DJs late
The old Dogwood Cocktail Cabin, moved into the historic Pine Shed with a food truck courtyard out back. Seasonal cocktails by day, then DJs every Friday and Saturday from 9, karaoke on Sundays and a rotating game night on Tuesdays.
Know before you goOpen until midnight Friday and Saturday, 11 on Sunday. Closed Mondays. Free outdoor movies on the second and fourth Wednesday when the weather holds.
Best for: Cheap drink specials and a late downtown night
A longtime Bond Street lounge with a big liquor selection and one of downtown’s better people-watching patios. It opens at 4 every day and the room gets livelier as the night goes on.
Know before you goNo happy hour right now, but there are nightly specials: Margarita Monday, local drafts on Wednesday, house martinis on Thursday. Open 4 to midnight daily.
Best for: A proper lounge night in NW Crossing
The old Portello Winecafe, grown up. New owners took over in 2024 and added real cocktails, velvet couches and disco balls without losing the wine list. It’s the rare NWX spot that feels like going out.
Know before you goMusic Bingo on Wednesdays packs the room. Live music on weekends, no cover. Happy hour 4 to 6, Monday through Saturday.
Best for: A hotel bar that feels like a campout
A small cocktail bar inside the Campfire Hotel on 3rd Street, with seats that look down on the pool and the fire pit. Low key, a little retro, and a good one to know when downtown is slammed.
Know before you goOpen Wednesday through Sunday, 4 to 10. Closed Monday and Tuesday.
Best for: When half the table isn’t drinking
A lobby bar at the Waypoint Hotel that flips the usual script: every cocktail is zero-proof by default, and you add the booze if you want it. Drinks are named for the Cascade Lakes. MidCity SmashedBurger parks right outside.
Best for: A quiet wine night on the northwest side
Small, polished and focused on boutique Pacific Northwest wine. For when you want to sit and talk instead of bouncing between bars.
Know before you goOpens at 2 on weekends and 4 most weekdays. Closed Tuesdays.
Best for: A quiet, dressed-up drink in the old post office
The lobby bar at The Westman, the boutique hotel in Bend’s 1930s downtown post office. Tall windows, a fireside room and cozy alcoves, a short walk from Drake Park. Cocktails run about $16, like the Smoking Revolver and an Espresso Martini Affogato, with small plates if you’re hungry. The hotel is named for Minnie Westman, the first woman to carry mail west of the Mississippi.
Know before you goIt’s small and keeps short hours, and they aren’t posted online. Call the hotel at (541) 323-0877 before you make it the plan.
Best for: Cocktails and a fire pit in NW Crossing
Bend Brewing Co.’s bar inside The Grove market hall. Unlike the downtown brewpub, cocktails get equal billing with the beer here. The room is small, but the patio is big, with sun, shade and a fire pit, and you can carry your drink anywhere in The Grove and eat from its food counters.
Know before you goOpens at noon most days and 11 on Saturday.
Mostly here for wine? See the Bend wine bars and tasting rooms guide.
Unpolished on purpose
The bars that were here before the breweries. Stiff pours, video lottery, pool tables and regulars who have been coming in for decades. Nobody is going to walk you through the cocktail menu, because there isn’t one.
Best for: The classic Bend dive
Old-school Bend on Bond Street, and the bar that gets called the oldest in town. Breakfast early, stiff drinks late, comfort food, TVs, and a crowd that can be regulars, tourists and a bachelorette party all at once.
★ Local pick Best for: Pool, live music and 200+ tequilas
Open since 1946, when it poured beer for loggers and railroaders. Today it’s pool tables, a stage, and a tequila shelf more than 200 bottles deep. This is the place locals mean when they say they want a real dive.
Know before you goFree pool all day Sunday. Karaoke Tuesday, open mic Wednesday, bands Friday and Saturday. Open until 1 a.m.
★ Local pick Best for: Westside dive with famous fried chicken
Locals just say CW. TVs, pool, lottery, late hours and chicken and jojos that people drive across town for. It is not polished and that is the entire point.
Best for: The other old-school door on Bond
Straight across the street from D & D. No theme and no craft cocktail list, just a bar doing bar things. When D & D is three deep, walk across Bond.
Best for: An eastside regulars bar that stays open late
TVs, pool, karaoke and weekly specials for a crowd that mostly lives nearby. The opposite of a curated downtown cocktail experience, in the best way.
Best for: A hometown bar on the south end
Locally owned, blue collar and proud of it. It makes more sense if you live on the south side than if you’re planning a downtown crawl, which is exactly why the regulars like it.
Best for: The last stop on Galveston
The old-school dive just off the Galveston strip. No website, no cocktail program, no pretense. The Source once called it “Bend’s top choice when it’s 1:30 am and you just don’t want to go home,” and that’s still how locals use it.
Know before you goHours aren’t posted anywhere official, so don’t plan around an exact closing time.
Also fits here:JC’s Bar + Grill
Find the game
A bar having TVs doesn’t make it a sports bar. These are the ones that open early, carry the packages and turn the sound on. Early NFL games kick off at 10 a.m. out here, so football Sundays start with breakfast.
★ Local pick Best for: Watching the game downtown
The straightforward downtown answer and the closest thing Bend has to a pure sports bar. Lots of screens, a full bar and real food, including breakfast for the early kickoffs.
Know before you goIt opens earlier than most bars, which matters on a 10 a.m. Sunday.
★ Local pick Best for: Sports when the food matters just as much
They call it “Food Network meets ESPN” and that’s about right. More ambitious food than a normal sports bar, couches, and NFL Sunday Ticket, Big Ten Network, NHL and UFC on the screens.
Know before you goFull breakfast menu Saturday and Sunday. The UO alumni chapter has held Ducks watch parties here.
★ Local pick Best for: A loud group hang with the game on
Saloon energy in the Box Factory with a giant projector on the wall, smaller screens for everything else and a patio. It hosted USA watch parties during the World Cup, and it’s open later than almost anywhere.
Know before you goOpen until 1 a.m. daily. Western Wednesday brings country music and line dancing. Weekend brunch 10 to 1, weekday happy hour 2 to 5.
Best for: Big games without driving downtown
The northside sibling of The Hideaway, off Empire. Same sports and food formula, much easier parking. The practical pick if you live north of Butler Market.
Best for: Seahawks Sundays with a river view
The lounge at the Riverhouse has long been a Seahawks gameday spot, with 16 taps and a deck right over the Deschutes. A calmer way to watch than a packed downtown bar.
Bend is a town of transplants, so somebody in the room is always pulling for a team from somewhere else. Official team bars are thin out here. This is what we could actually confirm, and for anything that matters, call ahead.
Know a team bar we missed? Tell us and we’ll add it.
Also fits here:Base CampThe Emerald LoopThe Commonwealth PubMidtown Yacht Club
Pints over cocktails
For years the answer to “where’s the Irish bar in Bend?” was a shrug. That changed in late 2025 when The Emerald Loop opened in the old Kelly D’s room. Add an English cask ale cellar, a British soccer pub and a German beer hall and you have a real pub crawl. Just not a walkable one.
★ Local pick Best for: A properly poured Guinness
Bend’s Irish pub, opened in October 2025 in the room that used to be Kelly D’s. Guinness on draft, Irish whiskey, shepherd’s pie, bangers and mash, and 13 screens for the game. Dark green walls and a fireplace, tucked off 3rd Street.
Know before you goWeekend breakfast starts at 7 a.m. Family friendly until 9 p.m.
★ Local pick Best for: Soccer, rugby and live music
A British-style pub built around a big island bar, 13 screens and a stage. It carried the whole World Cup this summer and it’s the first call in town for soccer and rugby. Food comes from the carts out front.
Know before you goHappy hour 3 to 6 every day. Live music most nights, plus NFL Sundays and Monday Night Football watch parties in season.
★ Local pick Best for: English cask ale in a basement
Walk down the stairs off Oregon Avenue and you’re in an English pub. Porter Brewing only makes cask ale, pulled through eight hand pumps brought over from pubs in the UK and served at cellar temperature. There’s live acoustic music most nights at 6, including a real Irish trad session every Thursday.
Know before you goCloses early: 9 p.m. Monday to Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday. The snug holds up to eight and can be reserved by phone.
Best for: German beer in the right glass
A German beer hall next to GoodLife with 16 taps of German beer and cider, pretzels with obatzda, and a dog-friendly beer garden behind roll-up doors. Also an official Portland Timbers pub partner.
Best for: Wings, beer and an easy westside hang
A dependable public house on Galveston with lodge-like Bend energy. For when you care more about wings, a pint and conversation than a scene.
Best for: A westside neighborhood bar that’s open till 1
Opened in 2024 in the old Cabin 22 spot by two sisters who also run The Hook & Plow. It’s a true neighborhood bar: lots of TVs, a pool table, a patio with fire pits and better-than-it-needs-to-be bar food, from wings and burgers to fish tacos.
Know before you goOpen until 1 a.m. every night. Opens at 9 a.m. on weekends, 11 on weekdays.
Also fits here:O’Kanes
The deep shelves
Whiskey is easy here. Tequila and mezcal take a little more hunting. Bend doesn’t have a true mezcaleria, but the biggest agave shelf in Central Oregon is hiding in a dive bar on Greenwood.
★ Local pick Best for: The deepest whiskey list in town
More than 400 whiskeys in a dim, intimate room on the ground floor of Franklin Crossing. It opened in 2014 with about 80 bottles and never stopped collecting. There’s a full dinner menu if a flight turns into a meal.
Know before you goTell the bartender what you usually drink and what you want to spend. They’ll build the flight.
★ Local pick Best for: Finding the hidden bar
Tucked inside McMenamins Old St. Francis School, and half the fun is finding the door. Tiny, dim and quirky. Go early if a seat matters.
Know before you goHint: it’s upstairs, and the name is the clue.
Best for: A whiskey by the fire, cigar optional
The outdoor McMenamins bar behind the old schoolhouse, built around fire pits. It’s one of the only places in Bend where you can smoke a cigar with your drink, and it’s at its best on a cold, clear night.
Heads up: the Barrel Thief Lounge at Oregon Spirit Distillers is private events only now. For local bottles and tasting rooms, see our Bend distillery guide.
Also fits here:The Emerald Loop
Skip the reservation
Some of the best bar seats in Bend are inside restaurants. Walk in, ask for the bar, and you get the same kitchen, a bartender with time to talk and usually a seat a lot sooner than the dining room would give you.
★ Local pick Best for: Bend’s big-night restaurant, from a bar seat
The special occasion spot in a little house on Galveston. The bar is the insider seat: you can order off the regular menu or do the full chef’s tasting right there.
Know before you goBar seats are for one or two people and can be booked ahead on Tock.
★ Local pick Best for: Old Mill cocktails before a show
The Old Mill pick when the drinks need to feel special. Prohibition-leaning cocktails, a full dinner menu and a riverfront setting.
Know before you goOpens at 3 for happy hour and the bar seats go fast, especially on amphitheater nights.
★ Local pick Best for: NW Crossing drinks with a real dinner
The neighborhood’s all-rounder. A sit-down bar and restaurant night, not a dive or a late crawl, with food good enough to make it dinner.
Know before you goOne of the few places with a weekend happy hour, starting at 2 on Saturday and Sunday.
Best for: A steakhouse lounge and a strong drink
For when “bar” really means a comfortable lounge, a well-made drink and a serious plate of food. More grown-up night out than bar crawl.
Best for: A cocktail while you wait on the best pizza in town
The Portland pizza legend opened on Bond Street in 2025, in the space that used to be Seven nightclub, and there has been a line most nights since. The bar is the workaround: grab a stool, order a cocktail and wait it out in comfort.
Know before you goClosed Tuesday and Wednesday. Weeknights are your best shot at a bar stool.
Best for: Small plates and a second round
The downtown little sibling of Rancher Butcher Chef, the NW Crossing steakhouse. More bar than restaurant: small plates, wine, cocktails and a livelier room.
Best for: A bar seat when the dining room is booked
A downtown standby with “cocktails” right in the name. The bar is the walk-in play on nights when the dining room is full.
Know before you goOpens at 5.
Best for: Burger and a cocktail at the bar
A westside lounge with one of the best happy hours going: from 4 to 5, the bar and patio get a $10 Hawkeye Burger and $2 off signature cocktails.
Know before you goHappy hour is bar and patio only and lasts one hour. Be there by 4:15.
Best for: A quiet hotel bar downtown
The restaurant and bar inside the Oxford Hotel. Calm, polished and almost never loud, which makes it a good first stop or a civilized last one.
Best for: A craft cocktail and a few rolls at the bar
A downtown Japanese restaurant and sushi bar where people stop in for the craft cocktails alone. You don’t need a full dinner here: grab a bar seat, order a cocktail and a couple of plates, and you’re set before a show or a walk down Wall Street.
Know before you goOpen Thursday through Monday, 5 to 9. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday.
Also fits here:Dear Irene
Most of these run a happy hour at the bar. Times and deals are in the Bend happy hour guide.
The most Bend way to drink
A tap house in the middle, food carts around the edge, fire pits, dogs, kids and nobody caring what you’re wearing. Everybody orders from a different cart and meets back at the table. If your group can’t agree on dinner, this is the answer.
★ Local pick Best for: Winter beers on a heated bench
The pod that started it all. Sixteen rotating taps and a covered seating area that closes up in winter, with heaters and heated benches. Yes, the benches are heated.
Know before you goLive music Thursdays, 6 to 8. Trivia on Tuesdays at 6 from November through April.
★ Local pick Best for: Beers at a picnic table, dinner from five countries
A cart lot on Arizona Avenue with a little indoor bar, painted picnic tables and fire pits. Grab a beer inside, then build dinner cart by cart: sushi, Thai, oysters, cheesecake. Bundle up and it works all winter.
Know before you goOpen until 11, later than most pods. No alcohol past the fence, they mean it.
★ Local pick Best for: The new big one, with a giant screen
Opened in July 2026 next to Powder House: ten carts, a full bar with 36 taps and an 18-foot screen for games. Part food truck lot, part sports bar, and big enough for the whole crew after a day at Bachelor.
Know before you goHappy hour 2 to 5 on weekdays.
Best for: Big groups, kids and 35 taps
A huge eastside beer garden near the hospital with 35 rotating taps, fire pits, lawn games and indoor seating. The easiest yes for a mixed group.
Best for: A year-round eastside hang
A big indoor tap house plus a patio with gas fire pits, so weather doesn’t matter. Live music on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, trivia every Sunday at noon, and Monday Night Football with the sound on.
Best for: A neighborhood pod with the game on
No water, no yachts. Just 20 taps, carts under shade sails, trivia and drink specials through the week, and football on the TVs in season. Barrio’s taco truck is the anchor.
Know before you goTrivia on the second and fourth Wednesday, 6 to 8. Drink specials Monday through Thursday, 2 to 4 and 8 to 9.
Best for: Ski lodge feel near the Old Mill
A timber A-frame tap house with iron fire pits and a few carts in the garden. The cozy pick after a river walk or before a show.
Know before you goTuesdays are $1 off every draft, noon to close.
Also fits here:Dogwood at the Pine Shed
For every cart at every lot, see the full Bend food truck guide. Just here for beer? Try the brewery guide.
When sitting isn’t the plan
Honest answer: Bend is not a dancing town most nights. When it happens it’s event driven, a DJ night here, a country night there. Check the calendar the day you go, or you may be the only one on the floor.
★ Local pick Best for: Country nights and actual dancing
Downtown’s country bar, opened in October 2025 in the old Unofficial Logging Co. space. Pink neon, disco saddles, a mechanical bull and a rotating mix of line dancing, swing nights, DJs and bands. The clearest answer when someone asks where to dance downtown.
Know before you goThe mechanical bull runs Friday and Saturday from 8 p.m., $5 a ride. Open Tuesday to Thursday 4 to midnight, Friday and Saturday 4 to 1 a.m. Closed Sunday and Monday.
Best for: DJs and a real dance floor
A basement club on Oregon Avenue with a dedicated dance floor and a sound system built for it. DJs and touring acts, and a later crowd than most of downtown.
Know before you goTotally calendar dependent. Check what’s on before you go.
Best for: Line dancing with the locals
The country bar in the old Maverick’s building out on Brinson. Line dancing, live music and a fried chicken basket, with a crowd that actually knows the steps.
Know before you goCall for the current dance night schedule before you make the drive.
Best for: A last game of pool downtown before it closes
A clean, well-kept pool hall on Wall Street with a full bar, food and shuffleboard. Duda’s is closing for good after Oct. 31, 2026, after about 10 years, so this is your last chance to rack up a game here.
Know before you goLast day is Oct. 31, 2026. Families with kids are welcome until 8 p.m.
Best for: Bar games and a louder group night
An everybody’s-welcome game bar on Franklin: pool, shuffleboard, foosball, giant Jenga, giant Connect Four and Big Buck Hunter, plus burgers and wings. On weekends it draws a younger crowd and gets loud. Not where we send someone asking for a quiet martini.
Know before you goMonday is karaoke at 8 with all-day happy hour and free pool. Wednesday is trivia at 7. Opens at 2 on weekdays and noon on weekends.
Best for: A live show with a beer in hand
A black-box warehouse venue with couches, high-tops and a good local beer list. Bands, comedy and film nights. It’s a venue first, so it’s only worth the trip when something’s on.
Best for: A brewery that feels like a bar
Technically a brewery, Bend’s third oldest, but it drinks like a bar. There’s a stage, a packed events calendar, food carts out back and a pub crowd that’s here for the night, not a tasting flight. Deserves a spot on any downtown crawl.
Know before you goTrivia on the Moon is Thursdays at 7. Check the calendar for live shows.
Also fits here:Dogwood at the Pine ShedM & J TavernRiver Pig SaloonThe Cellar (Porter Brewing)
See what’s actually on tonight in the events calendar, or find a quiz night in the Bend trivia guide.
By neighborhood
The one part of Bend where a bar crawl takes no planning. Cocktails, dives, a pool hall, a whiskey bar and the late spots are all within a few blocks of Wall and Bond. If the group can’t agree, start here.
Sneaky good. A plant-filled cocktail room, a fried chicken dive, a soccer pub, a German beer hall and the newest food truck lot, all with parking. Also on the way home from Bachelor.
Planned drinks, dinner and patios, not 1 a.m. bar hopping. Good for a date or meeting friends when everyone wants to actually hear each other.
River views and restaurant bars in the Old Mill. A saloon and a cart lot up the hill by the Box Factory. The right call before or after a show at the amphitheater.
The part of town that’s changing fastest. Dogwood at the Pine Shed anchors it, with hotel bars on 3rd Street and Midtown Yacht Club a few blocks north.
Neighborhood bar logic: TVs, parking, regulars and food. Often the better call when the goal is the game or a low-key night and nobody wants to deal with downtown.
Local notes
Small rooms fill fast. Velvet, San Simón and the Broom Closet are tiny. Go early, go on a weeknight, or keep a second stop in your back pocket.
“Late night” is relative here. Bend is not Vegas. If you need food after 10, check the kitchen hours, not the bar hours. They’re rarely the same.
Big game? Call ahead. Especially for soccer, fights or an out-of-market NFL team. A bar having TVs doesn’t mean it has your game, the sound on or an early open.
Get a ride. The fun spots are spread out and it’s a small town. Rideshare gets thin late at night, so line up the ride home before last call.
Gone but not forgotten
Bend loses a good one every year or two. If you’re searching for a bar you remember and can’t find it, it’s probably here. These places are closed or no longer open to the public, and we still talk about them.
Closing Oct. 31, 2026
Downtown, 1020 NW Wall St
The family-owned pool hall on Wall Street, with rows of well-kept tables, shuffleboard, a full bar and food. For about 10 years it was the downtown spot to actually play pool instead of waiting on one table at a dive. Duda’s announced it would close after Oct. 31, 2026.
For pool and bar games now, tryJC’s Bar + GrillCascade West Grub & Alehouse
Closed
Old Mill District
Bend’s one true tiki bar, hidden upstairs in the Old Mill above the jewelry store. Fresh-pressed rum drinks, bao buns, and a Scorpion Bowl that came to the table on fire. It opened in 2021 and was a great little escape, especially in the middle of a Central Oregon winter. Rapa Nui is now closed.
For a transporting room and a creative cocktail, tryThe Flamingo RoomSan Simón
Closed May 2025
Downtown, Wall and Minnesota
For years this was the default answer to “where should we meet downtown?” A big brick corner room, a long bar, a serious wine list and a happy hour half the town seemed to know about. 900 Wall closed in May 2025 and it left a real hole downtown. The Hudson, a live-fire steakhouse, is in the space at 900 NW Wall St now.
For a downtown restaurant bar with that same grown-up feel, tryZydeco Kitchen & CocktailsThe BlacksmithBar RBC
No longer open to the public
Downtown
The cocktail and tapas bar from the Barrio family, with a menu that pulled from Mexico, South America and the Mediterranean and a room that was always buzzing. It was one of the best spots downtown for a few small plates and a second round. Bar Rio stopped running as a public bar in October 2025. The space is now The Rio Room, a private event venue.
For small plates and cocktails downtown, tryBar RBCDear IreneSan Simón
Closed March 2024
Box Factory
It started as a food cart and grew into a wood-and-brick pub in the Box Factory, with good cocktails and a fried chicken sandwich people still bring up. Its last day was March 15, 2024.
Still in that part of town, tryRiver Pig SaloonThe Podski
Closed
Southeast Bend
Bend’s longtime Irish sports bar on Cleveland Square Loop. The room later became Big E’s Sports Bar and is now an Irish pub again.
Same room, new pub:The Emerald Loop
Closed
Downtown, Bond Street
The downtown dance club at 1033 NW Bond St. A lot of late nights ended here. The space is now Ken’s Artisan Pizza.
To dance downtown now, tryCOYOTEThe Capitol
Closed July 2025
Downtown, Harriman and Greenwood
The axe-throwing taphouse downtown. It closed in July 2025 and the space reopened that fall as a country bar.
For a bar with something to do, tryCOYOTEJC’s Bar + Grill
Closed January 2018
Downtown, Oregon Avenue
The Summit Saloon ran for about a decade at 125 NW Oregon Ave. It was a lunch spot by day and a full-on bar at night, with comedy shows in the upstairs lounge and a loyal Raiders crowd on Sundays. It closed in the first days of 2018 after the owners couldn’t reach a new lease.
For that downtown mix of sports, shows and a late night, tryThe CapitolSidelines Sportsbar & GrillJC’s Bar + Grill
Closed 1998
Greenwood and Division
Bend’s 1990s punk bar, back when this was still a mill town figuring out what came next. A pool table, a jukebox, cheap beer and touring punk bands in a room near Greenwood and Division. It closed in 1998, and people still care enough that there was a 30-year reunion and the old crew sells merch online.
For live bands in a room with some grit, tryM & J TavernSilver Moon BrewingVolcanic Theatre Pub
Moved
Downtown
The cozy downtown cabin, a Source Weekly “Best Bar” winner. Dogwood did not close. It moved into the historic Pine Shed in midtown and got a lot bigger.
Find it now atDogwood at the Pine Shed
Private events only
Oregon Spirit Distillers
The cocktail lounge at Oregon Spirit Distillers on NE 1st Street. It is no longer open to the public and is used for private events.
For whiskey, go toThe Stihl Whiskey Bar
Closed December 2025
Bend
Bend’s zero-proof bar, which closed in December 2025.
For zero-proof cocktails now, tryHosmer
Closed
Northeast Bend
The old country bar and dance hall on Brinson Boulevard. The building is still a country bar under a different name.
Same building:The Cross-Eyed Cricket Watering Hole
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It depends on the night. For cocktails, start with Velvet, San Simón, Dear Irene or The Flamingo Room. For a dive, D & D, M & J Tavern or Cascade West. For the game, Sidelines, The Hideaway or River Pig Saloon. For whiskey, The Stihl Whiskey Bar. For a pint, The Emerald Loop or The Cellar. And for the most Bend night possible, a food truck lot bar like The Podski or The Lot.
D & D Bar & Grill and M & J Tavern are the two downtown classics, and Cascade West (locals call it CW) is the westside one. Corey’s sits right across Bond Street from D & D. Timbers East and Southside Pub are the neighborhood versions on the east and south sides.
Sidelines is the straightforward downtown pick. The Hideaway Tavern is the one to choose when food matters too, with Hideaway Empire as the easier-parking northside location. River Pig Saloon has a giant projector and stays open until 1 a.m. For soccer and rugby, go to The Commonwealth Pub.
Yes. The Emerald Loop opened in October 2025 on SE Cleveland Square Loop, in the former Kelly D’s space, with Guinness on draft, Irish whiskey and pub food like shepherd’s pie and bangers and mash. For English cask ale, The Cellar by Porter Brewing is a basement pub downtown.
The Stihl Whiskey Bar downtown has more than 400 whiskeys and is the clear answer for whiskey. For tequila, M & J Tavern keeps more than 200 tequilas behind the bar. Bend does not have a dedicated mezcal bar, but cocktail bars like Velvet usually have a mezcal drink on the menu.
COYOTE is downtown’s country bar and the clearest answer when dancing is the goal. The Capitol has DJs and a real dance floor, Dogwood at the Pine Shed runs weekend DJ nights, and The Cross-Eyed Cricket is the place for line dancing. Dancing in Bend depends on the night, so check each venue’s calendar first.
Earlier than you might expect. Oregon law allows alcohol service until 2:30 a.m., but very few Bend bars go that late. River Pig Saloon, M & J Tavern and Cassity’s are open until 1 a.m. every night. COYOTE, Southside Pub and The Cross-Eyed Cricket go until 1 on Friday and Saturday. Velvet and The Astro Lounge close at midnight. The latest is Stars Cabaret, which is open until 1:30 a.m. on weeknights and 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. Kitchens usually close well before the bar does, so eat early.
Yes. It is the only part of town where a bar crawl works on foot. Wall Street and Bond Street are a block apart, and cocktail bars, dives, a sports bar, a pool hall and a couple of dance spots all sit within a few blocks. Park once in the garage or take a ride and walk the rest.
Portello Lounge for cocktails, wine and live music, Washington Dining & Cocktails for drinks with a real dinner, and Put A Cork In It for a quiet glass of wine. NorthWest Crossing is a dinner-and-drinks neighborhood, not a late-night one.
Monday at JC’s Bar + Grill (8 p.m., with all-day happy hour and free pool), Tuesday at M & J Tavern, and Sunday at Dogwood at the Pine Shed, where Okay Karaoke runs 7 to 10 p.m. with a different theme each week.
The Cellar, Porter Brewing’s basement pub downtown, hosts an Irish trad session every Thursday at 6 p.m. with local musicians playing traditional Irish and Celtic tunes. For a pint of Guinness after, The Emerald Loop is Bend’s Irish pub.
More than you’d think. Monday has karaoke at JC’s and Monday Night Football at River’s Place. Tuesday has karaoke at M & J and open mic at The Cellar. Wednesday is trivia night at JC’s, Prost! and Midtown Yacht Club, plus Music Bingo at Portello Lounge and line dancing at River Pig Saloon. Thursday has live music at The Lot, River’s Place and The Cellar.
No. Rapa Nui Tiki Lounge in the Old Mill District has closed. It was Bend’s only tiki bar. For a similar creative-cocktail night, try The Flamingo Room on Century Drive or San Simón downtown.
Yes. Duda’s Billiards Bar, the family-owned pool hall at 1020 NW Wall St in downtown Bend, is closing after Oct. 31, 2026, after about 10 years. For pool and bar games after that, try JC’s Bar + Grill on Franklin or Cascade West Grub & Alehouse.
No. 900 Wall closed in May 2025 after many years as one of downtown Bend’s best-known restaurants and bars. The Hudson, a live-fire steakhouse, now occupies the space at 900 NW Wall St. For a downtown restaurant bar, try Zydeco, The Blacksmith or Bar RBC.
Not to the public. Bar Rio stopped operating as a bar and restaurant in October 2025 and the space is now The Rio Room, a private event venue. For cocktails and small plates downtown, try Bar RBC, Dear Irene or San Simón.
To the food truck lots, usually yes. Places like On Tap, River’s Place and The Lot are built for families and dogs. Regular bars vary: Velvet and Dear Irene are 21 and over, and The Emerald Loop is family friendly until 9 p.m. When in doubt, call.
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