A Local Favorite

ID: 652 ~ Source: Image courtesy of Health Camp
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A Local Favorite

Originally the restaurant was just a kitchen and walk-up window. Despite its location outside of downtown, Health Camp served as a communal gathering point for many Wacoans.

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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…