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Yes, there really is a Bette.

For over 45 years, Bette’s Place Restaurant has been feeding Hood River. The small restaurant opened by Bette Walters in 1975 has expanded multiple times, but has never forgotten her motto to never serve any food you wouldn’t eat yourself.

After years of baking the famous pies, muffins, and cinnamon rolls from scratch, Bette retired and her daughter Gay took over ownership of the restaurant, along with her husband Gary. Years of baking alongside her mother prepared Gay for the demands of running the best breakfast joint in the gorge.

Gay recently retired to spend more time with her family, and passed ownership of the restaurant to long time employee Sheri Castaneda. Sheri started working at Bette’s Place in 1987, as one of many employees whose time at the restaurant could be measured in decades rather than years.

The ownership has changed, but Bette Walters’ legacy lives on in the quality of the food. The cinnamon rolls and pies are still homemade, the coffee is still piping hot, and Bette’s Place is still the friendliest restaurant in town.