Cris Crouch Graham, the youngest daughter of the late Hondo Crouch, opened Hondo’s on Main 12 years ago for one simple reason. “I just wanted to bring Luckenbach to Main Street and add a restaurant,” she said. Crouch Graham also wanted a place with live music, since there were no live music venues o...

Starry’s Studio has been through three incarnations in its lifetime, making some wonder what its walls would say if they could talk. Before opening as a business, the building began in 1951 as a workshop. “Dad wanted a workshop,” said Melissa Starry. “My parents had the house nearby.” In 1989, it be...

Jym Mitchell keeps two Bruce Lee movie posters on the wall at Texas Karate Shop: “Enter the Dragon” and “Fists of Fury.” “I use movie quotes all the time,” said Mitchell, who has operated the business for 33 years. “Sometimes I’ll show them the pagoda scene in Lee’s film ‘Game of Death,’ so they can...

A Southern California native who moved to Texas long ago decided to open the store where she always wanted to shop. Yee Haw Ranch Outfitters was the r...

After 28 years in the Mexican restaurant business in Mason, Michael Zavala decided to get into the food service business here. “I’ve always wanted to ...

Diane Moellering’s path to becoming owner of Precision Cuts started with a high school cosmetology program. “I took it to fill time, since my parents ...