Chef and restaurateur Brian Malarkey, known for working in a slate of popular Southern California restaurants, headed back to his hometown of Bend, Oregon for his latest restaurant, Hawkeye & Huckleberry Lounge. Open since June 16, the restaurant plays on the archetype of the “modern cowboy,” serving steak, pizza, burgers, and more against the backdrop of wood-fired ovens and charred cedar-clad walls.
Opening a restaurant in Bend was never in the plans for Malarkey, who operates restaurants including San Diego’s Animae and Herb & Wood. “Everyone kept asking, ‘Oh are you ever gonna open something in Bend?” Malarkey says. “And I was like, ‘No, you guys go to bed
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