Growing Business

ID: 621 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
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The original Elite Cafe possessed the capability to seat approximately 120 guests around a horseshoe-shaped counter, with a few dining tables on a balcony on the second floor. In the 1920s, the Colias brothers leased the building next door and expanded the cafe into a dining room, increasing the seating capability of the restaurant to around 300 guests.

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By Amanda Sawyer
Faced with decreased business and enormous renovation costs, the brothers decided to sell the restaurant in 1986. David Tinsley, a well-known Texan restaurateur, purchased the Elite Café for…