For years, East Dallasites wondered what would become of their local Luby’s, with its buffet line frozen by the COVID-19 pandemic. As the company waited for a buyer-savior in 2020, Luby’s announced that it would dissolve—then, the next year, a Chicago entrepreneur signed on to recuperate most of the forty remaining locations in Texas. By that time, though, restaurateur Jon Alexis was already in negotiations to buy the East Dallas property from its owner, the Catholic Diocese of Dallas. For three decades, the beloved—though admittedly decrepit—cafeteria served fried fish, Bacon Cheese Steak, liver and onions, and Ambrosia fruit salad to generations of Dallasites. Alexis remembers his dad taking him to the restaurant for his first LuAnn platter (a half entrée, two sides, and bread) when…
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