You may have seen the above sign and thought, “what happened to El Cap?”

Well, nothing, really. Other than a new sign and maybe a menu-update, which is not yet complete. Their Facebook page says: “still working in our menu though, have the same good old one right now.” We suppose that means, “new menu items to come, but for now we’re serving the same old stuff.”

A phone call to the venerable Mexican restaurant revealed little. We were told that Amanda’s is owned and operated by the same folks and, for now, has the same menu.

Okay. You’re welcome for that.

This article appears in Mar 8-14, 2012.

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Amanda’s is the New El Caporal West

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
March 7, 2012

<h1>Amanda’s is the New El Caporal West</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />March 7, 2012</p> <p><img src="http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/417113_258024164277284_109440092469026_576027_2022378268_n.jpg" alt="Amanda&apos;s" width="558" height="313" /></p> <p>You may have seen the above sign and thought, "what happened to El Cap?"</p> <p>Well, nothing, really. Other than a new sign and maybe a menu-update, which is not yet complete. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amandas-former-El-caporal-West/112792432122694?sk=wall" target="_blank">Their Facebook page</a> says: "still working in our menu though, have the same good old one right now." We suppose that means, "new menu items to come, but for now we're serving the same old stuff."</p> <p>A phone call to the venerable Mexican restaurant revealed little. We were told that <strong>Amanda's</strong> is owned and operated by the same folks and, for now, has the same menu.</p> <p>Okay. You're welcome for that.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/amandas-is-the-new-el-caporal-west-2140134/&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=18396&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/news/amandas-is-the-new-el-caporal-west-2140134/&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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