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===Cheese=== [[File:Cheesemaking, Bandon OR.jpg|thumb|Cheesemaking at the Face Rock Creamery, Bandon]] Between 1928 and 2000, dairy production and cheesemaking were an integral part of Bandon's economy. The Bandon facility was damaged by fire in 1936, and rebuilt as the Surfside Dairy in 1937.<ref name="ross">{{cite news | title = Bandon's last link to cheese shuttered: The town's retail store closes down five years after the creamery moved away | author = Winston Ross| work = The Register Guard | location = Eugene, Oregon | date = October 5, 2005}}</ref> In 2000, [[Tillamook County Creamery Association]] bought the Bandon Cheese brand and promptly dismantled the factory;<ref>{{cite web | url = http://flavorsoftheumpqua.blogspot.com/2013/04/face-rock-creamery.html | title = Face Rock Creamery | date = April 18, 2013 | publisher = Flavors of the Umpqua | access-date = 2013-05-21}}</ref> on October 4, 2005, the last of the staff was released and the Bandon factory closed.<ref name="ross"/> The Bandon Cheese name lives on as a brand of Tillamook Cheese. In 2013, Face Rock Creamery opened on the former Bandon Cheese property with participation of the city government.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://facerockcreamery.com/OUR_STORY.php | title = Our Story | publisher = Face Rock Creamery | access-date = 2013-05-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121128070308/http://facerockcreamery.com/OUR_STORY.php | archive-date = 2012-11-28 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Cheesemakers handcraft gourmet cheeses from beginning to end with viewing, sampling, and products available to visitors.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://facerockcreamery.com/ | title = Face Rock Creamery | publisher = Face Rock Creamery | access-date = 2013-05-21}}</ref> There is a selection of flavored cheese curds which one cheese critic received favorably.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.marcellathecheesemonger.com/2013/05/06/bandon-oregon-hometown-boy-brad-sinko-comes-home-to-spread-the-cheese-curds-at-face-rock-creamery/ | title = Bandon, Oregon Hometown Boy, Brad Sinko, Comes Home to "Spread the Cheese Curds" at Face Rock Creamery | author = marcella | date = May 6, 2013 | publisher = Marcella The Cheesemonger | access-date = 2013-05-21}}</ref> The lead cheese maker for Face Rock Creamery is the son of the lead cheese maker from Bandon Cheese Factory.
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