A new tap house and food cart lot opened July 1 in the heart of a neighborhood off NW Hemlock Avenue in Redmond. The Dry Canyon Club has six food trucks, a coffee stand and just about any type of beverage a person could think up.
The food cart lot is unique in that it’s literally surrounded by homes. Co-owner Masson Hart says it’s something the Homeowners Association wanted, but he’s conscientious about the noise and traffic impact on nearby homes. Hart and another owner are also investors in the Midtown Yacht Club in Bend. A third investor owns 3rd Street Beverage and East Side Liquor in Bend.
A big focus of the Dry Canyon Club is the vast variety of drink options. There are 24 rotating taps and what may be the largest craft beer cooler in the area.
“I enjoy good, cheap light beer and I enjoy those hard-to-find IPAs and smooth sours, all that fun stuff,” Hart told the Source. He stocks $4 cans of Coors Light and Freight Supply American Lager as well as hundreds of cans of specialty beer. The tap menu rotates. Since opening, Hart says they’ve blown through an average of five kegs a day. They post their evolving tap menu on Untappd. As of this writing, it included Humble Sea out of Santa Cruz, California, and Oregon breweries such as Cascade Lakes, Sunriver, pFriem, Van Henion and Terminal Gravity. Hart wants to have popular brews on hand, while also cultivating a reputation for unique, hard to find cans.
“They (distributers) brought in a bunch of fun beer from this brewery called Tired Hands out of Pennsylvania,” Hart says with a smile, “and there were a few bars in Portland who got shorted and they were… ‘Really? Some brand new bar in Redmond, Oregon out of all places?’ Which is fun, you know, we’re trying to be that craft beer bar, that experience for everybody while also offering the everyday finds.”
For non-beer drinkers, there’s wine on tap, in cans and even a chardonnay-orange-passion fruit-guava slushy and cabernet sauvignon-cranberry-raspberry-lime slushy. In the eight-door cooler, there’s a gluten-free section, a non-alcohol section which includes NA beer, CBD and THC infused beverages, cider and lots and lots of beer. Another cooler holds soda, juice and other beverages suited for children and people who aren’t interested in the other options.
“One thing I’ve been really proud of is offering so many diverse options,” Hart says. “There’s so many people in this town who either want to have one beer or just don’t drink but still want to be included.”
Being part of a neighborhood, the Dry Canyon Club also fills the niche of a sort of mini-mart offering six and 12-packs of beer and bottles of wine to grab and go. Hart also plans to add merchandise like candy, local beef jerky and other easy to grab snacks.
The Dry Canyon Club may be one of the only food cart lots with a coffee shop inside the tap house. Tite Knot Craft Coffee opens at 7am with a full espresso bar, tea and iced drinks. It also serves freshly made scones with rotating flavors, vegan banana chocolate chip muffins, plus other seasonal flavors, cookies and more. Hart says being part of a neighborhood often means people will stop in for coffee in the morning on their way to work, then return later for dinner.
The tap house opens at 10am with most food trucks opening by 11am. Dylan’s Mexican Food offers tacos, breakfast burritos served all day, flautas, chimichangas, tortas, enchiladas, loaded fries, nacho supreme and taco salad. Fusion City Grill specializes in Philly cheese steak sandwiches, gyros (including a falafel option), cheeseburgers, mozzarella sticks, onion rings and jalapeno poppers. Chasin Pizza has traditional flavors as well us unique pies such as chicken bacon ranch, the pickle pie and Cacio e Pepe. Lively Up Yourself specializes in vegan food including Mac N Cheese Bowls, sandwiches like Chik’n, jackfruit or blt, giant nachos and potato salad. Double T’s offers smoothies such as the ‘Elvis Presley’ (bananas, peanut butter and honey) and the Fruity Zooty (berries, pineapple juice and sorbet) and paninis including a Reuben, Italian and “Leftovers” which is smoked turkey with cranberry cream cheese. The Landing dishes out BBQ and burgers.
Most of the customers walk, bike or drive golf carts to the Dry Canyon Club. Most of the parking for vehicles is on the street. Hart hopes to partner with Redmond High School down the street for fundraisers to support athletics, music and theater programs. All of the recycled cans collected at the tap house go to support Central Oregon Autism Movement. By next month, Hart plans to add live music, karaoke, bingo and trivia nights.
This article appears in Source Weekly July 31, 2025.
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