Lucky Duck, a new bakery-cafe and retail shop from chef Kari Shaughnessy and her Hands Please Hospitality partners, is taking over the restored Carlton State & Savings Bank building at 105 West Main Street. The petite Main Street storefront is set to pour espresso and turn out pastries and breads alongside Hayward pantry staples and products from Revel Meat Co., with a large brick-lined backyard patio slated for pop-ups and events. The owners are aiming for a July opening for the bakery-cafe while they convert the building’s second floor into a private vacation rental.
Lucky Duck is the first official project from Hands Please Hospitality, the partnership of Shaughnessy, her husband and Revel Meat co-founder Jimmy Serlin, and Hayward general manager Jules Bandy, according to Eater Portland. As Eater Portland reports, the team plans to debut the bakery-cafe and its events series in July and to turn the upstairs into a short-term rental. Inside, the group is planning a compact bar for espresso, beer, wine and easy lunch dishes, all while preserving the building’s vintage facade and its old bank vault.
Shaughnessy began her culinary career in pastry and cooked in San Francisco kitchens including Frances and Sons & Daughters before launching Hayward, according to Hayward. The restaurant’s site underscores the team’s focus on hyper-local sourcing, fermentation and a tightly edited seasonal menu, a combination that has helped put Carlton on the map for diners looking beyond the tasting room circuit…