When it comes to dining in Bend, I’ve been warned not to get too attached. Over the last two years, restaurant closings have been too numerous to count, and the victims have included some of our community’s boldest culinary experiments. But like B of A execs at a junk mortgage trough, restaurant owners, chefs and restaurateurs are gambling on Central Oregon and the possibility of an economic rebound.

When it comes to dining in Bend, I’ve been warned not to get too attached. Over the last two years, restaurant closings have been too numerous to count, and the victims have included some of our community’s boldest culinary experiments. But like B of A execs at a junk mortgage trough, restaurant owners, chefs and restaurateurs are gambling on Central Oregon and the possibility of an economic rebound.

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Heard from the Dishwasher

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March 31, 2010

<h1>Heard from the Dishwasher</h1> <p class="byline">The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />March 31, 2010</p> </p> <p>When it comes to dining in Bend, I&apos;ve been warned not to get too attached. Over the last two years, restaurant closings have been too numerous to count, and the victims have included some of our community&apos;s boldest culinary experiments. But like B of A execs at a junk mortgage trough, restaurant owners, chefs and restaurateurs are gambling on Central Oregon and the possibility of an economic rebound.</p> </p> <p> </p> <p>When it comes to dining in Bend, I&apos;ve been warned not to get too attached. Over the last two years, restaurant closings have been too numerous to count, and the victims have included some of our community&apos;s boldest culinary experiments. But like B of A execs at a junk mortgage trough, restaurant owners, chefs and restaurateurs are gambling on Central Oregon and the possibility of an economic rebound.</p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/heard-from-the-dishwasher-2137937/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bendsource.com">The Source - Bend, Oregon</a> and is republished here under a <a target="_blank" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.&nbsp;<img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" alt="" width="16" height="16" style="width:1em;height:1em;"></p> <img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&post=18720" style="width:1px;height:1px;"><script> PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: "https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/heard-from-the-dishwasher-2137937/", urlref: window.location.href }); } } </script> <script id="parsely-cfg" src="//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js"></script>

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