Listed variously as Roth’s Cafe or Roth’s Restaurant, this eatery was in business from at least 1946 to 1967. 2701 Ft.Worth Avenue would have put the building in the same location as the old Bronco Bowl, maybe on the west end of the lot, right where the used car lot now sits in front of Home Depot. I have no recollection of the building, but that atomic tower must have been pretty cool.

The Green Hut Cafe - 113 W. Jefferson

The Green Hut Cafe was open for at least ten years, from about 1938-1948. It was first located at 244 W. Jefferson, and then moved across the street and down a block to 113. Its slogan was “Finest Foods at Popular Prices”, but in 1943 an injunction was issued against its proprietors for selling beer in excess of wartime price ceilings. In March 1948 the cafe suffered damage from a fire that started in its kitchen, which also damaged several neighboring businesses. It may never have recovered.