Elite Cafe During the Great Depression

ID: 1308 ~ Source: Colias, George Nicholas, interviewed by Vicki Klaras, January 13, 1987, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview
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George Nicholas Colias talks about how the restaurant fed people during the Great Depression.

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By Amanda Sawyer
In the early twentieth century, George and Michael Colias immigrated to America from Sparta, Greece, in order to join their two brothers residing in Waco. Just teenagers at the time, the four young men worked together at Chris’ Café as busboys and…