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Texas Eateries (page 2)

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Williams Fried Chicken
Dallas, TX
The Williams Fried Chicken was established in 1987. This building was constructed in 1968. I don't know what restaurant was here originally. [map]

Melios Brothers Char Bar
Dallas, TX		 USA Donuts
Dallas, TX
The Melios Brothers Char Bar was built as the Char Bar in 1969. The Melios name was added in 1971. The restaurant closed in 2019. The building now houses Son of a Butcher. [map]

USA Donuts has occupied this building since at least 2008. It may have been a restaurant originally. [map]

Burger House
Dallas, TX
Burger House opened in 1951. There are seven other locations but this is the original one. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

former Brinks Coffee Shop
Dallas, TX
The former Brinks Coffee Shop was designed by Paul & Paul and built in 1964. The pole sign shapes are original. By 2009, the building was housing a laundromat. Since 2020, the building has housed Lucky's Hot Chicken. For more, see this website. [map]

More Dallas:
Taco Loco Wagon
Wimpy's Famous Burgers

Gnome Cones [gone]
Denton, TX
Gnome Cones was not vintage but I've included it anyway since its interior was so special. This snow cone and ice cream business opened in 2019. It closed in 2023 after a fire. The building remains vacant and the signs and statue have been removed. The first location in Argyle, TX opened as a walk-up stand in 2017. It has also closed. There are other Gnome statues like this in Vero Beach, FL, Garden City, ID, Los Angeles, CA, Denver, CO, and elsewhere.

El Hut Cafe
El Paso, TX
I don't know what restaurant the El Hut Cafe building housed originally. It housed the Caribe Mariscos restaurant until around 2015. This photo is from 2017. [map]

former Horne's [gone]
Gainesville, TX
This former Horne's would have had a yellow roof originally. This location was built in the late 1960s or early 1970s. There were five other locations in Texas. This location had probably closed by the mid-1980s. It later housed The Warehouse, a flea market. The building had been vacant since at least 2006. It was demolished around 2024. For more about the chain, see this website.

Gordon:
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