The idea
Akimbo is in the planning stage. The concept: a counter-service café built around Bend's outdoor rhythm — early hours, genuinely good specialty coffee, local pastries, and a place locals claim as their own.
No location, opening date, or menu is final yet. Everything on this site is a work in progress while the idea is evaluated properly — starting with the business plan.
Working on it in order
Market first, rent before romance, conservative numbers before a lease. A full draft business plan — Bend market, competition, start-up budget, three-year projections — has been prepared and is shared privately with lenders and partners on request. It isn't published here.
Draft v0.4 · 1 November 2026
Bend, in brief
About 107,000 residents and growing, a median household income of $96,394, and roughly 2 million overnight visitors a year. Bend already loves coffee — Thump, Backporch and Lone Pine prove it. Akimbo has to earn its place, and the plan says how it would try.