Fare square

Published 5:00 am Friday, August 16, 2013

Above, patrons walk around Thursday surveying different food options at The Lot, a new food cart pod, central eating area and beer bar at the intersection of N.W. Columbia Street and N.W. Hartford Avenue in Bend.

In attached photos, Bend residents Brandi Kuhn, left, and her 8-year-old daughter, Zoie, grab lunch Thursday at Rico’s Tacos at The Lot, which features four food carts with an additional cart on a neighboring parcel.

The Lot is open from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m., seven days a week.

Brown Owl food cart co-owner Lisandro Ramon hands out an organic buttermilk chicken, alder smoked bacon and fried egg sandwich plate to a hungry visitor at The Lot Thursday on Bend’s west side.