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eekers of truth and beauty in omelets and
burgers need not panic when they arrive at
New location, same food
the Cadillac Cafe only to discover it is missing.
town that makes me want to buy stuff. Wild
It’s all going to he OK. The venerable purveyor
of gourmand fare has moved up Broadway and is Life, on upper Hawthorne, has the most appeal
ing selection of gifts and unique merchandise
reopening June 25 in its brand new location at
that I’ve seen in a long time.
1801 N.E. Broadway. More space, same great
I am not a shopper. If I could get my pets to
food, same swell owners.
exist on delivery pizza I probably never would go to
a store again—except bookstores and Wild Life.
M
ow if some hot patio action is what’s call-
Wild Life has plates and bowls and dinner-
'N ing your name, you need to head on over
ware
and furniture that absolutely make me long
to Southeast Belmont Street and check out the
for a home cleaning service. I want my home to
Wild Abandon Restaurant &. the Red Velvet
look like their store.
Lounge. Michael Cox has redecorated his
Wild Life has furniture including beautiful
charming space and now offers something for
custom-upholstered chairs and sofas— and it’s
everyone and every taste.
not even a large store at 1,300 square feet. The
Sun lovers get to enjoy the petite patio, while
pieces they sell are simply there, comfortably
those desiring cool, dark and sensual confines can
treat themselves to the lush interior of the inti and beautifully a part of the decor. The decor
that I want.
mate cafe. When Cox first dreamed up the Red
Owners Steve Pickering and Larry Whitacre,
Velvet Liunge concept he envisioned a curtain
real-life partners, have combined all the skills,
in the middle of the cafe, meant to divide off the
knowledge and experience of their years in
hack portion of the rexim as the lounge. He sexin
retail, marketing and art design and brought
realized, however, that “in reality the Red Velvet
forth a dream of a concept in retailing mastery.
Lounge is not a space in the physical universe, it
is a state of mind.” As such, the curtain stays Open now for eight months and enjoying its
first summer in business, Wild Life is the place
furled, and the r<xim remains open and inviting.
to go for summer entertaining delights. Garden
The menu has been changed and now offers
ers also will find competitively priced decorative
a selection of more casual fare. In addition to old
and functional items for outdoor and indoor use.
favorites, now there’s something for those who
Wild Life is open seven days a week. Head
have to pass through more quickly. So whatever
on over, and prepare to he delighted. JH1
your time constraints, visit Wild Abandon soon.
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eeping with the “wild” theme, I’d like to
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Larry Whitacre (left) and Steve Pickering show off their funky merchandise (the bowls in the
foreground are made by African women with H 1V/AIDS)
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