September 18, 2025 • 27 mins
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Hundred years young. Siletz Bay Trading Post is back. Join Double R as he and his guests explore the refreshed, reimagined corner at SW 51st Street in the Historic Taft District.
- Bryan Nichols, Siletz Bay Trading Post & ZuhG Life Surf Shop
- Vickie and Tom Brosy, Eleanor's Undertow
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Jana (00:00):
Welcome to the Double R Show, the podcast that features
everything about North LincolnCounty.
The Double R Show directed andproduced by Paul Robertson and
hosted by the voice of LincolnCity, Roger Robertson.
RR (00:30):
Welcome to the Double R Show.
Having a dream, having avision, and then seeing it come
to life.
That's what today's program isall about.
Paul (00:37):
Yeah, it's a renewal of a 100-year dream, too, in a lot of
ways, right?
So the Sluts Bay TradingCompany, now Sluts Bay Trading
Post, is renewed and refresheddown in the Bay Area of Lincoln
RR (00:48):
City.
It is beautiful.
And we'll talk to the new ownerand some of the new residents,
if you will, as well.
All coming up right after this.
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A vision has come alive in theBay Area of Lincoln City, and
what we're talking about is theold trading post.
With us is a guy that had thevision, now had the dream, and
had the fortitude to carry itout.
Brian Nichols, congratulations.
Thank you.
Bryan-Nichols (01:29):
Appreciate it.
RR (01:30):
This is quite a change, this building that used to be lots
of different things.
Bryan-Nichols (01:36):
Yeah, it has a very long history.
It's actually a 100-year-oldbuilding.
This year is its 100th yearanniversary, so it's been a lot
of things since 1925.
RR (01:46):
What was the drive for you to take this building and change
it like you've done?
Bryan-Nichols (01:52):
some people that I've looked up to have done
similar things with similarbuildings and in, in like other
parts of Oregon.
And I just would sit at thePines food trucks and kind of
look across the street and seethis building for sale and kind
of saw the price go down overthe years and just dreamt up
this idea to section it off intoall these different spaces,
(02:13):
fill it with businesses that thecommunity is excited about to,
uh, to shop at or go to and eatat and, you know, et cetera.
So yeah, just, uh, Used tostare at it from across the
street and dream up the idea.
RR (02:26):
With the exception of yourself and probably Eleanor's
undertow, everybody is new tothe business world down here,
right?
Bryan-Nichols (02:34):
Yeah, as far as the tenants in the building
goes, Bayside Music is a brandnew business where children get
music lessons.
Seahorsey Bottle Shop and WineBar is a brand new business.
Wim, the gifts, toys, and decorstore, they used to have a kite
shop years back.
And so this is their secondversion of that.
(02:55):
Who else we got?
Fish and Clips.
She was down the street, butit's relatively new business.
Well, she's been cutting hairforever is what I heard.
But so yeah, she's doing agreat job.
Eleanor is obviously has beenin business for like 40
something years.
And then we have a littlebakery going in that hasn't
started their build out yet.
But on the west side of thebuilding, there's going to be a
(03:17):
little bakery going in soon.
RR (03:19):
And we're not talking about big spaces that each one is
taking but you've taken up theentire building though, right?
Bryan-Nichols (03:25):
Yeah, yeah.
Every square foot of thebuilding is occupied by my surf
shop operation and screenprinting stuff and also all the
tenants we just mentioned.
RR (03:36):
So tell me about your business specifically, the surf
shop.
Bryan-Nichols (03:40):
Yeah, so my surf shop, Zug Life Surf Shop, turns
10 years old in October, justcoming up here.
And we were in Nelscott for thepast nine years and we loved it
there, but we had thisopportunity to move into the
building as I was renovating itand it's been nice you know our
ceilings are a lot taller allowsus to offer like more product
(04:02):
to display our rental room isreally big now and we've
expanded to paddle boards andkayaks that we rent on the
Saletz Bay mostly but then inthe back of the building is my
screen print shop where wescreen print lots of shirts for
everybody in town and hoodiesand we do embroidery and keep
our custom apparel operationgoing and expanding When
RR (04:23):
you made the big changes, all of the work that had to be
done in this building, anyinteresting stories that come
out of it that you're thinkingto yourself, my God, how do I
get past this one?
Bryan-Nichols (04:34):
Man, I've never really done anything like this.
So everything was kind of likea learning process.
And there was no horriblehurdles or things.
Everybody agreed that it hadreally good bones and that they
were excited to work on it andhave it become what it is today.
But I had a great crew, 18 PBconstruction was amazing,
aboveboard, electric wasamazing, Cushman heating and
(04:59):
air, plumbing 101.
Like, I got lucky.
It was quite the great team ofgood people and hard workers and
couldn't have done it withoutthem.
I definitely didn't do thismyself, you know?
RR (05:11):
It has really changed.
I mean, it's been a variety ofthings.
The fact is, Vicki and Eleanorhave been telling us this was
the original post office inTaft.
Bryan-Nichols (05:22):
Yeah, she has a lot of really cool historic
photos.
I love going through them withher.
Yeah, it was a furniture store,a historic post office, and
we've called it its historicname.
The Celeste Bay Trading Post isvery close to what it was
called.
It used to be called theCeleste Bay Trading Co.
That name wasn't available, sowe threw a post on it.
(05:42):
And so, yeah, we tried to keepits historical name and
everything.
RR (05:47):
Congratulations, and thanks for saving one of the old town
buildings and bring it to life
Bryan-Nichols (05:55):
yeah happy to do it the community's been
positively responding to it eversince all the businesses are
open so we're happy that wecould be a part of it
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RR (07:05):
A building that has reinvented itself is in the Bay
Area of Lincoln City in Taft.
And with us, Vicki and Tom,Eleanor's Undertow has moved.
And tell us about that, Ms.
Vicki.
Vickie-Brosy (07:18):
Wow.
Yes, Eleanor's has moved just alittle further down 51st Street
toward 101.
We couldn't leave Taft becauseit's just too historic here.
After all, we are the oldestsection of Lincoln City.
And mom started this Eleanor'sUndertow back in the day, only
(07:41):
45 years ago.
And it was to be just afive-year little moment in her
life.
And it extended on and on.
Just five more years, she keptsaying, five more.
She wanted to give a littlesomething extra special to the
families coming to the beach andhave some goodies.
(08:05):
like ice cream, granny'squarter pound cookies.
Her mother, my granny, startedbaking these cookies when she
was 90 and still baking them atjust almost 101 and all the pies
to go with it.
But really, it was all aboutfamilies giving them something
(08:30):
special to take home with them,all the sweets particularly, And
then it got to be more and morebecause she put in an arcade.
All of the kids in this areagrew up.
They're still coming to us,thanking us for what my family
did for them growing up.
They said, we wouldn't havegrown up had it not been for
(08:53):
Eleanor and Roy and Granny.
So it was just a really specialplace for socializing and for
families.
So Tom and I kind of jumpedinto it at a later time.
I always say, I love to say,because mom was in her 60s when
(09:14):
she started this.
And by the time she was 85,getting toward 90, I mean, she
was raring to go.
She just never stopped.
But so when Tom came into thefamily only 37 years ago, he
started jumping in and we justbacked them for maybe two or
three hours because they werejust doing it all.
(09:35):
And then, as I say, we'd run toour real jobs.
RR (09:38):
You were working at Salishan at the
Vickie-Brosy (09:40):
time.
Salishan.
And Tom was also working atSalishan.
And so we'd run home, changeour clothes, run to work, and
work all night.
And then sometimes Tom wouldget sneaky and go in after
hours, after Mom and Roy hadalready left, to go home to the
homestead in the corridor andbake a little bit.
You know, back them just alittle.
(10:01):
Just a little.
RR (10:02):
Now, the building that you guys had moved into since I've
been here, has been a paintstore, has been a trading post,
a Halstead staff trading post,but it goes back a long ways
with your family.
Vickie-Brosy (10:15):
It does.
1925, it was built by theRobison family, and it
originally housed the postoffice, and it happens to be
that the Robison family, they,well, homesteaders too, just
(10:35):
like us.
We're one of the like 13pioneer families of Lincoln
County.
And mom, Eleanor, happened tobe dating Freddie.
That is his parents.
They built this building.
And so here's mom and Freddiedating in high school, class of
1940, actually the firstgraduating class of the new
(10:57):
school then, which is now goingto become the city park area,
that area.
So then after that, that theDeJardin family purchased the
building.
And it's kind of ironic becausethey had twins, the Mr.
and Mrs.
DeJardin had twins, and theirson became a priest and actually
(11:18):
married Tom and I.
So, I mean, there's just lotsof interactions and family fun,
family history.
And I guess one of the things Ilove so much, just like my mom,
to tell, to express so manydifferent things about our town,
not just town, but the entiretown.
Mom was promoting tourism whenshe was a kid, really.
RR (11:40):
She is, if my memory serves me right, was the last queen of
the Redheaded Roundup, correct?
Vickie-Brosy (11:46):
Mama was involved with that Redheaded Roundup
through the years, yes.
And she is in the museum withquotes and some of the
memorabilia pictures there.
That was a really big to-do,the Redheaded Roundup, yes.
And she was promoting duringthe 20 Miracle Miles, the Elks
Lodge at the time.
Time was one of the most socialplaces around, and everybody
(12:09):
gathered there.
But she was promoting the townthen.
So it just goes way back.
RR (12:16):
Tom, you've made a lot of hamburgers at the old place.
What kind of menu are wetalking about going to be in the
new Eleanor's?
Tom-Brosy (12:24):
Well, ever since COVID, we've found the
attributes to streamlining.
People still love their icecream, so that's the primary
function that we are havinghere.
serving ice cream on a regularbasis.
We're still doing Granny'sQuarter Pound Chocolate Chip
Cookies and Eleanor's Mary andBarry Cobbler, so that keeps me
busy during the day.
We eventually will be doing ourQuarter Pound Hot Dogs again
(12:48):
because it's just the two of us,Vicki and myself.
We don't have a crew behind us,so we've streamlined things to
make it more efficient and lessoverhead is one thing, but less
space also.
We are a quarter of the sizethat the old Elmer Sunder Troll
was.
So, uh, proves to be just rightfor kitchen space, which is
(13:10):
pretty much identical space anda much smaller congregating
space for the tourists comingthrough, which we'll be opening
that up when the weather startsturning more inclement.
We've been blessed with thisgreat weather, so the windows
are servicing us quite well andservicing the customers as well.
But we've been keeping itsimple, keeping with the primary
(13:31):
desserts, and we'll be offeringa few more things.
We're working on how I can getmy gluten-free clam chowder
going again, but there are a fewhurdles we're still having to
overcome there.
RR (13:42):
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At Eleanor's Undertow in theBay Area, the Taft area of
Lincoln City, with Vicki andTom, reinvented the building.
Your new landlord has done amagnificent job, has he not?
Vickie-Brosy (15:07):
He certainly has.
It's so commendable what thisyoung man, surfer man, that has
owned the surfing shop inNelscott for 10 years.
He's just going on his 10-yearanniversary.
And he had an opportunity topurchase this old 100-year
building and turn it into a muchmore viable space for not only
(15:33):
our local people, but all of ourtourists coming to town.
And just the vision is awesomewhen you drive south and hit
that last intersection beforecrossing the bridge and see this
magnificent building.
And he wanted to keep it asoriginal as possible.
And the painting is beautiful.
There's eight different units,businesses in the building.
(15:57):
And they're just a great groupof people.
I
RR (16:02):
enjoy looking at this building and reflecting as to
what it has been and what it isnow.
Vickie-Brosy (16:09):
Exactly.
When you look...
into the past, and I havepictures to prove it, to see all
the many things that it was.
And in the end, people rememberit mostly as the paint shop,
Ace Hardware paint shop.
And then it was a consignmentshop, and then it was closed for
(16:29):
a long time.
And so it just sat here, and Ialways kind of describe it as
like a big empty warehouse.
Basically, that was it.
And think about 100-year-oldlumber, beams, old beams, and to
go into it and have thedifferent contractors come in
and put it together to make itnew again was quite the feat.
RR (16:54):
Tell me, Tom, a little bit about the remake of this
building.
You must have run into somedifficulty given the age of the
building.
Tom-Brosy (17:03):
Well, yes, to put it lightly.
The session that we're in,which is on the far west end of
the building, we figure fromLooking at old pictures, it was
probably an addition in aboutthe 30s or 40s.
The photographic evidencedoesn't show that, but the floor
showed it, definitely.
We were in what I used to referto as the armpit of the
(17:25):
building at one point because itwas such a state of disrepair
that Brian Nichols, the owner,even would be scratching his
head.
But he also did the lion'sshare of work to be able to
reclaim the floor, which was...
almost gone in some areas, buthe leveled it for us.
(17:45):
The rest of the building, hehad removed linoleum to expose a
lot of the original old growthtimber, the flooring that was
down.
The ceiling also had beautifultongue and groove that he
exposed that.
So he has a great respect forthe building itself, and it's
showing its age quite well, Ithink.
It's fun to have been able tobe a part of that.
(18:07):
Of course, we've got differentflooring in here, which would
not quite pass the healthdepartment's codes in the past
between new sheetrock and just atotal facelift.
RR (18:19):
It is totally different.
I mean, totally, completelydifferent than what it was.
But the exterior still exudesthat old town feeling.
Vickie-Brosy (18:29):
Exactly.
It really does.
And then thanks to the city andthe tourism department, they
were able to put back theoriginal font of the Siletz Bay
Trading Company and placed it onthe front portion of the
(18:52):
building.
And then another big attractionwas the finger to the beach.
And I didn't realize untilrecently that during all of
these hundred years there havebeen various different designs
of the finger and hand to thebeach.
So they realized resurrected anolder one, and it's up there.
(19:14):
And so the visual is fantasticbecause this is the 100-year-old
building.
RR (19:21):
All of a sudden, this area becomes very walkable, if you
will.
Vickie-Brosy (19:26):
And very walkable.
And a girlfriend of mine saidrecently, oh, so you've moved.
Looks like you went uptown aways.
Well, yes, we are on going on51st, and the thing is
concerning at first because wewere...
had a prime location close toMoe's, everybody coming off the
dock in the bay.
(19:46):
And so to move, as long as wewere in Taft, I knew we could
make it though.
And it really is getting morepopular all the time.
There's much more foot trafficbecause there's so much more
activity at the corner here of51st and 101.
We have the food carts, whichare fantastic, a beautiful 10
(20:08):
different food carts and theircentral building is It's
magnificent inside.
You've got to come and see it.
I couldn't believe it the firsttime I saw it.
And then we've got Burger 101,other businesses.
We have another, the CrystalShop and another building across
from us that's connected withBurger 101, a bar that's really
(20:28):
great.
And everybody's personalities,it's like they're blending
together and just making abeautiful statement.
RR (20:35):
And the big thing forthcoming is the city park.
And that was my next thing.
Yes,
Vickie-Brosy (20:40):
yes, sirree, that.
City Park is right down across101 and continuing on 51st
Street.
It's all happening on 51stStreet.
RR (20:50):
And you're pretty dang tickled about that.
Vickie-Brosy (20:53):
I'm pretty darn tickled about it.
Yes, we're reviving Eleanor's.
In fact, I've been working onan idea with another finger, but
starting down where we used tobe and saying to the toe.
RR (21:09):
It is Eleanor's Undertow's Southwest 51st Street, don't
miss it.
It is ice cream and they'lllike it the best.
Vickie-Brosy (21:18):
It's all the sweets you could ever imagine
with those granny's cookies andcobbler and all the great fun
and chatting and learning lotsmore history.
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RR (22:13):
Welcome to the Double R Show.
Having a dream, having avision, and then seeing it come
to life.
That's what today's program isall about.
Paul (22:20):
Yeah, it's a renewal of a 100-year dream, too, in a lot of
ways, right?
So the Sluts Bay TradingCompany, now Sluts Bay Trading
Post, is renewed and refresheddown in the Bay Area of Lincoln
City.
RR (22:31):
It is beautiful.
And we'll talk to the new ownerand some of the new residents
if you will, as well.
All coming up right after this.
It has been an interestingprogram being able to go back
and find out the history behinda building than what it has
become today.
Paul (22:51):
Yeah, it was really great to be down on the property.
Obviously, welcome everyone togo down there and check it out
themselves.
I myself just picked up my ownnew wetsuit out of Zuggs, so I'm
pretty stoked about that.
But yeah, it's a great newaddition back to the community
and a hundred year celebrationcoming up here for that.
And Zuggs himself has got a10-year celebration.
(23:12):
Fun stuff.
RR (23:13):
That building has been so many things for so many years,
but to see it is so vibrant asit is today, it is amazing.
Paul (23:22):
Yeah, it's really great.
RR (23:23):
It really is.
So some other things upcoming,taking place as we speak.
As you already know, ODOT hasreturned to Lincoln City, and
they returned on the 15th ofSeptember, and they're going to
be busy working all the way fromSalishan through West Devil's
Lake Road.
So there's lots of activitiesgoing to be taking place on
(23:45):
Highway 101 as ODOT is here intown as we speak, working on
that right now.
Carp Festival 2025 is going tobe September 20th, and this
promises to be a fun event,bringing together vibrant
elements of live music, food,and community spirit that will
be on the lake.
And we have a readiness fair wewant to talk about as Well,
(24:08):
this is National PreparednessMonth announcement taking place.
Lincoln County Readiness Fair,the first 150 families will
receive a free preparednessitem.
That's going to be Saturday,September 27th, 11 until 2
o'clock.
Good information to be had forone and all.
Also, we have the Senior Faircoming up October 7th, and we
(24:33):
will have a guest speakerTuesday at the Chamber Luncheon.
That's Dr.
Mylese Tolan.
She'll be talking about theLincoln County School District.
She will join us next week aswell on the podcast.
And Dr.
Tolan is the guest speaker.
And Always Traveling will bepresenting the prize, which will
(24:55):
be a free booth at the SeniorFair.
So it's a $400 item that willbe raffled off.
All of the proceeds go into theLincoln City Chamber of
Commerce.
Again, that is next week.
Tuesday
Paul (25:09):
at the Community Center.
Community Center then.
Okay, great.
And the first Tuesday ofOctober is your Senior Fair.
RR (25:15):
The first Tuesday of October is always Senior Fair, and this
year it just happens to beOctober 7th.
It couldn't get any further outif we tried, but it's great.
Also, December 6th is theAngels Anonymous Festival of the
Trees.
We've been already talkingabout this, and the Angel Board
(25:36):
received a significant contractfrom a patron of Angels
Anonymous.
And we'll talk more about thatdown the road as well, because
this is a couple that have livedhere for generations and see
the value in helping AngelsAnonymous help people of North
(25:57):
Lincoln County.
Anything else on your side ofthe table?
Paul (25:59):
Well, just on Saturday, you're welcome to join us out at
Knight Park for the Welcomingthe Salmon Home from Townsend.
10 to 3.
Some pontoon boat rides stillavailable for $20 a head.
Cascadehead.org to register forthose.
All the other stuff is free,but 10 to 3 on Saturday for the
Welcoming the Salmon Home.
And if you've been out on 18,you'll see that other people are
(26:23):
welcoming them as well.
Definitely some fishinghappening up and along our
coastline, and so this is just acelebration of that iconic
species.
RR (26:32):
A few drops of rain does make a huge difference, and all
of a sudden the salmon begin torun up out the river.
Find
Paul (26:38):
their way home,
RR (26:38):
indeed.
That's what they're in theprocess of doing as we speak.
So for Paul, I'm Double R.
That'll do it to the doings.
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Jana (26:59):
a happy
RR (27:00):
day.
Jana (27:02):
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RR (00:30):
Welcome to the Double R Show.
Having a dream, having avision, and then seeing it come
to life.
That's what today's program isall about.
Paul (00:37):
Yeah, it's a renewal of a 100-year dream, too, in a lot of
ways, right?
So the Sluts Bay TradingCompany, now Sluts Bay Trading
Post, is renewed and refresheddown in the Bay Area of Lincoln
RR (00:48):
City.
It is beautiful.
And we'll talk to the new ownerand some of the new residents,
if you will, as well.
All coming up right after this.
for great early garden freshproduce.
It's Kenny's IGA in the BayArea of Lincoln City.
Four generations of Morganscaring for your every grocery
(01:08):
need.
All of your favorite beverages,a full deli, meat, produce, and
of course, groceries.
A vision has come alive in theBay Area of Lincoln City, and
what we're talking about is theold trading post.
With us is a guy that had thevision, now had the dream, and
had the fortitude to carry itout.
Brian Nichols, congratulations.
Thank you.
Bryan-Nichols (01:29):
Appreciate it.
RR (01:30):
This is quite a change, this building that used to be lots
of different things.
Bryan-Nichols (01:36):
Yeah, it has a very long history.
It's actually a 100-year-oldbuilding.
This year is its 100th yearanniversary, so it's been a lot
of things since 1925.
RR (01:46):
What was the drive for you to take this building and change
it like you've done?
Bryan-Nichols (01:52):
some people that I've looked up to have done
similar things with similarbuildings and in, in like other
parts of Oregon.
And I just would sit at thePines food trucks and kind of
look across the street and seethis building for sale and kind
of saw the price go down overthe years and just dreamt up
this idea to section it off intoall these different spaces,
(02:13):
fill it with businesses that thecommunity is excited about to,
uh, to shop at or go to and eatat and, you know, et cetera.
So yeah, just, uh, Used tostare at it from across the
street and dream up the idea.
RR (02:26):
With the exception of yourself and probably Eleanor's
undertow, everybody is new tothe business world down here,
right?
Bryan-Nichols (02:34):
Yeah, as far as the tenants in the building
goes, Bayside Music is a brandnew business where children get
music lessons.
Seahorsey Bottle Shop and WineBar is a brand new business.
Wim, the gifts, toys, and decorstore, they used to have a kite
shop years back.
And so this is their secondversion of that.
(02:55):
Who else we got?
Fish and Clips.
She was down the street, butit's relatively new business.
Well, she's been cutting hairforever is what I heard.
But so yeah, she's doing agreat job.
Eleanor is obviously has beenin business for like 40
something years.
And then we have a littlebakery going in that hasn't
started their build out yet.
But on the west side of thebuilding, there's going to be a
(03:17):
little bakery going in soon.
RR (03:19):
And we're not talking about big spaces that each one is
taking but you've taken up theentire building though, right?
Bryan-Nichols (03:25):
Yeah, yeah.
Every square foot of thebuilding is occupied by my surf
shop operation and screenprinting stuff and also all the
tenants we just mentioned.
RR (03:36):
So tell me about your business specifically, the surf
shop.
Bryan-Nichols (03:40):
Yeah, so my surf shop, Zug Life Surf Shop, turns
10 years old in October, justcoming up here.
And we were in Nelscott for thepast nine years and we loved it
there, but we had thisopportunity to move into the
building as I was renovating itand it's been nice you know our
ceilings are a lot taller allowsus to offer like more product
(04:02):
to display our rental room isreally big now and we've
expanded to paddle boards andkayaks that we rent on the
Saletz Bay mostly but then inthe back of the building is my
screen print shop where wescreen print lots of shirts for
everybody in town and hoodiesand we do embroidery and keep
our custom apparel operationgoing and expanding When
RR (04:23):
you made the big changes, all of the work that had to be
done in this building, anyinteresting stories that come
out of it that you're thinkingto yourself, my God, how do I
get past this one?
Bryan-Nichols (04:34):
Man, I've never really done anything like this.
So everything was kind of likea learning process.
And there was no horriblehurdles or things.
Everybody agreed that it hadreally good bones and that they
were excited to work on it andhave it become what it is today.
But I had a great crew, 18 PBconstruction was amazing,
aboveboard, electric wasamazing, Cushman heating and
(04:59):
air, plumbing 101.
Like, I got lucky.
It was quite the great team ofgood people and hard workers and
couldn't have done it withoutthem.
I definitely didn't do thismyself, you know?
RR (05:11):
It has really changed.
I mean, it's been a variety ofthings.
The fact is, Vicki and Eleanorhave been telling us this was
the original post office inTaft.
Bryan-Nichols (05:22):
Yeah, she has a lot of really cool historic
photos.
I love going through them withher.
Yeah, it was a furniture store,a historic post office, and
we've called it its historicname.
The Celeste Bay Trading Post isvery close to what it was
called.
It used to be called theCeleste Bay Trading Co.
That name wasn't available, sowe threw a post on it.
(05:42):
And so, yeah, we tried to keepits historical name and
everything.
RR (05:47):
Congratulations, and thanks for saving one of the old town
buildings and bring it to life
Bryan-Nichols (05:55):
yeah happy to do it the community's been
positively responding to it eversince all the businesses are
open so we're happy that wecould be a part of it
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RR (07:05):
A building that has reinvented itself is in the Bay
Area of Lincoln City in Taft.
And with us, Vicki and Tom,Eleanor's Undertow has moved.
And tell us about that, Ms.
Vicki.
Vickie-Brosy (07:18):
Wow.
Yes, Eleanor's has moved just alittle further down 51st Street
toward 101.
We couldn't leave Taft becauseit's just too historic here.
After all, we are the oldestsection of Lincoln City.
And mom started this Eleanor'sUndertow back in the day, only
(07:41):
45 years ago.
And it was to be just afive-year little moment in her
life.
And it extended on and on.
Just five more years, she keptsaying, five more.
She wanted to give a littlesomething extra special to the
families coming to the beach andhave some goodies.
(08:05):
like ice cream, granny'squarter pound cookies.
Her mother, my granny, startedbaking these cookies when she
was 90 and still baking them atjust almost 101 and all the pies
to go with it.
But really, it was all aboutfamilies giving them something
(08:30):
special to take home with them,all the sweets particularly, And
then it got to be more and morebecause she put in an arcade.
All of the kids in this areagrew up.
They're still coming to us,thanking us for what my family
did for them growing up.
They said, we wouldn't havegrown up had it not been for
(08:53):
Eleanor and Roy and Granny.
So it was just a really specialplace for socializing and for
families.
So Tom and I kind of jumpedinto it at a later time.
I always say, I love to say,because mom was in her 60s when
(09:14):
she started this.
And by the time she was 85,getting toward 90, I mean, she
was raring to go.
She just never stopped.
But so when Tom came into thefamily only 37 years ago, he
started jumping in and we justbacked them for maybe two or
three hours because they werejust doing it all.
(09:35):
And then, as I say, we'd run toour real jobs.
RR (09:38):
You were working at Salishan at the
Vickie-Brosy (09:40):
time.
Salishan.
And Tom was also working atSalishan.
And so we'd run home, changeour clothes, run to work, and
work all night.
And then sometimes Tom wouldget sneaky and go in after
hours, after Mom and Roy hadalready left, to go home to the
homestead in the corridor andbake a little bit.
You know, back them just alittle.
(10:01):
Just a little.
RR (10:02):
Now, the building that you guys had moved into since I've
been here, has been a paintstore, has been a trading post,
a Halstead staff trading post,but it goes back a long ways
with your family.
Vickie-Brosy (10:15):
It does.
1925, it was built by theRobison family, and it
originally housed the postoffice, and it happens to be
that the Robison family, they,well, homesteaders too, just
(10:35):
like us.
We're one of the like 13pioneer families of Lincoln
County.
And mom, Eleanor, happened tobe dating Freddie.
That is his parents.
They built this building.
And so here's mom and Freddiedating in high school, class of
1940, actually the firstgraduating class of the new
(10:57):
school then, which is now goingto become the city park area,
that area.
So then after that, that theDeJardin family purchased the
building.
And it's kind of ironic becausethey had twins, the Mr.
and Mrs.
DeJardin had twins, and theirson became a priest and actually
(11:18):
married Tom and I.
So, I mean, there's just lotsof interactions and family fun,
family history.
And I guess one of the things Ilove so much, just like my mom,
to tell, to express so manydifferent things about our town,
not just town, but the entiretown.
Mom was promoting tourism whenshe was a kid, really.
RR (11:40):
She is, if my memory serves me right, was the last queen of
the Redheaded Roundup, correct?
Vickie-Brosy (11:46):
Mama was involved with that Redheaded Roundup
through the years, yes.
And she is in the museum withquotes and some of the
memorabilia pictures there.
That was a really big to-do,the Redheaded Roundup, yes.
And she was promoting duringthe 20 Miracle Miles, the Elks
Lodge at the time.
Time was one of the most socialplaces around, and everybody
(12:09):
gathered there.
But she was promoting the townthen.
So it just goes way back.
RR (12:16):
Tom, you've made a lot of hamburgers at the old place.
What kind of menu are wetalking about going to be in the
new Eleanor's?
Tom-Brosy (12:24):
Well, ever since COVID, we've found the
attributes to streamlining.
People still love their icecream, so that's the primary
function that we are havinghere.
serving ice cream on a regularbasis.
We're still doing Granny'sQuarter Pound Chocolate Chip
Cookies and Eleanor's Mary andBarry Cobbler, so that keeps me
busy during the day.
We eventually will be doing ourQuarter Pound Hot Dogs again
(12:48):
because it's just the two of us,Vicki and myself.
We don't have a crew behind us,so we've streamlined things to
make it more efficient and lessoverhead is one thing, but less
space also.
We are a quarter of the sizethat the old Elmer Sunder Troll
was.
So, uh, proves to be just rightfor kitchen space, which is
(13:10):
pretty much identical space anda much smaller congregating
space for the tourists comingthrough, which we'll be opening
that up when the weather startsturning more inclement.
We've been blessed with thisgreat weather, so the windows
are servicing us quite well andservicing the customers as well.
But we've been keeping itsimple, keeping with the primary
(13:31):
desserts, and we'll be offeringa few more things.
We're working on how I can getmy gluten-free clam chowder
going again, but there are a fewhurdles we're still having to
overcome there.
RR (13:42):
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At Eleanor's Undertow in theBay Area, the Taft area of
Lincoln City, with Vicki andTom, reinvented the building.
Your new landlord has done amagnificent job, has he not?
Vickie-Brosy (15:07):
He certainly has.
It's so commendable what thisyoung man, surfer man, that has
owned the surfing shop inNelscott for 10 years.
He's just going on his 10-yearanniversary.
And he had an opportunity topurchase this old 100-year
building and turn it into a muchmore viable space for not only
(15:33):
our local people, but all of ourtourists coming to town.
And just the vision is awesomewhen you drive south and hit
that last intersection beforecrossing the bridge and see this
magnificent building.
And he wanted to keep it asoriginal as possible.
And the painting is beautiful.
There's eight different units,businesses in the building.
(15:57):
And they're just a great groupof people.
I
RR (16:02):
enjoy looking at this building and reflecting as to
what it has been and what it isnow.
Vickie-Brosy (16:09):
Exactly.
When you look...
into the past, and I havepictures to prove it, to see all
the many things that it was.
And in the end, people rememberit mostly as the paint shop,
Ace Hardware paint shop.
And then it was a consignmentshop, and then it was closed for
(16:29):
a long time.
And so it just sat here, and Ialways kind of describe it as
like a big empty warehouse.
Basically, that was it.
And think about 100-year-oldlumber, beams, old beams, and to
go into it and have thedifferent contractors come in
and put it together to make itnew again was quite the feat.
RR (16:54):
Tell me, Tom, a little bit about the remake of this
building.
You must have run into somedifficulty given the age of the
building.
Tom-Brosy (17:03):
Well, yes, to put it lightly.
The session that we're in,which is on the far west end of
the building, we figure fromLooking at old pictures, it was
probably an addition in aboutthe 30s or 40s.
The photographic evidencedoesn't show that, but the floor
showed it, definitely.
We were in what I used to referto as the armpit of the
(17:25):
building at one point because itwas such a state of disrepair
that Brian Nichols, the owner,even would be scratching his
head.
But he also did the lion'sshare of work to be able to
reclaim the floor, which was...
almost gone in some areas, buthe leveled it for us.
(17:45):
The rest of the building, hehad removed linoleum to expose a
lot of the original old growthtimber, the flooring that was
down.
The ceiling also had beautifultongue and groove that he
exposed that.
So he has a great respect forthe building itself, and it's
showing its age quite well, Ithink.
It's fun to have been able tobe a part of that.
(18:07):
Of course, we've got differentflooring in here, which would
not quite pass the healthdepartment's codes in the past
between new sheetrock and just atotal facelift.
RR (18:19):
It is totally different.
I mean, totally, completelydifferent than what it was.
But the exterior still exudesthat old town feeling.
Vickie-Brosy (18:29):
Exactly.
It really does.
And then thanks to the city andthe tourism department, they
were able to put back theoriginal font of the Siletz Bay
Trading Company and placed it onthe front portion of the
(18:52):
building.
And then another big attractionwas the finger to the beach.
And I didn't realize untilrecently that during all of
these hundred years there havebeen various different designs
of the finger and hand to thebeach.
So they realized resurrected anolder one, and it's up there.
(19:14):
And so the visual is fantasticbecause this is the 100-year-old
building.
RR (19:21):
All of a sudden, this area becomes very walkable, if you
will.
Vickie-Brosy (19:26):
And very walkable.
And a girlfriend of mine saidrecently, oh, so you've moved.
Looks like you went uptown aways.
Well, yes, we are on going on51st, and the thing is
concerning at first because wewere...
had a prime location close toMoe's, everybody coming off the
dock in the bay.
(19:46):
And so to move, as long as wewere in Taft, I knew we could
make it though.
And it really is getting morepopular all the time.
There's much more foot trafficbecause there's so much more
activity at the corner here of51st and 101.
We have the food carts, whichare fantastic, a beautiful 10
(20:08):
different food carts and theircentral building is It's
magnificent inside.
You've got to come and see it.
I couldn't believe it the firsttime I saw it.
And then we've got Burger 101,other businesses.
We have another, the CrystalShop and another building across
from us that's connected withBurger 101, a bar that's really
(20:28):
great.
And everybody's personalities,it's like they're blending
together and just making abeautiful statement.
RR (20:35):
And the big thing forthcoming is the city park.
And that was my next thing.
Yes,
Vickie-Brosy (20:40):
yes, sirree, that.
City Park is right down across101 and continuing on 51st
Street.
It's all happening on 51stStreet.
RR (20:50):
And you're pretty dang tickled about that.
Vickie-Brosy (20:53):
I'm pretty darn tickled about it.
Yes, we're reviving Eleanor's.
In fact, I've been working onan idea with another finger, but
starting down where we used tobe and saying to the toe.
RR (21:09):
It is Eleanor's Undertow's Southwest 51st Street, don't
miss it.
It is ice cream and they'lllike it the best.
Vickie-Brosy (21:18):
It's all the sweets you could ever imagine
with those granny's cookies andcobbler and all the great fun
and chatting and learning lotsmore history.
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RR (22:13):
Welcome to the Double R Show.
Having a dream, having avision, and then seeing it come
to life.
That's what today's program isall about.
Paul (22:20):
Yeah, it's a renewal of a 100-year dream, too, in a lot of
ways, right?
So the Sluts Bay TradingCompany, now Sluts Bay Trading
Post, is renewed and refresheddown in the Bay Area of Lincoln
City.
RR (22:31):
It is beautiful.
And we'll talk to the new ownerand some of the new residents
if you will, as well.
All coming up right after this.
It has been an interestingprogram being able to go back
and find out the history behinda building than what it has
become today.
Paul (22:51):
Yeah, it was really great to be down on the property.
Obviously, welcome everyone togo down there and check it out
themselves.
I myself just picked up my ownnew wetsuit out of Zuggs, so I'm
pretty stoked about that.
But yeah, it's a great newaddition back to the community
and a hundred year celebrationcoming up here for that.
And Zuggs himself has got a10-year celebration.
(23:12):
Fun stuff.
RR (23:13):
That building has been so many things for so many years,
but to see it is so vibrant asit is today, it is amazing.
Paul (23:22):
Yeah, it's really great.
RR (23:23):
It really is.
So some other things upcoming,taking place as we speak.
As you already know, ODOT hasreturned to Lincoln City, and
they returned on the 15th ofSeptember, and they're going to
be busy working all the way fromSalishan through West Devil's
Lake Road.
So there's lots of activitiesgoing to be taking place on
(23:45):
Highway 101 as ODOT is here intown as we speak, working on
that right now.
Carp Festival 2025 is going tobe September 20th, and this
promises to be a fun event,bringing together vibrant
elements of live music, food,and community spirit that will
be on the lake.
And we have a readiness fair wewant to talk about as Well,
(24:08):
this is National PreparednessMonth announcement taking place.
Lincoln County Readiness Fair,the first 150 families will
receive a free preparednessitem.
That's going to be Saturday,September 27th, 11 until 2
o'clock.
Good information to be had forone and all.
Also, we have the Senior Faircoming up October 7th, and we
(24:33):
will have a guest speakerTuesday at the Chamber Luncheon.
That's Dr.
Mylese Tolan.
She'll be talking about theLincoln County School District.
She will join us next week aswell on the podcast.
And Dr.
Tolan is the guest speaker.
And Always Traveling will bepresenting the prize, which will
(24:55):
be a free booth at the SeniorFair.
So it's a $400 item that willbe raffled off.
All of the proceeds go into theLincoln City Chamber of
Commerce.
Again, that is next week.
Tuesday
Paul (25:09):
at the Community Center.
Community Center then.
Okay, great.
And the first Tuesday ofOctober is your Senior Fair.
RR (25:15):
The first Tuesday of October is always Senior Fair, and this
year it just happens to beOctober 7th.
It couldn't get any further outif we tried, but it's great.
Also, December 6th is theAngels Anonymous Festival of the
Trees.
We've been already talkingabout this, and the Angel Board
(25:36):
received a significant contractfrom a patron of Angels
Anonymous.
And we'll talk more about thatdown the road as well, because
this is a couple that have livedhere for generations and see
the value in helping AngelsAnonymous help people of North
(25:57):
Lincoln County.
Anything else on your side ofthe table?
Paul (25:59):
Well, just on Saturday, you're welcome to join us out at
Knight Park for the Welcomingthe Salmon Home from Townsend.
10 to 3.
Some pontoon boat rides stillavailable for $20 a head.
Cascadehead.org to register forthose.
All the other stuff is free,but 10 to 3 on Saturday for the
Welcoming the Salmon Home.
And if you've been out on 18,you'll see that other people are
(26:23):
welcoming them as well.
Definitely some fishinghappening up and along our
coastline, and so this is just acelebration of that iconic
species.
RR (26:32):
A few drops of rain does make a huge difference, and all
of a sudden the salmon begin torun up out the river.
Find
Paul (26:38):
their way home,
RR (26:38):
indeed.
That's what they're in theprocess of doing as we speak.
So for Paul, I'm Double R.
That'll do it to the doings.
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Jana (26:59):
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RR (27:00):
day.
Jana (27:02):
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