Restaurants in Bend, Oregon

The new name in the old Jackalope Grill room on Lava Road. Chef Josh Podwils and his wife Kate opened it in March 2026 with a Northwest menu built around carefully sourced meat and seafood. Scallops are always on the menu.

Know before you goHappy hour runs Tuesday to Friday, 4 to 5:30. It’s the easy way to try it.

HoursTue to Sat, 4 to 9 · Closed Sun, Mon

The Drake is gone, and this is what took its place on Wall Street in 2026. A scratch kitchen cooking northern Mediterranean food, with cocktails and a real wine list. Same great corner, new reason to go.

Know before you goClosed Tuesdays. Friday and Saturday they serve an hour later, until 10.

HoursDinner from 4:30, closed Tue

A dark, good-looking room on Brooks Street where the bar gets as much attention as the kitchen. Go when you want dinner and drinks to be one plan and not two stops.

Know before you goIt’s 21 and over. Leave the kids with the sitter for this one.

The most dressed-up room in the Old Mill. Big chandeliers, a long bar and a menu that’s a step up from the riverfront patios around it. It’s the nice dinner within walking distance of the amphitheater.

Know before you goHappy hour is 3 to 5 every day. On concert nights, book it or come early.

HoursDaily from 3

The restaurant at The Oxford Hotel. It does a quiet weekday breakfast and a grown-up dinner, with a menu that leans local and organic. Useful when you want downtown without the noise.

HoursDaily 7 to 1, then dinner from 4:30

The fine dining room at Tetherow Resort, out toward Mt. Bachelor. A seasonal Pacific Northwest menu, a deep wine list, and a view across the golf course to the Cascades that does a lot of the work.

Know before you goTime the reservation for sunset. It’s about ten minutes from downtown.

A Willamette Valley winery’s Bend outpost on Bond Street, open since June 2025, with regional dishes built around its own wines. The catch: it’s a social club, and you have to join before you can eat here.

Know before you goHeads up: you sign up for the Social Club first. It launched with a one-time $25 membership fee that went toward wine. Their website now says the club is free to join, so check the current terms when you book.

A boutique steakhouse on Minnesota Ave with an open kitchen and a short list of very good beef. It’s a tighter, more city-feeling room than the western steakhouses, and it’s priced like the beef is the point.

The big brick corner at Wall and Minnesota that used to be 900 Wall. Chef George Morris cooks steaks, chops and seafood over wood and charcoal, and there are oysters every day.

Know before you goHappy hour is Wednesday through Saturday, 4 to 5:30. Closed Monday and Tuesday.

HoursWed to Sun, dinner · Closed Mon, Tue

USDA Prime steaks, fresh seafood and a big wine list in an old brick building downtown. It’s the traditional steakhouse on this list, the kind with white tablecloths and a baked potato. There’s a second one in Redmond.

LocationsTwo locations: downtown Bend and downtown Redmond.

A steakhouse in the old Pierson Blacksmith building on Greenwood. Brick walls, a good bar and lounge, and the kind of big plates they call “bold cuisine.”

Know before you goHappy hour is 4 to 6 in the bar and lounge, and it’s one of the better deals downtown.

HoursWed to Sun from 4 · Closed Mon, Tue

A roadhouse in Tumalo that’s been serving steaks since 1991. Wood floors, a saloon, and a full-on Western feel that isn’t trying to be ironic. It’s about ten minutes up Highway 20 and worth the drive.

HoursWed to Sun from 4 · Closed Mon, Tue

The corner restaurant in NorthWest Crossing where the whole neighborhood ends up. Comfort dishes, sustainable seafood, a real bar and a bento-box kids menu that parents love.

Know before you goWeekend brunch starts at 10. The Bloody Mary took second in the Source’s 2025 poll.

HoursDaily from 11:30, weekends from 10

A big lodge-style grill right on the Deschutes in the Old Mill. Steaks, seafood and burgers, and a patio where you can watch the floaters drift by all summer.

HoursDaily 11:30 to 9

A California restaurant group’s Bend location on Century Drive. The name says it: half the menu comes from the water, half from the farm. Good when one person wants fish and the other wants a burger.

LocationsThe original restaurants are in Southern California. This is the Bend location.

The restaurant at the Riverhouse Lodge, with a deck sitting right above the Deschutes. Northwest ingredients, breakfast through dinner, and a view most of town forgets is there.

Know before you goHappy hour is Monday to Friday, 4 to 6. There’s live music Friday from 7 to 9.

A westside pub on Galveston since 2009. Sandwiches, burgers and a mac and cheese that keeps landing in the Source’s best-of poll. Dogs on the patio, bikes out front.

HoursDaily from 11

It started as a food trailer in 2018 and grew into restaurants in Bend, Redmond and Sunriver. Comfort food, big portions, easy parking, and a good stop on the way to or from Sunriver.

LocationsThree locations: Bend, Redmond and Sunriver.

A chef-run Italian spot on the north end of Bond. Italian technique with Northwest ingredients, a well-stocked bar and a careful wine list.

Know before you goClosed Tuesdays. Happy hour is 4 to 5. They’ve posted a closure for November 4 to 11, 2026.

HoursFrom 4, closed Tue

Italian street food from a cart: arancini, hot sandwiches, lasagna and cannoli. Source readers voted it the best food cart in Bend in 2025. Grab a beer from the Podski bar and eat by the fire.

HoursWed to Sun, 11 to 8 · Closed Mon, Tue

An Oregon pasta chain with a big menu and friendly prices. It’s not trying to be a trattoria. It’s trying to get a bowl of pasta in front of a hungry family quickly, and it does.

LocationsAn Oregon chain with restaurants around the state. Bend’s is in the Old Mill.

Thick, crispy-edged square pizza, in the Detroit family, on the east side near the hospital. It shares a parking lot with the On Tap food cart lot, so half the group can get pizza and the other half can wander.

HoursDaily 11 to 9

This is the Detroit pizza in Bend. Thick, rectangular pan pies with a crisp cheese edge and the sauce ladled on top so the crust stays crunchy. It started as a food cart and now has its own counter-service spot across from St. Charles, with indoor tables and a covered courtyard. Salads, sandwiches and pasta too.

Know before you goOrder at the counter. The tables have butcher paper and crayons, so it’s an easy one with kids.

HoursMon to Fri 11 to 9, Sat noon to 9, plus Sundays

Siblings Brittaney MacFarland and Will Forbes, who ran the Scoutpost food truck, serve small sourdough pan pizzas through an actual kitchen window on Galveston. The dough is organic flour fermented slowly, so it’s light and airy with a crisp edge. Get the donut holes with dipping sauce. Everybody does.

Know before you goClosed Monday and Tuesday. It opens at 3 most days and at noon on Sunday.

HoursWed to Sat from 3, Sun noon to 7 · Closed Mon, Tue

New York-style pizza by the slice or by the 24-inch giant, which is the pie that shows up at every Bend team party. There’s one on Highway 20 on the east side and one on Columbia on the west.

Know before you goClosed Sundays.

HoursMon to Sat, 11 to 9 · Closed Sun

LocationsTwo Bend shops: 2095 NE Hwy 20 on the east side and 738 NW Columbia St on the west.

A pizzeria on Hill Street making dough daily with San Marzano tomatoes. Pizza and wings are the order. It’s open 11 to 10 seven days a week, which is later than a lot of downtown kitchens.

Know before you goHappy hour is Monday to Friday, 2 to 5.

HoursDaily 11 to 10

A no-nonsense local pizzeria on Greenwood since 2001. Hand-tossed pies, calzones, subs, wings and one of the last real salad bars in town.

HoursTue to Sun from 11 · Closed Mon

Scratch-made pizza and craft beer on Century Drive, with a big outdoor deck. It’s right on the way home from the mountain, which is exactly when you want it.

A small NorthWest Crossing shop that makes its dough and sauce every day and tosses pies the traditional way. Mostly takeout, mostly regulars.

HoursDaily 11:30 to 8

A westside pizza shop with a loyal takeout crowd. They bake their gluten-free crust in its own separate oven to cut down on cross contact, which is rare and worth knowing.

HoursDaily from 11

A Jackson Hole pizzeria that’s been on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, now with a Bend shop. New York-style pies, calzones and beer. Source readers put it second for best pizza in 2025.

LocationsThe original is in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Bend shop opened in 2024.

A local favorite for more than 20 years, with a pile of best margarita awards. Both locations, NorthWest Crossing and Brookswood on the south side, have big heated patios. Bend Magazine singles out the carnitas taco.

HoursDaily from 11

LocationsTwo locations: NorthWest Crossing and Brookswood on the south side.

A local group doing Mexican and Peruvian food together, which is why there’s ceviche next to the enchiladas. Source readers voted the margarita best in Bend in 2025. The Old Mill one is the easy pre-concert stop.

LocationsSeveral locations: the Old Mill, downtown at 920 NW Bond St, plus Redmond. The old Sunriver Hola is now Rio Sol Latin Kitchen.

Barrio’s downtown restaurant on Wall Street isn’t open to the public anymore. The food lives on at this truck at Midtown Yacht Club: wet burritos, Cuban sandwiches, tacos and churros, with indoor and outdoor seating and a bar a few steps away.

LocationsSame owners as Shimshon in NorthWest Crossing and the Bodega Market downtown.

A local taco counter with two spots: one by On Tap on the east side and one inside The Grove market hall in NorthWest Crossing. Fast, friendly, and easy with kids.

LocationsTwo counters: by On Tap on the east side, and inside The Grove in NorthWest Crossing.

Street tacos from a cart at the On Tap lot, with another cart outside Colima Market. Bend Magazine calls out the quesotaco de birria and the size of the portions.

LocationsTwo carts: the On Tap lot and outside Colima Market.

A westside burrito institution just off 14th Street. The menu wanders well past Mexican, the fish burrito is a classic, and the patio is one of the most relaxed in town.

Counter service and a drive-through on Galveston. It opens at 6:30 most mornings for breakfast burritos and, per Bend Magazine, stays open well past midnight. That makes it one of the only real late-night food options in town.

A counter-serve burrito shop that’s been a Bend cheap-eats answer for a very long time. Source readers put it second for best burrito in 2025.

LocationsTwo Bend shops: downtown and the east side.

A family Mexican restaurant on North Highway 97, by the big-box stores. Sizzling fajitas, combination plates and big booths. Exactly what you want it to be.

Know before you goHappy hour is 2:30 to 5 every day.

HoursDaily from 11

A family-run food truck cooking a grandmother’s Michoacán recipes. Quesabirria, birria ramen, handmade corn tortillas and gorditas, out of a parking lot on NE 3rd.

Run by a husband and wife, Ash and JJ, who’ve been cooking Thai food since 2010. A small, warm spot on Century Drive. Source readers voted it second for best Thai in 2025.

HoursDaily, lunch and dinner

The dressier Thai option downtown, with a big dining room and a long menu of the classics. A good pick for a group that wants curry and a proper table.

A longtime family Thai restaurant on Minnesota Ave. Pretty room, friendly service, and a duck with Thai basil that regulars order on repeat.

Thai street food at the Podski lot, from a family whose story started in a village in Kalasin, in northeastern Thailand. Real Thai spices and ingredients, and real heat if you ask for it.

A no-frills Vietnamese restaurant in a strip mall on SE 3rd. Salad rolls, vermicelli bowls and pho. Source readers voted it second for best Vietnamese in 2025.

The Portland group that calls itself the world’s first certified sustainable sushi restaurant opened on Oregon Ave in summer 2026. A modern room and a menu built around responsibly sourced fish.

Know before you goClosed Sunday and Monday.

HoursTue to Sat · Closed Sun, Mon

LocationsA Portland-based group. This is its Bend restaurant.

A small ramen shop in the Box Factory. The Bulletin’s reviewer called the tonkotsu broth masterfully crafted. It’s cozy, quick and right for a cold night.

A casual downtown Japanese spot on Bond with sushi, sashimi, bento boxes and teriyaki. The weeknight, nobody-wants-to-cook kind of sushi.

Know before you goClosed Tuesdays.

Hours11 to 9, closed Tue

Chinese dishes and sushi in a sleek, contemporary space with roll-up doors. Source readers voted it best Chinese in Bend in 2025.

Know before you goDinner only, and closed Monday and Tuesday.

HoursWed to Sun, 4 to 9 · Closed Mon, Tue

Mediterranean street food inside The Grove market hall. Crispy, herby falafel in a pita or a bowl, lemony hummus and skewers. Source readers voted it second for both falafel and Mediterranean in 2025.

Know before you goClosed Mondays.

HoursTue to Sun from 11 · Closed Mon

A full-service burger restaurant in NorthWest Crossing, born in Bend. Local ingredients, beef and plant-based patties side by side, big salads and cocktails.

Know before you goHappy hour is every day, 3 to 5.

HoursDaily from 11:30

The burger shop from the family behind Cibelli’s pizza. Burgers, chicken sandwiches, wings and shakes, with weekly deals.

Know before you goClosed Sundays.

HoursMon to Sat, 11 to 9 · Closed Sun

A country watering hole out on Brinson with Hattie’s BBQ in the kitchen. Smoked meat, a big patio, a dance floor and line dancing nights. Open late for Bend.

HoursDaily from 11, Sundays from 10

The Portland wing joint’s Bend location on 3rd Street. Fresh, never-frozen wings in a long list of house sauces, and they do a vegan wing too. Source readers voted it best wings in 2025.

LocationsA Portland original. This is the Bend location.

A family-run spot on Simpson serving artisan sausages, scratch-made sides and a good tap list. Source readers voted it second for best lunch and best lunch deal in 2025.

The Northwest seafood house, right on the river in the Old Mill. Fresh fish, a famous clam chowder and a patio looking at the Deschutes. This is where grandparents take everybody.

Know before you goHappy hour is weekdays, 3 to 5:30.

HoursDaily from 11:30

LocationsPart of the Northwest’s Anthony’s seafood family. This is the Bend restaurant.

A wine and oyster bar on Galveston. The name means “until we forget.” Oysters on ice, French sparkling wine and small plates, in a room made for a first drink or a last one.

HoursDaily from 3

An oyster cart that’s been at the Podski since October 2022. Raw oysters and seafood snacks to go with whatever you’re drinking from the bar next door.

Owner Ian Vidinha was born and raised on Kauai and cooks from his Hawaiian and Portuguese roots. Plate lunches at the On Tap lot on the east side.

Know before you goClosed Mondays.

HoursTue to Sun, 11 to 8 · Closed Mon

Mix plates, kalua pork and garlic shrimp, served with a lot of aloha. A longtime Old Mill lunch for people who know.

HoursMon to Sat 11:30 to 8, Sun noon to 6

A build-your-own poke shop in NorthWest Crossing. Pick your fish, pick your toppings, done in five minutes. Light, fast and easy to take to the park.

HoursDaily from 11, Sundays from noon

Haven’s second shop, now open on Century Drive between OSU-Cascades and the Terava apartments. Bagels, bagel sandwiches and espresso drinks, with gluten-free options. A handy stop on the way up to Bachelor.

LocationsThis is the second Haven. The original opened in 2024.

A downtown sandwich shop on Wall. Big, hand-built sandwiches with house-made spreads, and a favorite stop on the way up to the mountain.

It started in a 110 square foot shop in Jackson Hole in 1985 and has been a Bend standby for years. Classic subs made fast. Good trail lunch.

LocationsTwo locations: Bend and Redmond.

A bagel bistro on Greenwood with breakfast, big sandwiches and its own little bar in the back, the Backstage Lounge. One of the more underrated breakfasts in town.

An artisan bakery off Century Drive with made-to-order sandwiches, bakery soups and flaky pastries. The bread is the reason.

HoursTue to Sat, 8 to 2 · Closed Sun, Mon

The downtown bread bakery on Bond. Sandwiches on fresh loaves, and they still hand you a free slice with butter at the counter.

HoursWeekdays 7 to 5, Sat 9 to 5, Sun 9 to 3

A soup shop on SE 27th with a mission built in: part of the point is helping feed neighbors in need. Good soup on a cold day.

A westside neighborhood bakery since 2001, tucked on a residential street. Famous for pies, cinnamon rolls and savory breakfast pockets, plus sandwiches at lunch.

Know before you goClosed Wednesdays.

HoursThu to Tue, 7 to 2 · Closed Wed

A Portuguese-influenced cafe on Bond. The Port Benedict and the linguiça dishes are what set it apart from every other breakfast downtown.

HoursDaily 7:30 to 3, Sundays to 2

A house on Newport, across from Newport Avenue Market, with a big garden patio. Local ingredients and a sister gluten-free bakery, so it’s an easy one for mixed diets.

HoursDaily 8 to 2

A European bistro, wine bar and bakery where the desserts are gluten-free and you’d never know. Source readers voted it best gluten-free menu in 2025. In the evening it becomes Papillon, for tapas and wine.

Know before you goBrunch is Thursday to Sunday, 9 to 2:30. Papillon is Thursday to Saturday, 5 to 9.

HoursThu to Sun · Closed Mon, Tue, Wed

A little cafe on Greenwood that’s been doing breakfast for about 50 years. Fluffy pancakes, big omelets and a patio. No scene, just breakfast.

Know before you goClosed Mondays.

HoursTue to Sun, 6:30 to 1:30 · Closed Mon

A former truck stop diner with a long Bend history and the portions to prove it. Home-style cooking and a staff that knows the regulars by name.

A small home-cooking grill on NE 3rd. Nothing trendy about it, which is why its regulars love it.

A breakfast burrito shop on NE 3rd that Source readers voted second in 2025. Quick, filling and gone by early afternoon.

HoursTue to Sat, 7 to 1 · Closed Sun, Mon

A European-style cafe in the old Ironworks buildings on Scott Street. Specialty coffee, house-made baguette sandwiches and pastries, including gluten-free and vegan ones.

HoursDaily 8 to 2

The original 10 Barrel pub on Galveston. A big patio with a fire pit, pizza and pub food, and a crowd of people straight off their bikes.

HoursDaily from 11

LocationsTwo Bend pubs: this one on Galveston and a bigger one at 62950 NE 18th St.

A brasserie perched above the Deschutes on Industrial Way. Award-winning Belgian-style ales with traditional European dishes to match. The most date-worthy brewpub in town.

HoursDaily from 11:30

A brewery in an old transmission shop with a huge lawn and a straight-on view of the Cascades. You have to ignore the “Private Road” signs to find it. Food from the kitchen and the carts out back, and everybody brings their dog and their kids.

Know before you goGet there before sunset. That’s the show.

HoursDaily from noon, weekends from 11

A big eastside campus with a restaurant, a patio, gardens and its own observatory. Hop-forward beers and a full menu.

Know before you goHappy hour is weekdays, 3 to 5. Monday and Tuesday they don’t open until 3.

HoursDaily, opens 3 on Mon and Tue

A 1936 Catholic school turned hotel, pub, movie theater and soaking pool. Burgers and Cajun tots in the pub, then go find the hidden bars. Visitors love it and so do locals.

LocationsOne of dozens of McMenamins around Oregon and Washington, and the only one in Central Oregon.

Bend Brewing Company and Sisters Meat and Smokehouse under one roof on Industrial Way, opened in July 2026. A walk-up meat market, a full-service restaurant and BBC beer.

Know before you goHappy hour is Monday to Friday, 3 to 5.

HoursDaily from 10

A brewer-owned brewery and restaurant in the Box Factory. Award-winning beer and a kitchen that cooks from scratch.

HoursDaily from 11:30

Central Oregon’s first not-for-profit brewery. The Reed Market pub is a big, family-friendly place that gives the southeast side a real brewpub of its own.

HoursDaily from 11

LocationsTwo pubs: Reed Market Road in Bend and 7th Street in Redmond.

A local vegan cafe in the Box Factory. Plant-based bowls, toasts, smoothies and coffee, in a bright little space.

HoursDaily 8 to 2:30

They call it free range fast food. Bowls, wraps, burgers and sandwiches made with natural Oregon beef and real ingredients, at fast food speed.

HoursDaily 7 to 8

LocationsMore than one Bend location. This is the westside one on Century Drive.

Locally owned and all organic. Smoothies, cold-pressed juice, sandwiches and bowls on Galveston. Source readers voted it best smoothie and juice bar in 2025.

HoursDaily 8 to 3

A vegan kitchen that moved to Crux Fermentation Project. Source readers voted it second for best vegan in 2025. Inventive, from-scratch plant-based food.

Know before you goIt runs in seasons and takes breaks between them. Check their site before you make the trip.

Ice cream made fresh in the store, in a long list of flavors, served from a walk-up window. Source readers voted it second for best dessert in 2025. Open until 10 every night, which is late for Bend.

HoursDaily 11 to 10

LocationsA national ice cream chain. Bend has one shop.

A Bend and Sunriver tradition since 1984. Fresh-churned ice cream, handmade chocolates and gourmet popcorn made with the same recipes for 40 years. Every local kid has a Goody’s memory.

LocationsTwo shops: downtown Bend and Sunriver.

Self-serve frozen yogurt that started right here in Bend. Fill a cup, pile on toppings, pay by weight. They try to keep an option for most diets.

HoursDaily noon to 10

LocationsThree Bend shops: Newport Ave, NE Cushing Dr by On Tap, and NW Henry Ave.

A longtime local cupcake shop with a case full of flavors and decorated ones for every occasion. The place Bend parents go the morning of a birthday party.

HoursMon to Sat 10 to 6, Sun 10 to 4

LocationsTwo locations: Bend and Redmond.