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Your Local 21-Hour Pub: Caldera Grille comes to the aid of the hungry late night, early morning crowd

Written by Sydney Leonard Tuesday, 16 August 2011 07:17

Bend is no mecca for late-night food; a common issue for temperamentally urban mid-sized cities. Sure, our food scene is growing nicely in the cascade shadow of Portland—more food carts, more farmers’ markets, reimagined restaurants—but where can we grab a bite to eat late at night?

Downtown is relatively quiet on weeknights, dead on Sunday nights, but Caldera Grille, a nearly sleepless local pub and grille, however, is an exception, open 21 hours a day, seven days a week. You’ll find it tucked amongst the dive bar strip on Bond Street between Minnesota and Oregon Avenue in the space previously occupied by Giuseppe’s. The quiet of the front room is deceiving. Walk through the booth-lined dining room to find the heart of Caldera, a small bar festooned with elaborate woodwork and leading off to a well-populated asphalt back patio facing the parking garage.

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