{"id":31291,"date":"2018-10-11T03:28:15","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T07:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?p=31291"},"modified":"2018-10-11T17:17:49","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T21:17:49","slug":"rachel-dutras-entrepreneurial-spirit-moved-her-into-the-spice-and-food-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2018\/10\/rachel-dutras-entrepreneurial-spirit-moved-her-into-the-spice-and-food-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Dutra\u2019s Entrepreneurial Spirit Moved Her Into The Spice And Food Business"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rachel Dutra and her husband, Dave Dutra, opened Rachel\u2019s Caf\u00e9 and Spice Co.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Maureen Werther<\/p>\n

Growing up, Rachel Dutra, co-owner of Rachel\u2019s Caf\u00e9 and Spice Co.,\u00a0 <\/span>resisted the entrepreneurial urge that seems to run in her family\u2019s DNA. Her grandfather opened Castaway Marina after serving in the U.S. Navy. Her father also started his own business, with the family eventually opening and operating the East End Eatery in Glens Falls until they retired about a year ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI always said I wasn\u2019t going to go the entrepreneur route. I intended to do the \u2018safe\u2019 thing. But I was just really born to run my own business,\u201d said Dutra.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rachel and her husband, Dave Dutra, opened Rachel\u2019s Caf\u00e9 and Spice Co. in September at the site of the now closed East End Eatery 240 Warren St. Her background includes a master\u2019s degree in education and teaching. Her husband was involved in the amusement park industry, working for Charles Wood and eventually working in the food operations at the Great Escape for about 12 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

When her family asked her to come back seven years ago to help out at East End Eatery, Dutra cautioned them that it would only be temporary. \u201cBut here I am, seven years later,\u201d she said. Within six months, she had helped double the business and made some big changes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt felt dangerous, like a big risk,\u201d she said. But she liked it. After her parents retired, the couple thought about going back to teaching or corporate work. Instead they opted to run East End Eatery alone. But, with a toddler at home, they felt as if everybody else except them was raising their son. <\/span><\/p>\n

After a year, they realized that family was important and they came up with a different business model to allow them to be with their son and still satisfy the entrepreneurial spirit. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe closed a very successful business because family is the most important thing to us,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dutra said she has a knack for customer relations She operates the front of house and Dave Dutra is happy to run the kitchen operation and the organizational component. She also has a talent for blending spices, which is the heart of their new enterprise. <\/span><\/p>\n

The caf\u00e9 component gives customers the opportunity to \u201ctry before they buy,\u201d with 90 percent of her custom-blended spices adding zest and flavor to items on the caf\u00e9\u2019s menu.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to custom-blended spices, the menu offers breakfast and lunch items, including eight different \u201cpaleo\u201d menu options, a variety of gluten, soy, and dairy-free items, and six different homemade \u2013 and home-spiced \u2013 soups. They also serve sandwiches, salads and wraps, but Dutra said that they try to serve \u201cwhole foods\u201d as much as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

She originally started blending her own spices while working at East End Eatery, developing mixes for cookies, soups, dips and other items on the menu She took a lot of those recipes and ingredients with her into their new enterprise. She and her husband opened the online store, www.rachelsspicecompany.com, in May. Their signature blends include \u201cbread winner,\u201d \u201cdipping seasoning,\u201d \u201cfire salt\u201d and Dave\u2019s favorite, \u201cclucky number 18 chicken rub.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m super passionate about it, and I have a strange knack for coming up with the right blends,\u201d she said. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Dutra\u2019s work with another family-owned and operated business in Pennsylvania, who are spice wholesalers. \u201cThey provide me with the highest quality spices from around the world, some of which they grind for me and some that I grind myself,\u201d said Dutra.<\/span><\/p>\n

They also do her bottling and labeling for her. <\/span><\/p>\n

She said that her goal is to become a spice expert and to eventually work with chefs and restaurants throughout the region, and perhaps beyond, to supply them with her signature spices.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rachel\u2019s Caf\u00e9 and Spice Co. is open between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. They expect to open on Saturday by later in the year.\u00a0 <\/span>For more information, visit www.Rachelsspicecompany.com. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Maureen Werther Growing up, Rachel Dutra, co-owner of Rachel\u2019s Caf\u00e9 and Spice Co.,\u00a0 resisted the entrepreneurial urge that seems to run in her family\u2019s DNA. Her grandfather opened Castaway Marina after serving in the U.S. Navy. 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