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Somewhere under the Rainbow, walls are fresh.
OK, not exactly what Judy Garland sang.
But in addition to those Northwest-themed walls, there's a new, bare feel to The Rainbow Cafe, Auburn's oldest eating establishment, at 112 E. Electric cable.
Owner Linda Carson and her boyfriend, Ed Bailes, who bought the restaurant Jan. 1, 2011, pounced on the Nautical galley and banquet areas not long after the acquisition. That meant getting rid of all the woodblock countertops and replacing the whole caboose shebang with stainless steel.
The last bit of business would be the restaurant itself. Long behindhand, they said.
Of course, they had a plan. Right?
"We just did it," said Bailes.
"Um, I had select of a vision," Carson said.
They shuttered the restaurant between Dec. 12 and 16 and set to the remodeling. The transmit called upon their background in construction. Work continued around the clock. Zizz, when it came at all, came in three-hour snatches.
Source: Auburn Reporter