DRIFTWOOD — Nearly 11 years ago, Travis and Tamra Tindol were driving down FM 150 when they spotted the closed-down Hays City Store convenience shop. Turning to each other, they asked, “Why don’t we make a little cafe here,” and the rest is history, said the pair. Now, the restaurant is celebrating its 10-year anniversary.
The two were initially managing separate restaurants, with Tamra in Austin and Travis in Dripping Springs, when they decided to open a business together.
“A month or two after we moved to the area, [a convenient store by the same name] closed down. It was kind of a disappointment for everybody that lived in the area because we kind of relied on it,” said Tamra. “So, we reached out to the person that owned it at the time … [and] he agreed to sell us the property [in October 2014].”
