CC's Elbow Room has been sold to two Brookfield residents. 'The Elbow Room' opens in June.

A beloved Brookfield bar and restaurant is getting a second lease on life under new ownership by a trio that includes two Brookfield residents.

CC's Elbow Room, 2850 N. Brookfield Road, has been purchased by Jake Dehne, owner of Sydra Group which operates the downtown Milwaukee bars Red White and Blue and Lucky Clover Irish Pub, and his business partners Robert Jude and Seth Dehne.

Jude and Jake Dehne are from Brookfield.

The business partners plan to reopen in Brookfield in June as The Elbow Room.

Cee Cee Ceman opened the bar and restaurant in 2021 in the space that was formerly Sabella's Pub, fulfilling a dream in her home of Brookfield, she told the Journal Sentinel. Ceman closed and put the business up for sale in November 2023 to spend more time with her family following her daughter's cancer diagnosis.

"It was unfortunate circumstances that (Ceman's business) had to close, and we plan to keep the energy and neighborhood feel that Cee Cee created in that the space,” Jake Dehne said in a news release. "We want to be that neighborhood bar where they know your name when you walk in."

The Elbow Room plans to serve up its staples of smash burgers, pizza and wings and open seven days a week for lunch and late-night hours. The menu will include weekly specials and a new bourbon, wine and tequila list.

"We know it is a smaller space to work with, but we have a huge patio for people to enjoy the outdoors," Jude said in the release. The owners plan to add a pergola for shade and equipment to heat the space in the fall, according to the release.

Jake Dehne previously owned and operated Buckhead Saloon, The Pub Club, Suite, Upper 90 Sports Pub and Have a Nice Day Café.

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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: CC's Elbow Room in Brookfield sold, new owners plan a June opening