NEWBERG, Ore. — When husband-wife team Kelly and Kelly Koch signed a lease on a vacant First Street storefront last summer, skeptics were not in short supply. Newberg, the conventional wisdom held, simply didn’t go out after dark.
“I had people say there is no living way that will work in Newberg,” said Kelly Koch, who co-owns the western-themed bar and restaurant with his wife, who shares his first name. “They don’t go out after eight o’clock at night.”
Six months in, Bronco Kelly‘s has established a foothold. Friday and Saturday nights fill the room consistently. Live music is booked Thursday through Saturday through August, drawing patrons from as far as Lake Oswego and Hillsboro, the owners report. The venue recently added lunch service and is participating in local festival activities like the Truffle Trail event in February…