Sunriver Brewing Company is closing its NW Galveston Pub in Bend on Saturday, Nov. 1 after nearly a decade. Chief Executive Officer Ken Cameron says the company doesn’t like the changes that are being made to the building.
“We were interested in retaining the current footprint, a relatively small indoor space and current outdoor patio with southern and western sun exposure. We get a lot of folks who like to drink pints in the sun with friends (furry or otherwise) during spring, summer and fall seasons. The developer plan is to eliminate the patio, cold storage, annex and the neighboring residential building and build a second two story building behind the Bakery Building in order to increase the available rentable square footage of the property,” Cameron told the Source.
McKenna Mikesell, Principal Broker with RSM Real Estate Group says, “The original concept was to add to the rear of the lot while giving Sunriver Brewing an incredible new patio space. However, city code requires a 10-foot setback from the neighboring residential properties, which led us to rethink the design. The new plan extends the existing building and adds a fully enclosed, year-round patio.”
Mikesell says there will be two new restaurant spaces available for tenant buildout by January of 2027.
BOSA Food & Drink, which shares the Bakery Building with Sunriver Brewing, is staying put. Manager Jenny King forwarded an email to the Source from BOSA’s chef/owners that states, “The rumor mill is going strong in town regarding BOSA and the construction at the Bakery Building. We’ve heard it all. From tearing down the Bakery Building, to us taking over Sunriver’s space, to closing permanently, etc. The wildest things.”
But the only thing changing at BOSA is that the restaurant will be getting its own bathrooms. BOSA normally takes a break in the fall, closing from Oct. 31 through Nov. 17, reopening with an updated fall/winter menu on Nov. 18.
BOSA owners went onto say, “If anything, our concerns lie with the City’s upcoming Galveston Street Project. We are in the dark just as much as other neighboring businesses. We have not been approached yet or received any calls, emails or updates regarding the project.”
The City of Bend is expected to begin work next spring on the Galveston Corridor Project which includes street paving and lighting, creating five-foot-wide buffered bike lanes, and more visible and ADA-compliant pedestrian crossings. Once design has progressed, there will be an informational open house meeting that is likely to take place in December or January.
The City says it has had multiple meetings and phone conversations with various property owners who have expressed interest in the project. The City also held a public forum on June 23, 2025, at the Community Building Subcommittee Meeting with over 50 people in attendance. The City also encourages the public to visit the webpage for this project which is up to date: Galveston Corridor Project | City of Bend.
RSM Real Estate Group is also managing the redevelopment happening across the street from Sunriver Brewing where Boss Rambler Beer Club used to be. That will include space for three new restaurants or businesses, which Mikesell says will be ready for tenant buildout in fall 2027.
Before closing, Sunriver Brewing is hosting a Halloween bash on Friday, Oct. 31 from 6-9pm at its Galveston Pub. Cameron says they may host holiday events in the space in November and December.
“We are interested in opening another location in Bend if the right opportunity arises,” he says. For now, he’s focused on the brewery’s three other Central Oregon locations in Sunriver, the eastside of Bend and Redmond.
“We’ve had a lot of good memories in this location and will miss being a part of the Galveston community. We’ve done our very best to find placement for many of our current Galveston staff at our other locations and appreciate all the work our team has put in over the years to make the location a success.”
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include the City of Bend’s outreach efforts related to the Galveston Corridor Project.
This article appears in the Source October 23, 2025.
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Galveston is such a quaint, west side neighborhood street. This new building looks to change that (and not for the better). Like Jack Straw and the new Eastside library, instead of trying to integrate and reflect the character of Bend these developments are sucking the character out it.
Bye bye Bend.
So we’ll be losing two businesses and possibly gaining five restaurants, that won’t be adequately staffed because service workers can’t afford rents here, going into a modern industrial looking space on a busy street that will become even more difficult to cross or make a turn and there will be ZERO parking. Who will this plan benefit?
Don’t worry about parking. The new Bend code says developers will do what’s best (with the assumption that inadequate parking would hurt the business). LOL
Those poor neighbors.