The message at the top of the menu of a new pizza cart in Bend reads, “Our goal: to make the best possible pizza…topped with the finest ingredients we can source locally.” Wildfired, located behind GoodLife Brewing Company off SW Century Drive, was born out of a need and a passion. Owner Scott Oliphant saw his advertising and graphic design career fade out after nearly two decades. He’s made pizza for family and friends at home for the past 15 years. His brother talked him into a career pivot.
“I was, you know, trying to tread water. Trying to figure out what I was going to do next and he was like, ‘What if we get a pizza cart and you open a pizza cart?’ I was like, OK. That sounds like another adventure,” Oliphant says.
Oliphant is also a musician. “I like things to process, like recording and art…Pizza is very process intensive…Whatever the insane parts of it, appealed to me I guess, the process part of it.”
Preparing to open each day is a lengthy process. Prepping his dough is a 24-hour process. The Wildfired pizza menu offers pepperoni, sausage and seven vegetarian options as well as specials such as gorgonzola and pear. Extras for any pizza include hot honey, vegan parm and Impossible sausage.
Wildfired
Thu 4:30-8pm, Fri-Sun 4-8pm
70 SW Century Cr., Bend
Wildfiredbend.com
This article appears in the Source October 2, 2025.
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