Makahna’s Trattoria – Bend Oregon

2007/08/07

 

Makahna’s Trattoria

Driving by Makahna’s Trattoria the other day the wife says that we should try that place sometime. Well, that time has come my friends. I picked the wife up from her office and off we went.

Looking over the long list of imported beers I order myself a Stella Artois…I just like saying the name (just like I enjoy saying edamame). There were quite a few beers on the list that I have not seen available in town. Maybe the beer bloggers drunk and drunker should check em out.


For lunch I ordered the Deluxe Meat Panino (not panini like everyone keeps calling them). I asked what the difference between a panino and a panini and our waitress said that there isn’t any…”they’re both sandwiches”. Fair enough.

According to Wiki, panino is actually the proper way of saying the singular version of panini (panini being the plural for panino) but the English speaking folk skipped all that and just use panini for the singular and paninis for plural. Does it matter? Back to my sandwich.

The Deluxe Meat is ham, salami, and Mortadella which is also a salami. With only a few options for paninis I decided to go for this one. The wife went for the sausage panino. We waited for our lunch while sitting on the patio watching the traffic go by. And we waited, and waited, and waited, and waited.


For lunch, we waited too long especially since we were the only ones there. By the time we were finally done with lunch and paid up we had been there for an hour. I’m not sure what the reason was for taking so long. I wouldn’t have expected to wait this long especially with the small menu. Having a small menu means they don’t have that many different dishes to make, should go faster. It should not take 30 minutes to bring out a couple of sandwiches and chips. And it wasn’t really that good. I mean it wasn’t bad, just nothing to jump up and down about or to be willing to risk waiting that long again. And the chips sucked. Bad chips, bad.

Laurie has a friendlier review of Makahna’s Trattoria over at the Source. In this article she mentions how Makahna’s cross trains their staff, so everyone knows how to do everything. I heard that McMenamins does this as well. Is it a coincidence that both places are slow as molasses? How about we let the wait staff WAIT ON THE CUSTOMERS and the kitchen staff PREPARE MY DAMN LUNCH?
Seems like Running a Restaurant 101 to me, but I’m just the customer, what do I know.

For you Bike Mecca – Wiki’s summary of a Trattoria

Makahna’s Trattoria
1133 NW Wall St, Ste 101,
Bend Oregon, 97701
678-5750

Hours:
7am-10pm Mon-Fri, 12pm-10pm Sat-Sun

Makahna’s Trattoria Map

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Bite of Oregon

2007/08/07

Bite of Oregon 2007

August 10th – 12th

From the menu listed here, there are three restaurants from Bend that will be attending this year’s Bite of Oregon on the Waterfront Park in Portland.

Bluefish Bistro featuring Chicken Satay with Cucumber Noodles, Potato Dumpling served in Curry Broth, Savory Poached Pear.

Jackie’s Ribs featuring Barbequed Brisket and Pork Ribs, Ribblet Sampler.

La Rosa Authentic Mexican featuring Lobster Quesadilla, Portobello Mushroom Quesadilla, Organic Veggie Tamale.

I have never been to Bluefish Bistro and I have never heard of Jackie’s Ribs. But hopefully they will represent Bend to the best of their abilities. La Rosa obviously is a favorite of many Bendites so I’m pleased they are going to attend and bringing some nice dishes.

With the failure of this year’s Bite of Bend, I would hope more restaurants would step up and display their goods at something like the Bite of Oregon. But I’m not in the restaurant business so I don’t know what the benefits or drawbacks to attending events like this hold for restaurants. I know that I would have loved to see more restaurants attend the Bite of Bend vs the taco trailers and caterers.

I want to stuff my fat face with small plates from as many restaurants as possible. Especially the ones that I have never been to so I can see what they offer.

http://www.biteoforegon.com/food.html

“Come eat your way across Oregon! Fresh Oregon Dungeness Crab Cakes, Smoked Ribs, Corn on the Cob, Fresh Northwest Mussels, Hog Wild Wings, Huckleberry BBQ Lamb, Seafood Stuffed Avocados, Seafood Paella, Traditional Gyros, Swiss Cheese Fondue, Home-style Mac & Cheese, Oregon Steak and Cheese Sandwiches, Oregon Berry Pies, Alpenrose Dairy Ice Cream, Berry Cobbler, Savory Poached Pears and much much more.

If you love food there’s a lot of it at the Bite of Oregon. From Entrées and Bites, Soup, Salad and Sides, Desserts and Specialty Beverages there’s close to 100 items on the menu this year.”

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