Jackalope Grill – Bend Oregon

2008/05/26

Jackalope Grill

I love the Jackalope Grill. On my birthday I had some Nancy P’s for breakfast, tried the Country Catering Company for lunch, and when it came to my birthday dinner, I decided on the Jackalope Grill. I’ve already discussed the layout of the Jackalope Grill and its odd location in the strip mall on my first post so I’ll hold off on that this time around.

A new email buddy said that they wished the Jackalope Grill would take over the old Robby J’s location and I couldn’t agree more. That would be a great spot and if anyone could do well there, it would be them.

Of all my “reviews”, non have the amount of positive comments that the Jackalope Grill has received. Nothing but glowing comments about this “hidden treasure” as one commentor put it.

Of course we started off with the clams and they were soooooo good. The sand quantity has been fixed or at least it was on this occasion. We soaked up the gravy with our bread again and enjoyed every bite.


The wife went for the Soup du Jour. She asked “What’s the Soup du Jour?” and the waitress said “Its the soup of the day.” The wife responded with “Mmm, sounds yummy. I’ll have that.”

I had the field greens salad. I know I know. Yes I do eat vegetables from time to time.


For my entree I decided on the Filet Mignon. The filet could not have been cooked any better. It was absolutely perfect. After a couple Sapphire Martini’s I don’t think I noticed that the filet was covered in the classic brandy sauce. Normally I want my steak to be seasoned with salt and pepper, then throw a pat of butter on it as it comes off the grill and call it a day. I am now a fan of the brandy and peppercorn sauce. It was very good and I may even get it again.

Awesome dinner! If you have not been to the Jackalope Grill yet, then you’re stupid.

Jackalope Grill
1245 SE Third St.
Bend, OR 97702
http://www.thejackalopegrill.com/
541-318-8435

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Celina’s Latin Bistro – Bend Oregon

2008/05/21

 

Celina’s Latin Bistro

With Celina’s Latin Bistro recently opening up on the East side of Bend this month, I’ve decided that I’m going to look into getting a condo out there or something to use as a vacation home. I could put together a 5 day 6 night vacation package with recommendations of where to eat every meal…well a few meals. With gas prices at $3.69 for unleaded, its cheaper to just get a place out there. Maybe I can do some HomeSwapping with those East Side bloggers.

My experience at Celina’s was amazing. There is a familiarity to the drink menu with the Perfecta Margarita being available. Makes sense because the same owners of El Caporal and their many restaurants also own Celina’s Gourmet Latin Bistro. I didn’t actually get to see a menu as they haven’t printed one off yet, but the waitress was happy to recite the options.

Celina’s lunch and dinner menu’s don’t look a whole lot different aside from a couple dishes. You can get sandwiches on lunch, but you can’t get any at dinner. My friend and I decided to split the Chorizo and cheese appetizer since we were just discussing the same dish at Baltazar’s.


The sausage and cheese was good as only sausage and cheese can be but I’d rather have had chips or tortillas instead of the pitas. The dish is already filling enough, the pitas were rather thick. It was a meal in itself.

I had already ordered the Mole Poblano or else I probably would have been fine with the appetizer for my lunch. I was taking a little bit of a risk getting some chicken breast completely smothered in Mole as I have not been a fan of any Mole in any restaurant in Bend yet. Our waitress said that they make the Mole from scratch unlike restaurants that simply use the canned sauce.

The chicken breast was cooked perfectly, the home made mashed potatoes were seasoned perfectly and had that “home made” consistency, and the fried plantains added a nice fruity/sweetness to the dish.


Oh man, the mole sauce made the dish. It was so good. Not too sweet but just sweet enough with chocolate. I can’t believe how good it was. I can’t wait to hit the lottery so I can afford the gas to make it out East again for some Celina’s.

Celina’s chips and salsa was even impressive with it’s presentation as well as the flavors. Reminded me of the three sauces that Hola started out service, just without the peanut butter one.

What a great lunch, I am really looking forward to my next east side adventure so I can try to hit up Celina’s again.

Celina’s Latin Bistro
547 N.E. Bellevue Drive (off 27th Street), Suite 109
Bend, Oregon
318-7567

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