The popular downtown Bend breakfast/lunch restaurant, The Lemon Tree, is for sale. A listing on Compass Commercial says the asking price is $500,000. The post states gross revenue is $1.5 million while rent is $4,151 per month with an additional monthly Common Area Maintenance fee of $1,605.
The Lemon Tree, which won Best Brunch 2025 by Source readers, opened in the spring of 2018 on NW Franklin Avenue. After yachting around the world and enjoying international cuisine, the owners, Mac and Betsy McDonald along with Jaclyn Perez, developed The Lemon Tree in Tuscany before moving to Bend. Betsy and Jaclyn are also the chefs.
“We’ve completed all of our goals that were made when we first established The Lemon Tree,” Mac told the Source. He says he and his wife want to take a break and travel, but say they will spend the time needed to sell to an owner who will continue building upon what they’ve started.
“We are focused on selling to an individual who sees the value in what we’ve created,” Mac says. “This may take months, if not years to sell. Worry not, we’ll be open with our usual hours until then.”
Menu items, which change seasonally, feature a variety of egg Benedicts, such as the popular crab cake, steak or salmon, the Tunisian dish Shakshuka, the Indonesian dish Nasi Goreng, a Coronation Salade with curried chicken breast and a variety of bakery items.
Mac says business has rebounded from the Covid days, setting new internal sales records each season. “We’d like to thank our local base of ‘Lemonheads’ for their support throughout the years. We couldn’t have done it without them.”
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to include the name of the third owner, Jaclyn Perez.
This article appears in the Source October 23, 2025.
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