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Stein moved to Colorado with his family after many years with the business, leaving the operation to Schaevitz. Schaevitz retired in 1989 at the age of 78, leaving the business in the hands of well-known restaurateur David Tinsley.

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Health Camp

By Amanda Sawyer

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…