Victorian Cafe – Bend Oregon

2008/01/15

Victorian Cafe

In my recent Best Breakfast in Bend Oregon 2007, I did not name The Victorian Cafe as the winner and a few people have disagreed with me. I knew that would happen but what I did not realize is how important a good breakfast restaurant is for a lot of people. I mean you guys take breakfast very seriously and the loyalty is astounding.

I was lucky enough to get into the Victorian Cafe with zero wait time recently. The wait time is one of the only clomplaints anyone has about the Vic. On weekends you can expect to wait a good hour before being seated.

I went on a weekday and around 9:30ish and we were seated pretty quickly. I was going to go for some of the eggs benedict that are so highly regarded by everyone but instead I opted for the chicken fried steak special. I can’t resist fried steak covered in gravy. I just can’t!


The only complaint I have is that I ordered the eggs over easy and I should have asked for them over medium. Over easy eggs AND the gravy was a bit on the messy side. The chicken fried steak was crazy good and the gravy was perfect.

I can’t wait to go back for one of the drink specials they have for the winter and some of those eggs benedict. Hopefully that will be soon. Here are some other reviews of the Victorian Cafe:

Hack Bend
Bend Living

The Victorian Cafe
1404 NW Galveston Ave.
Bend, OR 97701
(541) 382-6411

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Cafe Yumm – Bend Oregon

2008/01/14

Cafe Yumm!

I’m confused by Cafe Yumm and the people that eat there. Sure the food is healthy, the restaurant is the “Greenest” I think I have ever heard of, and it’s located in the Old Mill. But I can’t help thinking about my non meat eatin, ultimate Frisbee playin, nalgene totin, NPR listenin, dog lovin, Newport shoppin, friend (yeah, only one of them) when I look over the Tempeh filled menu.

I’ve been through some rough times in my life where money was really short. Back then we’d eat mostly at home and it was mostly something and rice. One dish in our repertoire came from the wife’s ghetto days – chili and rice. Chili from a can, over white rice. Since almost all of our dishes included rice, mixing it up with some chili would be a nice change of pace.

Still, chili and rice was what we had and we enjoyed it mainly cause it cost us about $2 for the entire meal. Now I can drop $5 for the small bowl (and the small is really small – I recommend at least the medium size) of glorified beans and rice from Cafe Yumm and remember the good old days. It’s just beans and rice.

Ok, more seriously now, when I visited Cafe Yumm, we were greeted by the friendly staff and given samples of the Original Yumm Bowl which was rather tasty. I didn’t think that I’d enjoy an entire bowl of it and I usually look for something with more meat…any meat. I settled for the Secret Asian Man™ salad. Not only did the ingredients sound great together but the name is just hilarious.

Organic field greens, red cabbage, carrots, tomato, cilantro, crispy noodles, sliced almonds, Ginger Miso dressing. Choice of seasoned organic Tofu or premium Turkey. Of course I selected Turkey.


For being a salad, it was pretty good. I was still hungry after I was finished though.

The wife really liked her soup and half sandwich. She’s thrilled with Cafe Yumm and is trying to convince me to go back. I don’t think it’s going to make the rotation until there is a pork product on the menu.

Café Yumm!
The Shops at the Old Mill District
325 SW Powerhouse Drive
Suite 130
Bend, OR 97702
541-318-YUMM (9866)
10am-9pm Mon-Sat, 11am-7pm Sun
http://www.cafeyumm.com/

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