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Birdies Café, a neighborhood gathering spot on the west side of Bend near Central Oregon Community College, has closed its doors for good. After five years in business, the café’s ownership posted a message on its Facebook page August 26, announcing the closure.

“We will miss all our wonderful customers whom we have gotten to know over the years. We wish you well and hope that the next spot you choose to call home will be made better by your presence,” read the announcement. “Birdies is closing, but the space that was the café will be something new and exciting. Kelsey and Kent Daniels will be remodeling and opening Flights Wine Bar sometime this fall. We hope that their business continues the Birdies tradition and becomes a new neighborhood gathering spot.”

This article appears in Sep 1-8, 2021.

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Bye, Bye, Birdies

by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon
September 1, 2021

<h1>Bye, Bye, Birdies</h1> <p class="byline">by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />September 1, 2021</p> <p> <span class="fdnDropCap">B</span>irdies Café, a neighborhood gathering spot on the west side of Bend near Central Oregon Community College, has closed its doors for good. After five years in business, the café's ownership posted a message on its Facebook page August 26, announcing the closure. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/lilb2.1-9f3a478c70ec3f9b.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/lilb2.1-9f3a478c70ec3f9b.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-52656" /></a></figure> <p> "We will miss all our wonderful customers whom we have gotten to know over the years. We wish you well and hope that the next spot you choose to call home will be made better by your presence," read the announcement. "Birdies is closing, but the space that was the café will be something new and exciting. Kelsey and Kent Daniels will be remodeling and opening Flights Wine Bar sometime this fall. We hope that their business continues the Birdies tradition and becomes a new neighborhood gathering spot."</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/bye-bye-birdies-15306853/&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=52652&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/bye-bye-birdies-15306853/&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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