Oregon dining rooms can feel like extensions of their neighborhoods, which is why three October farewells landed with such weight. The latest losses follow another recent round of Oregon restaurant closures, but each of these places had its own crowd, rituals and flavors.
Between October 11 and 18, a Bend brewery pub, a Portland wine-focused restaurant and a downtown Eugene burger spot all ended service. Even where a larger business continues elsewhere, regulars lost a particular room where meals and memories had accumulated.
OK Omens in Portland
OK Omens served its final dinner on October 17 after an eight-year run on Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard. Owner Monique Siu and her team transformed the former Cafe Castagna into the more playful wine restaurant in 2018, extending a dining legacy that had occupied the corner for 25 years…