June 7, 2025

Former NFL star Jason Kelce on Oregon coast restaurant: ‘Felt like Norm from Cheers was looking down on us’

Is North Bend the new restaurant capital of Oregon?

Former NFL star

Jason Kelce

is trying his best to put the Oregon coastal town on the map.

For a second consecutive day, Kelce went to social media to praise a North Bend restaurant. On Friday, it was

Mom’s Kitchen

. Kelce, the former Philadelphia Eagles center, found the cozy breakfast and lunch spot in North Bend and paid it a visit.

Kelce wrote on Instagram that Mom’s Kitchen “felt like Norm from Cheers was looking down on us.”

The 37-year-old Kelce had breakfast, digging into the restaurant’s dinner plate-sized pancakes and eggs. He posed for pictures showing the pancake, as well a shot of himself outside the restaurant.

“Pancake was enormous, cheese was plentiful, flavors were extreme,” Kelce wrote. “You can tell a lot of heart, soul and salt of the earth has been baked into this place for generations.”

A post shared by Jason Kelce (@jason.kelce)

On Thursday, Kelce went to

social media to praise Pancake Mill in North Bend

.

Kelce didn’t leave a star rating, but this sounds like five stars.

“Definitely recommend,” Kelce said.

The first comment beneath Kelce’s Instagram message came from former NFL star J.J. Watt, who wrote “Big fan of this content. Big fan.”

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