Today's Statesman obituary of Joe Avila of Joe's Bakery on East Seventh mentions that he was making pies right up until Christmas, and customers discuss the restaurant's status as a neighborhood institution: "In West Texas, they talk about how Dairy Queens are the places that you go to have coffee and know what's going on in town...Well, Joe's is the place where you find out what's going on in the community here." [Statesman]
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