406 E Washington St 

Jake and Dorothy Roach had this masonry one-story building constructed in 1948 when they opened their restaurant.  Because of the immediate success of their café, the building was enlarged three times between 1948 and 1953. Jake and  Dorothy’s Café presents a horizontal rectangular profile set back from E. Washington St. with a shallow parking lot in  front. The façade, or north elevation along E. Washington St., features tan brick walls and a straight mansard roof  covered with scalloped wood shingles. The off-center main entryway is under a dry-stacked stone portico with a shed  roof and two glass and metal doors facing east and west. The façade features two other door openings; one has a glass  and metal door and plate-glass window and one has a wood door surrounded by wood enclosures. There are three  window bays filled with fixed-metal windows. A rear metal addition adjoins the southwest end of the building and houses kitchen facilities under a gabled composition roof, with a stair-stepped parapet facing west along S. Vine Ave.  A rear addition on the southeast end of the building has vertical wood plank walls and a gabled metal roof. Jake and  Dorothy’s Café has been in continuous operation since 1948. In December 2008, Texas Monthly featured Jake and  Dorothy’s as one of Texas’ 40 best small-town cafes.