January at the Jackalope

The New Year is a wonderful time to reflect on some of the occasions that have taken place here at the Jackalope Grill over the last year. There have been couples who have met and fallen in love and married, some already have children. Christmas Day a 65th wedding anniversary was celebrated at the Jackalope – 65 years is an entire lifetime! We also had the opportunity to host a birthday party for a woman who celebrated her 90th birthday, and her 93-year-old husband was by her side. The day after Christmas was a surprise 80th birthday for the most charming man, and we pulled it off!!

These are but a microcosmic few events we have been privileged to be a part of. There are also people who have passed away this year that will be fondly thought of in the coming months. Ask me about my single widow gals that I am still trying to line up dates for: no one under the age of 65 need apply. All of these experiences and these people and YOU are what make what the Jackalope a special place and from the bottom of our hearts, we hope we give the same back.

Have a Wonderful, Safe and Happy New Year!

Martin Luther King Day

Sunday January 18
The Jackalope Grill will be open on Sunday January 18, Martin Luther King Day.

Women Tasting Wine

Monday January 19, 4-6pm
Seminar

From Bend Wine Cellars’ most recent newsletter:

Host Kathy Garling and chef Timothy Garling have created one of Bend’s finest dining venues at the Jackalope Grill. Tim and Kathy came to Bend from Alta, Utah. where they took over an ailing restaurant and turned it into a nationally-known fine-dining restaurant. Kathy has over 25 years experience in the dining room, and chef Timothy, professionally trained in France, has over twenty years of experience in the kitchen.

Tim grew up in the Pacific Northwest not far from Seattle. After a spell teaching high school in Alaska, he attended culinary school in Paris, France. Much time was spent traveling the French countryside studying the culture and the food from the vantage point of his touring bicycle. “Culinary school gives every student the same training but I have used mine to give form to the memories of my Grandmother’s kitchen, the smells of the French country villages on Sunday morning, as well as memories of meals in some of the finest restaurants in France.”

This intimate sixty-five-seat restaurant is the perfect place to enjoy the warmth of good company. The exterior of the restaurant belies the interior. Once you find the Jackalope Grill, you’ll see that it has particularly easy access for those in Bend’s Southwestern neighborhoods and diners coming from areas south of Bend such as Sunriver.

The Jackalope Grill offers a Northwest menu of wild game, fresh seafood, pasta, poultry, and Oregon beef served in a comfortable setting. Fresh, local, and organic products are featured whenever possible. The Jackalope Grill has taken special care in assembling an award winning assortment of fine wines, spirits, and beers guaranteed to please the discriminating patron.

If you have not dined at the Jackalope Grill lately, you are in for a real surprise and treat when you go there.

Please join us for Women Tasting Wine. Cost is $45. For reservations, please contact Diane Sienko at Bend Wine Cellars (388-7564), or go to the Women Tasting Wine website.

Cooking Classes

Tim will be teaching cooking classes in February and March, his first cooking class will be held February 2. Space is limited, so reserve your spot now!

December at The Jackalope

Tim & Kathy Garling Celebrate Three Years of Jackalope Grill

December 1 was our third anniversary. On that day in 2005, Tim and I purchased the Jackalope, and like any great birth this was not an easy one! We signed papers for the restaurant at the restaurant and started prepping for the evening minutes later. That evening at 5 o’clock the restaurant opened for business as usual. It was a funny and surreal experience.

I can clearly remember the servers and kitchen staff looking at us and you could almost see them wondering, “who on earth are these people and what are they doing here?” I have to admit somewhere in the back of our minds we were wondering the same thing too. After leaving the safe, small and familiar surroundings of Alta, Utah for 16 years we were now in Bend.

Thankfully, not only was it the scariest decision we ever had to make, but it was also the wisest. We have been met with such warmth and been truly embraced by this community. Words cannot express our gratitude.

Here’s to more great years to come!

Join us for Christmas

We will be open Christmas Day, December 25, serving dinner from 4-7pm.

Leave the cooking – and cleaning – to us and enjoy a real holiday break.

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The Party’s at The Jackalope

There’s still time to reserve our private dining room – or the whole restaurant – for your holiday party. Get more details here, or call Kathy at 318-8435.

2009 Cooking Classes

Tim will be teaching cooking classes in January, February and March. Space is limited, so reserve your spot now!

Women Tasting Wine

Sparkling Wines
Mon., Dec. 15, 4-6pm

From Diane Sienko and Mary Robertson:

“November’s seminar certainly put us in a Thanksgiving mood! Chef Tim’s upscale Thanksgiving menu was paired nicely with wines selected by Byron Scott of Cathedral Ridge Winery in Hood River, Oregon.

With the holidays fast approaching, December’s seminar will feature “Sparkling Wines”. Dennis Sienko of Bend Wine Cellar will guide us through sparkling wines aimed at every price range and every occasion.”

Cost is $45. For reservations, please contact Diane Sienko at Bend Wine Cellars (388-7564), or go to the Women Tasting Wine website.

See last month’s menu.