Sawyer & Co Remembers Their Predecessor Arkie's Grill

Sawyer & Co, the retro diner on East Cesar Chavez, paid tribute to spirit of Arkie's Grill, the space's previous tenant last week with these photos on Twitter.

This week, Eater explored how classic diners are being updated for the modern age, which includes Sawyer & Co:

Faye Sawyer opened Arkie's Grill — a blue-collar diner serving omelettes, breakfast tacos, and daily specials — in 1948, running it until 1994. Sawyer died in 1998, and the diner changed hands a few times before Shallcross, now a chef, purchased the property. "I very much wanted to revive Arkie's," Shallcross says, "and revive the sense of community that I remember when I first went there."

"@EaterAustin: Send us your favorite photos or memorabilia from older Austin restaurants: Arkie's Grill pic.twitter.com/vnM4JsaBEa

— Sawyer & Co. Austin (@Sawyeratx) January 24, 2015