German-style pub to close in Bend

A German-style pub in Bend’s westside will celebrate its final night Sunday, Dec. 6, before closing. After five years of Prost! Bend slinging schnitzel and Bavarian pretzels, owners Dan Hart and Chris Navarra announced the restaurant and beer hall would close. Hart told the Bulletin the pub is closing because it wasn’t financially sustainable. “We had to make a very tough decision to close it down. It’s not something that we wanted to do,” Hart said. “I wanted that bar to live forever and be a part of the Bend community, but at this point, it just didn’t math out.” He said that business has continued to struggle since after the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other restaurants and breweries, Prost! also faced a slow winter last year as Mt. Bachelor’s poor snow conditions deterred tourists. “It’s a struggling economy in Bend, Portland and nationwide with what we try to do,” Hart said. “Last winter was a bad, bad winter. That’s where we hopefully get to see a boom, and it didn’t pan out.

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