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A counter-service restaurant that got its start as a food cart is now closing up shop. Sunny’s Italian Joint, which started out life known as Sunny’s Carrello, was opened by chef Amy Wright and her wife Courtney in 2019. At the time, the couple was also running Sunny Yoga Kitchen, a yoga studio-slash-healthful food spot that closed in 2022. Sunny’s Carrello, which the Source Weekly named as co-winner of its Rookie Cart of the Year in the 2020 Restaurant Guide, became Sunny’s Italian Joint when it moved into The Grove Market Hall in Northwest Crossing. This month, the Wrights announced that Sunny’s would be closing as of March 16.

“We are more than thrilled to announce that our friends @jacksonscornerbend will be taking over our stall in the near future,” Sunny’s announced on its Instagram page.

This article appears in Mar 13-20, 2024.

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Sunny’s Italian Joint Closing

by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon
March 13, 2024

<h1>Sunny’s Italian Joint Closing</h1> <p class="byline">by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />March 13, 2024</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/lilb2-1-19a7b6da226b058f.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/lilb2-1-19a7b6da226b058f.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-55548" /></a></figure> <p> <span class="fdnDropCap">A</span>&nbsp;counter-service restaurant that got its start as a food cart is now closing up shop. Sunny's Italian Joint, which started out life known as Sunny's Carrello, was opened by chef Amy Wright and her wife Courtney in 2019. At the time, the couple was also running <a href="/food-drink/so-long-sunny-16195419" target="_blank">Sunny Yoga Kitchen</a>, a yoga studio-slash-healthful food spot that closed in 2022. <a href="/food-drink/its-always-sunny-at-bends-new-italian-food-cart-11847720" target="_blank">Sunny's Carrello</a>, which the Source Weekly named as co-winner of its <a href="/special-issues-and-guides/rookie-food-cart-of-the-year-sunnys-carrello-12872847" target="_blank">Rookie Cart of the Year</a> in the 2020 Restaurant Guide, became Sunny's Italian Joint when it moved into The Grove Market Hall in Northwest Crossing. This month, the Wrights announced that Sunny's would be closing as of March 16. </p> <p> "We are more than thrilled to announce that our friends <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jacksonscornerbend/?hl=en" target="_blank">@jacksonscornerbend </a>will be taking over our stall in the near future," Sunny's announced on its Instagram page.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/sunnys-italian-joint-closing-20802604/&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=55547&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/sunnys-italian-joint-closing-20802604/&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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