Cleburne Cafeteria

About the Business

Specialties

Cleburne Cafeteria is truly a family owned and operated business. We believe in offering a warm, cozy family environment, serving comfort food, with warm Southern home hospitality. We make everything from scratch and take pride in offering a wide variety of fresh salads, entrées, vegetables, and our famous desserts. We are celebrating almost eighty five continuous years in business. Today, Cleburne Cafeteria is run very much the way it was back in 1941. Our family looks forward to serving your family.

History

Established in 1941.

Nick Mickelis immigrated from Patmos, Greece in 1948, worked as a dish washer, pot washer and cook in his brothers restaurant. Nick met his future wife Pat, who taught Nick English and encouraged him to buy the Cleburne Cafeteria from two little ladies, that had established it 10 years earlier. Nick bought the Cleburne in 1951 and he and Pat worked side by side learning the ropes of the business and establishing the Cleburne, as a first class quality cafeteria. Cleburne Cafeteria is still run today using the freshest ingredients possible. Pat at 90 years old, still comes in everyday to oversee that all the original recipes are prepared the same way her and her late husband Nick would prepare them.

Meet the Business Owner

Business owner information

George M.

Business Owner

My mom and dad started the Cleburne and I work in the cafeteria everyday with my mom making sure everything is prepared with love, attention to detail and the freshest ingredients possible.