Ol’ Timers Diner hosts ribbon cutting ceremony
Ol’ Timers Diner, located at 318 W. Walker St., held a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday morning, Dec. 7.
Owner Paula Roach and employee Danica Everette were joined by Chamber of Commerce members for the event.
Under previous ownership, the restaurant was known as Pam’s Cafe, Nail’s Diner and a couple of earlier cafes.
Ol’ Timers Diner is open from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays; from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays; and from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. The menu includes traditional American cafe fare, such as burgers, sandwiches, steak fingers, chicken strips, French fries, onion rings, tater tots, as well as breakfast items and lunch specials.
Paula Roach, center right, and Danica Everette, center left, cut the ribbon at Ol’ Timers Diner, along with Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Yuri Huntington, Patrick Garcia with Pat’s Deliveries, and Ronnie Langford and Debbie Brennan with the Chamber. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)
Cutline, top photo: Paula Roach, owner of Ol’ Timers Diner, and Danica Everette, an employee of the diner, are running the restaurant in the location that has been serving food for about 100 years in Breckenridge. They serve traditional American diner fare, including breakfast, sandwiches, hamburgers and plate lunch specials. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)
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