The menus & how we cater
Four ways to feed a room.
Every Northbend Hearth menu starts at the same place — one wood-fired oven, parked wherever you’re gathering. From there it can be a stack of pizzas passed hot off the peel, a grazing spread of charred vegetables, or a full course-by-course evening. Here’s exactly what we cook, what it costs, and how a booking comes together.
How a menu is built
No fixed sheet — built around the week
We don’t print a final menu until your week arrives. Most mornings we’re at the Bend Farmers Market and on the phone with the growers we trust, so what lands on your plate is whatever was best that week — picked, fired, and served the same day.
The dough rests 48 hours and is mixed by hand. We cook over seasoned almond wood, never gas. Tell us how the room eats and we’ll work around it — gluten-free dough, vegan plates, and nut-free service are all part of the plan, not an afterthought.
How a booking runs
From a phone call to woodsmoke
Round it out
Add to any menu
Pieces you can bolt onto a core menu when the night calls for more. We’ll fold the right ones into your estimate.
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The Antipasti Spread
Cured meats, marinated and grilled vegetables, soft cheese, olives, and warm hearth bread set out for guests to graze on while the oven comes up to heat.
From $14per guest -
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Wood-Fired Dessert
A seasonal fruit galette baked in the cooling oven, or roasted stone fruit with whipped cream and honey. Sweet, smoky, and made for the end of the table.
From $9per guest -
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Late-Night Pizza Round
A second firing after the dancing starts — a few simple pies sent out to soak up the evening. The crowd-saver nobody expects but everyone remembers.
From $380per event -
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Extra Hour at the Oven
Keep the fire going past the standard two-hour service window — more courses, a longer graze, a slower night. Booked in whole hours.
$250per hour
How pricing works
Plain numbers, no surprises
Per-guest menus cover food, fuel, two hours of on-site cooking, compostable plates and napkins, and our full pack-out. A flat travel fee applies beyond 25 miles of Bend, and a 25% deposit holds your date — the balance is due the week of the event. You’ll see every line before you commit. The fastest way to a real number is to tell us the date, the place, and your headcount.
Get a quote for your dateIn every booking
What’s always part of it
We arrive about ninety minutes early to set up and light the fire, bring our own water and prep tables, and need only a flat, stable spot roughly 10 × 10 ft with overhead clearance for the chimney. We cook rain, shine, or light snow.
Before you book
Questions hosts ask first
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How far will you travel?
We cater within about an hour of Bend — Tumalo, Sisters, Redmond, Sunriver and the wider Central Oregon high desert. A flat travel fee applies beyond 25 miles; farther afield is possible, just ask.
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What do you need from the venue?
A flat, stable spot roughly 10 × 10 ft, overhead clearance for the chimney, and somewhere to park the trailer. We bring our own water, prep tables, and power. Backyards, vineyards, barns and warehouses all work.
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Can you handle dietary needs?
Yes — gluten-free dough, vegan small plates, and nut-free service are all standard with a little notice. Tell us how the room eats when you enquire and we’ll build the menu around it.
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How many guests do you cook for?
One oven comfortably feeds 20 to about 80. Smaller intimate dinners and larger crowds are possible — for bigger numbers we’ll talk through timing so nobody waits long for a pie.
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How do we hold a date?
Once you’re happy with the menu and estimate, a 25% deposit locks the date in. The balance is due the week of the event. We only book a handful of nights a week, so earlier is always better.
Reserve the oven
Get on the calendar
Tell us the date, the place, and how many will be hungry, and we’ll come back with a menu and a real number. Prefer to talk it through? Call (817) 468-2639 or email hello@northbendhearth.com.