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Building History

The Portland architectural firm of Campbell-Yost-Grube and Partners designed this prototype restaurant, Beef and Brew, one that was hoped to grow into a chain. The Architectural Forum wrote of the restaurant in 1973: "Beef and Brew in Portland, Oregon is a welcome prototype for a new franchise which aims to give its customers maximum food and drink for a prix fixe. The exterior, what you see of it over the berm, is sand blasted concrete; the roof is standing-seam weathering steel. There's an aura of congenial darkness and coziness in the interior with natural oil finish on oak booths and hemlock paneling. The ceiling is made or resawn glulams and resawn two-inch white fir decking. The terracing of the booths allows all diners privacy, plus a view of the central fireplace, and leaves room for compact support facilities below. The building area is 5,800 sq. ft. with a seating capacity of 240, and cost $289,000. The design and interiors are by Campbell-Yost-Grube & Partners. It's good to see how nice a roadside stand can be." (See "Cheers," Architectural Forum, vol. 138, no. 5, 06/1973, p. 12.)

Beef and Brew grew into a chain of four restaurants by c. 1980. The second location was in Beaverton, OR, at 10555 SW Canyon Road. Later, two additional units were erected outside of the Portland area, in Bend, OR, at 3194 North Highway 97, and one in Roseburg, at 2060 Stevens Parkway.

PCAD id: 25460