Cactus Club Cafe

Cactus Restaurants Ltd.
Industry Restaurant
Genre Premium Casual
Founded 1988 (1988)
North Vancouver, British Columbia
Founders Scott Morison & Richard Jaffray
Headquarters 201 - 550 West Broadway,
Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada V5Z 1E9
Number of locations
 27
Areas served
 Canada
Key people
 Rob Feenie, Richard Jaffray
Owner Richard Jaffray
Website cactusclubcafe.com
Cactus Club Cafe in Downtown Vancouver.
The interior of a Cactus Club Cafe location in Edmonton.

Cactus Club Cafe is a Canadian premium casual restaurant chain that originated in North Vancouver, British Columbia. The chain has since expanded to locations throughout Canada, with other restaurants located in Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Toronto.

History

The chain was founded in 1988 by two former Earls' waiters, Richard Jaffray and Scott Morison.[1][2] The partners started with a restaurant named "Café Cucamongas", which they sold in 1988 to fund the establishment of the Cactus Club.[1][2] In 1996, the company expanded into Alberta, which resulted in near financial ruin. The organization survived and by 1998 the chain expanded to 10 locations in British Columbia and Alberta.[1] In 2005, Jaffray bought out Morison's interest in the business; the owners of Earls, the Fuller family, holds minority ownership.[2] Morison has gone on to establish Browns Socialhouse, a chain of Vancouver restaurants.[2]

By 2008, the chain had 19 locations in British Columbia and Alberta.[3] That year, the chain took on Rob Feenie (the first Canadian to win Iron Chef America) as its executive chef and "food concept architect".[3][4] Dishes created by Feenie are indicated on the restaurant's menus with "RF".[2] By the chain's 25th year in business, it had about 2,500 employees and 27 locations.[2]

In 2013, Matthew Stowe, a product development chef with the chain, was named the winner of Top Chef Canada's third season.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Good, Walter S. (2003). Building a dream: a Canadian guide to starting a business of your own, 5th ed. Toronto: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-089810-3.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mia Stainsby (2013-03-04). "Cactus Club celebrates 25th birthday on March 8". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
  3. 1 2 "Canada's healthiest restaurants: Cactus Club Café". Best Health. 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
  4. ↑ Longenecker, Justin G. (2003). Small Business Management: Launching and Managing New Ventures. Toronto: Nelson Education Ltd. ISBN 978-0-17-650005-4.
  5. ↑ "Surrey, B.C., chef named Top Chef Canada". CBC News, June 11, 2013.
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