A Resounding Success
This file appears in: Health Camp
The success of the Health Camp mobile canteen at James Connally Air Force Base provided Schaevitz and Stein with the funds to lease a small building on the traffic circle from the owners of the Elite Cafe and open a permanent restaurant in 1949.
This file appears in: Health Camp
Health Camp
In 1948, brothers-in-law Jack Schaevitz and Lou Stein opened a small mobile food cart at James Connally Air Force Base. The two became so successful selling burgers and frozen custard to military men that they opened a small restaurant on the Waco…