BUSINESS
Wallowa County Chieftain
A6
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Cheyenne Café in Joseph now off ers dinners
BIZZ
BUZZ
CHEYENNE CAFÉ
Where: 209 N Main St.,
Joseph
By Bill Bradshaw
Who: Kara Meyers,
owner/operator
Daily specials,
homemade ice
cream on menu
When: 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Friday-Wednesday;
5-8:45 p.m. Friday-Tues-
day
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Phone: 541-432-6300
OSEPH — Those
who have enjoyed
the Cheyenne Café’s
breakfasts and lunches now
can come back for dinner,
since the popular Joseph
eatery started serving the
evening meals Friday,
March 11.
“We’re adding the addi-
tional service to off er it to
the locals in the community
and take some of the sea-
sonal stress off of the other
establishments at dinner-
time in the peak season,”
said Kyle Sickles, who
moved here recently just to
start the venture.
Sickles moved here from
Washington state about a
month ago after working
out a plan for Cheyenne
dinners with its owner/oper-
ator Kara Meyers.
“Kara and I just started
conversing via email and
phone in November, talking
about all this and then I
moved up here from the
Skagit Valley north of Seat-
tle about a month ago,”
Sickles said March 9.
The menu
Sickles, who was put in
charge of the menu by Mey-
ers, selected several items
he believes will please the
palates of hungry Wallowa
County residents.
“I tried to incorporate
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Kyle Sickles, left, and Brian MacDonald, two of the cooks at the Cheyenne Cafe in Joseph,
discuss Wednesday, March 9, 2022, their upcoming off ering of a dinner menu. The cafe started
serving dinners March 11.
a lot of more down-home,
rustic stuff in the ingredi-
ents,” he said.
The menu includes items
such as chicken and dump-
lings, turkey pot pie and
Salisbury steak.
“They have a more
homey feeling,” he said.
But there also are more
high-class items with a local
fl avor such as red steel-
head and T-bone steak.
There’s also a standard
deluxe burger and the Ital-
ian-American dish chicken
Marsala.
While waiting for the
entrée, customers can
munch on appetizers such
as garlic Parmesan fries,
herb garlic bread, teriyaki
barbecue skewers, broc-
coli cheddar dip, soups and
salads.
Meyers, too, is eager to
try the new menu.
“I’m very excited for
him to do this,” she said.
“It’s going to be great.”
Sickles said there also
will be daily specials that
rotate through the week.
There will be brisket on Fri-
day, pork loin on Saturday,
lasagna on Sunday, meat
loaf on Monday and prime
rib on Tuesday.
To top it all off , there’s
dessert.
“We have homemade
vanilla ice cream every
day,” he said. “We do a
small batch. It’s a nice addi-
tion to all the pies and cakes
we bake on a rotating basis,
or if you want, just a big
bowl of ice cream with
toppings.”
Entrée prices range from
$15-32.
“We’ve tried to price
ourselves according to what
other establishments in the
area charge for comparable
meals,” Sickles said.
The cook
Sickles said he’s always
enjoyed cooking.
“I started cooking at a
young age and wanted to
learn more,” he said. “After
learning more and working
in restaurants — I worked in
restaurants for quite a while,
since I was 16 or 17. I enjoy
feeding people. You don’t
get to see it when you’re
cooking, but when I used to
wait tables, you see people
come in and maybe they’re
grumpy or grouchy and you
can tell that they’re hungry.
Then when they leave, you
can tell that they’re satis-
fi ed, they’re content, they’re
happy because they enjoyed
some food. It’s nice to be
able to provide that service
for people and see what they
get out of it.”
He got his associate’s
degree at the Art Institute in
Seattle before returning to
the Skagit Valley to work in
restaurants. He also ran an
American fast-food truck for
10 years with a full espresso
bar in a trailer.
Sickles said it was his
family’s regular vacation
trips to the Joseph area that
caused him to fall in love
with Wallowa County.
“I’ve always wanted to
live here since I was really
young,” he said.
Although he’s still years
away from retirement, he’s
thinking ahead.
“Recently, in the last cou-
ple of years, I decided I
wanted to retire and live up
here full time, so I may as
well start now,” he said. “I
might as well live where I
want to retire.”
The café
Meyers, who has owned
the Cheyenne for the past 15
years, said she reluctantly
& Skylight
Gallery
stopped off ering dinners
about 10 years ago.
“Dinners worked great,”
she said. “I just couldn’t fi nd
enough help.”
She said the problem was
fi nding people who could
work seasonally.
“I try to keep my employ-
ees year around,” she
said. “I’m hoping this will
keep everybody employed
through the winter, as well.”
She and Sickles said
they’re also applying for a
liquor license to serve beer
and wine. That is still several
weeks away, Sickles said.
The Cheyenne is open six
days a week for breakfast
and lunch — closed Thurs-
days — and fi ve days for
dinner — closed Wednes-
days and Thursdays.
“We did it that way
because there are a few
establishments that are
closed early in the week and
this way, there’s another din-
ner option,” Sickles said.
“There are other establish-
ments people can frequent
and patronize. It’s good to
share.”
Meyers agreed that they
don’t want to out-compete
other eating establishments.
“We are hoping to get
good business from locals
and off er another place to
eat,” she said. “We don’t
want to take away from the
competition … just off er
another option. You can
always use more places to
eat for the tourists in the
summer.”
———
Bill Bradshaw is a
reporter for the Wallowa
County Chieftain. Have a
business tip? Contact him
at 541-398-5503 or bbrad-
shaw@wallowa.com.
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