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Goodbye, Sip Wine Bar. You had a great summer patio. Those black-striped canvas curtains made us feel like we were in a high desert cabana with no pool. The business started in 2014 and had two sets of owners. The most recent owner, Chelsea Whitaker, made the tiny restaurant more upscale and revamped the menu—but alas, it’s gone. We reached out to Whitaker to see if the construction on Galveston Avenue had something to do with the closing, but we received no response.

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Start Whining: Sip is Closed

by Lisa Sipe, The Source - Bend, Oregon
July 18, 2018

<h1>Start Whining: Sip is Closed</h1> <p class="byline">by Lisa Sipe, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />July 18, 2018</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/lilb1-1-4b625e472f52c894.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/lilb1-1-4b625e472f52c894.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-17693" /></a></figure> <p> <span class="fdnDropCap">G</span>oodbye, Sip Wine Bar. You had a great summer patio. Those black-striped canvas curtains made us feel like we were in a high desert cabana with no pool. The business started in 2014 and had two sets of owners. The most recent owner, Chelsea Whitaker, made the tiny restaurant more upscale and revamped the menu—but alas, it's gone. We reached out to Whitaker to see if the construction on Galveston Avenue had something to do with the closing, but we received no response. </p> <p> </p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/start-whining-sip-is-closed-6768510/&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=17624&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/start-whining-sip-is-closed-6768510/&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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