The Statesman is reporting that Hill’s Cafe on South Congress is closing.
According to the report, the closing is temporary: the owners of the property are planning to convert it into a “mixed-use development” and say they plan to re-open Hill’s as part of that: “a process that could take at least two years”.
I know it’s historic and all that, but just like the Frisco, I’ve always found the food to be mediocre at best. There were some folks who liked it (though it also always seemed oddly empty on Saturday nights): as Lawrence said when I told him: “I guess the first Earl Cooley Memorial Hill’s Cafe Dinner was also the last.”
At least for the next two years. After that…
They were better than Frisco. They had good burgers and chicken fried steak.