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Fire on the Mountain, the beloved Portland hot-wing spot which announced early this year that it would open a location in Bend, is nearing completion and close to opening day. FOTM staff held hiring events over several weekends in September to bring in new staff members. With a new bedazzled sign already hung up over the door of the new location along Third Street, adjacent to the Campfire Hotel, count me among the former Portlanders-now-Bendites who are eagerly anticipating the opening of this place. Fire on the Mountain’s Bend location is expected to open in late October.

The original FOTM opened in 2005 along Interstate Avenue, opened by Sara Sawicki and Jordan Busch, serving buffalo wings in a variety of sauces, along with salads, sandwiches and the company’s own brand of beer. A second location opened on east Burnside in Portland in 2008, and 2011 saw the opening of the Fremont location. Two locations are also now open in Denver, Colorado.

This article appears in Source Weekly September 28, 2023.

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Bend’s Fire on the Mountain Set to Open in October

by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon
September 27, 2023

<h1>Bend’s Fire on the Mountain Set to Open in October</h1> <p class="byline">by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />September 27, 2023</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/lilb1-1-619c7f15d9550aa3.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/lilb1-1-619c7f15d9550aa3.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-51133" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">High-backed booths and colorful mosaics, seen in the Bend location, are reminiscent of other FOTM locations in Portland.</figcaption></figure> <p> <span class="fdnDropCap">F</span>ire on the Mountain, the beloved Portland hot-wing spot which announced early this year that it would open a location in Bend, is nearing completion and close to opening day. FOTM staff held <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CxLygr1P4gi/" target="_blank">hiring events</a> over several weekends in September to bring in new staff members. With a new bedazzled sign already hung up over the door of the new location along Third Street, adjacent to the Campfire Hotel, count me among the former Portlanders-now-Bendites who are eagerly anticipating the opening of this place. Fire on the Mountain's Bend location is expected to open in late October. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/lilb1-2-b235ed9dd04524fa.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/lilb1-2-b235ed9dd04524fa.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-51134" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Bend mosaic artist Rochelle Rose-Schueler works on artwork inside the new Bend Fire on the Mountain.</figcaption></figure> <p> The original FOTM opened in 2005 along Interstate Avenue, opened by Sara Sawicki and Jordan Busch, serving buffalo wings in a variety of sauces, along with salads, sandwiches and the company's own brand of beer. A second location opened on east Burnside in Portland in 2008, and 2011 saw the opening of the Fremont location. Two locations are also now open in Denver, Colorado. </p> <p><div> <span><b>Fire on the Mountain Bend</b></span> </div> <p> <span></p> <div> <span>637 NE 3rd St., Bend</span> </div> <p> </span> </p> <div> <a href="http://fotmbend.com" target="_blank"><a href="http://fotmbend.com" target="_blank">fotmbend.com</a><br /></a> </div></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/bends-fire-on-the-mountain-set-to-open-in-october-19906029/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=51128&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/bends-fire-on-the-mountain-set-to-open-in-october-19906029/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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