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Welcome to Beckey’s Café All-American dining experince in downtown Columbus. PHOTOGRAPHY BY EMILY HENDERSON Every small town in Texas used to have one. Cozy downtown diners, serving up homestyle fare with a smile, seem to be almost a thing of the past. Fortunately for Columbus, Beckey’s Café is a hold out. Offering the most all-American dining experience possible, Beckey Zajicek Divin and her son, Bennie Zajicek, along with their dedicated staff, serve up timeless nostalgia seven days a week. “One of our big sellers is our tomato basil soup,” shared Beckey. “It’s really my granddaughter’s favorite. She’s also the taste-tester for several of our dishes. Another favorite is our chicken and dumplings that have homemade dumplings. Many times, Benny makes the chicken and he does a really good job. The pies are all made right here and sometimes we run out of a lot of favorites. The blueberry pies have locally grown blueberries. We also bake chocolate, cherry, coconut meringue, apple and more. If you haven’t tried them, you just don’t know how good our pies are. And we don’t have any changes on the horizon. We’re just going to keep doing things the way we’ve been doing them.” 22 | COLUMBUS, TEXAS
Top left, Bennie Zajiicek welcomes patrons to Beckey’s Café; top right, a group of locals solve the world’s problems every morning; middle, breakfast is served all day; bottom, photos on the wall are a combination of Beckey’s and other area photographers’ art.
