Abe Capanna’s Detroit Pan Pizza now has a brick-and-mortar restaurant in NE Bend across from St. Charles Health System. Its food truck has been a staple at Crosscut-Warming Hut No.5 in southwest Bend. The new location on NE Cushing Drive features daily pizza slices starting at $4 including cheese, pepperoni and a rotating daily special such as Sarah Hearts Cliff (ham and pineapple) or Mr. White (three cheeses, basil, garlic and olive oil). Deals include two slices and a drink for $9 or a slice, Caesar salad and drink for $11.
Detroit-style pizza is cut into rectangular slices featuring thick, doughy crust covered with cheese. Sauce is ladled on top to prevent a soggy crust.
The menu also includes nine specialty pizzas, meatball or chicken parmesan sandwiches, salads, two pasta options and other items like fried calamari, meatballs and garlic bread. Owner Cliff Abrahams says the best sellers are pepperoni pizza and the Almost Famous Salad which has salami, cheese, artichokes, kalamata olives, peppadew peppers and tomatoes with a lemon herb vinaigrette.
Diners order at the counter. Tables are both indoors and in a covered courtyard. Every table has white butcher block paper attached to it with crayons, making it family friendly. There is also cushioned lounge seating in the courtyard.
Delivery is available through DoorDash, Uber Eats, Local by Toast and other delivery services. Abrahams says eventually customers will be able to order through their website. He’s still in the process of developing a happy hour menu and waiting for his liquor license to be approved. Once it is, he will offer Frose, sangria, red and white wine mimosas, beer and hard cider.
Right now, Abe Capanna’s is closed on Sundays, but Abrahams says he will be open seven days a week the first week back to school. He will eventually add a Sunday night family special such as giant spaghetti and meatballs with salad for four. He also hopes to add trivia and bingo nights and more grab-and-go food for quick lunch options.
“We are super excited to be in the neighborhood,” Abrahams told the Source. “We are 100% geared towards being a neighborhood restaurant with our ears wide open to our audience so we could consistently evolve and improve.”
While the core menu is pizza and salad, Abrahams plans to change the menu seasonally, saying having more space will allow him to incorporate new things. In addition to Abe Capanna’s, Abrahams owns the other food trucks at Crosscut-Warming Hut No.5 including The Lost Texan and Bluma’s Chicken & Waffles.
Abe Capanna’s Detroit Pan Pizza
Mon.-Fri. 11am-9pm, Sat., Noon-9pm
Open Sundays starting Sept. 7
1462 NE Cushing Dr. #140, Bend
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This article appears in the Source August 21, 2025.
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