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The story
Cactus Club Cafe was founded in 1988 by two former Earls waiters, Richard Jaffray and Scott Morison. The partners started with a restaurant named "Café Cucamongas", which they sold in 1988 to fund the establishment of the Cactus Club. In 1996, the company expanded into Alberta. By 1998 the company expanded to 10 locations in British Columbia and Alberta. In 2005, Richard Jaffray bought out Scott Morison's interest in the business.
By 2008, Cactus Club Cafe had 19 locations in British Columbia and Alberta. That year, the company took on Rob Feenie (the first Canadian to win Iron Chef America) as its executive chef. Feenie left in 2022, after roughly 15 years.
By 2013 the company had about 2,500 employees and 27 locations.
In February 2022, the Fuller family acquired full control of Cactus Club Cafe from Richard Jaffray.
Cactus Club Cafe opened its first location in the United States in Boston, Massachusetts in 2025 with a second in downtown Miami, Florida.
From Wikipedia’s article on Cactus Club Cafe, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4