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Partners find a new parking space for the Cadillac Cafe by Tim othy K rau se
Julia M. Hcinzmann and Brooke E. Lindgrcn
phone 503.493.2880
fter almost 11
years of cook
ing up success,
Rod Bracken-
bury and Terry
Hughes are pulling the Cadil
lac Cafe out of the garage and
driving it down the street to a
larger, more functional space.
Slated to move in Octo
ber, the Cadillac will park
itself in a n?to space just nine
blocks away at Northeast
Broadway and 18th Avenue.
The owners— both 49 years
old and partners in and out
of the kitchen— purchased
the site several years ago.
They considered moving
the cafe into an existing
building on the property but
found it more practical and
cost-effective to construct a
Despite the expansion, Terry Hughes (left) and Rod Brackenbury
new restaurant instead. A l
want the Cadillac Cafe to maintain its intimate atmosphere
though it will look like one
building, the site actually will be two adjacent say it’s not uncommon to have a 20-hour work
structures with a similar art deco style. One will day getting ready for a party because they can’t
house the Cadillac Cafe, while the other will be doing the prep work while the cafe is open.
feature retail space.
Once they move into their new space, they’ll
“When we were talking with architects,” have the room to prepare for catering functions
Brackenbury says, “we told them we wanted to during normal hours.
be sensitive to the street and fitting into the
Despite a history of cramped quarters and
environment.”
long days, the couple say their life together dur
But function was not far behind form. The
ing the past 14 years—at home and at the
new restaurant space will have almost four times cafe— couldn’t be better. Living and working
the square footage, and the kitchen itself will
together has helped build their relationship,
grow by 50 percent.
Hughes declares. “Just getting to know each
The cafe’s seating capacity will expand from other and, I think, probably getting to know
60 to a potential 120. In addition to a new cof ourselves, as well.”
fee bar, the building will feature a fireside patio,
Brackenbury adds: “I think being together
protected from the rain by a roof but with sky gives us an edge on keeping things going.
lights that open.
Because we mesh as life partners, it’s easier for
Glass walls that jut into the dining area will
us to mesh as business partners. There’s a lot of
create a dramatic showcase space in which the continuity because one of us can speak on
couple will display their 1961 Cadillac convert behalf of the other without conferring first—
ible and which might serve as the stage for occa and maybe second-guessing what the other
sional special events, such as live music. Despite will say.”
its commodious interior, the cafe will retain
Hughes suggests: “That’s the key. Over the
many qualities of its earlier model.
years, we’ve realized the same vision, that same
“We wanted to be really sensitive to why we ‘what needs to be done to keep the restaurant
are what we are,” Brackenbury says. “People like going.’ We both see that so very much, and we
the smallness and the intimacy, so we’re trying don’t have any disagreements on what our pri
to keep that going. We’re still going to be just ority is.”
breakfast and lunch. We’re going to cook the
Brackenbury acknowledges, “We went
food the same way we do now. We’re not going
into that from Day One.” He remembers
to radically change that real hardcore part of telling his partner in the beginning that start
what we are. We’re going to get a little bigger, so ing up the restaurant was going to be the easy
the atmosphere will be a little different, but part; the hard part was going to be maintain
ing its success.
we’re trying to create little, intimate areas.
There’s going to be a lot of familiar feeling going
Hughes, who was working an office job at
the time, admits he was more than a little appre
into the new space.”
With more elbowroom built into the new hensive. He was about to leave his secure job
floor plan, the two also hope to restore some of with a good salary to go into a business with an
their original catering business. Before buying unknown future. In the end, however, he had
the cafe in 1989, Brackenbury and Hughes given up his job before escrow closed.
"But it’s just the way we have always
teamed up to launch Escape from the Kitchen
done it,” Brackenbury says. “All the way or
Catering Company.
Since taking over the Cadillac, however, nothing. ” i n
their priorities have been fixed on running the
Until sometime this fall, CADILLAC C afe is
establishment. They continue to cater occasion
al functions in their current space, but the small located at 914 N .E . Broadway and can be reached
kitchen makes it difficult. And because this at 503-287~4750.
space is leased, the kinds of improvements they
T im o t h y K rause is a writer and editor
can make are limited.
They’ve done a lot of functions in the living m Portland. H e can be reached at
evening at the current restaurant, but they also amkra@miUenicom. com .
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