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Goodbye shady skids, hello patio wining and dining. It’s official—beers are now being served in the plaza in front of Crow’s Feet Commons downtown. According to owner David Marchi, who leases his historic building from the city, he recently signed a separate lease with the city that allows for beer and table service in the plaza—an area long plagued by loitering, and, reportedly, drug deals. This is exciting summer news. And the problem of unwanted loitering should take care of itself, without involving the police. Win-win.

This article appears in May 23-29, 2013.

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Drinks at Crow’s Feet Commons Patio, Now Year-Round

by James Williams, The Source - Bend, Oregon
May 28, 2013

<h1>Drinks at Crow’s Feet Commons Patio, Now Year-Round</h1> <p class="byline">by James Williams, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />May 28, 2013</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media2.fdncms.com/bend/imager/now-with-beer/u/original/2237353/1369785942-crow_sfeetpatio.jpg" alt="Now with beer." title="Now with beer." width="500" height="373" /></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.bendsource.com/bend/ImageArchives?by=2124650" target="_blank"></a></li> <li>Now with beer.</li> </ul> </div> <p>Goodbye shady skids, hello patio wining and dining. It's official—<strong>beers</strong> are now being served in the <strong>plaza</strong> in front of <strong>Crow's Feet Commons</strong> downtown. According to owner David Marchi, who leases his historic building from the city, he recently signed a separate lease with the city that allows for beer and table service in the plaza—an area long plagued by loitering, and, reportedly, drug deals. This is exciting summer news. And the problem of unwanted loitering should take care of itself, without involving the police. Win-win.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/drinks-at-crows-feet-commons-patio-now-year-round-2237278/&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=21349&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/drinks-at-crows-feet-commons-patio-now-year-round-2237278/&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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