Small Town Stories THE HISTORY OF

In the mid 1930's a lady by the name of Inez White worked at the Quality Café located on South 4th Street. When the opportunity to start working in a new and upcoming cafe, Ms. White made the career change and accepted the head waitress position at the Lincoln Café.

Lincoln Café opened at 305 West Chickasha Avenue, where we are waiting for "Taqueria Mí Hacienda" to open in present day. In the above photograph, you can see the inside of the restaurant. By 1947, Ms. White became the owner of the café until 1952 when records of the café and Ms. White no longer exist.

The café served breakfast, sandwiches, salads and had daily specials. Customers could order chicken in a basket with shoestring potatoes, hot roll and butter for $0.50. If that price doesn't impress, you could also order lobster tail and butter for $0.40.

An original Lincoln Café artifact can be found on display at the Grady County Museum - a glass pitcher (or creamer). It's machine pressed glass has the words "Post Cereals Measured Creamer" located on the bottom.