Ganado Theater and Cafe

by Debra Martz

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Ganado Theater and Cafe

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Debra Martz

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Photograph - Photography

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Ganado Theater and Cafe - Texas by Debra Martz When driving to the same destination many times, we often choose to change things a bit and try a new backroad. This was the case after leaving a family visit in the Houston area and driving back to Corpus Christi after Father's Day. I thought we had driven most of the roads over time but it turned out that we hadn't been through Ganado, Texas on State hwy 172...at least not to our recollection. It was actually my husband that mentioned the theater sign up ahead and so we stopped. While walking up and down, back and forth, trying to determine my composition, I also noticed the Ganado Cafe sign and decided to include it. So I backed up some more and then wanted the lamppost in the image. As you can see from the clouds, the rain was about to unleash but I was able to get a few shots before it started falling heavy.

Once back home, I googled the Ganado Theater and found it had a rich history...for starters, it was the first theater in America to have an all digital, fiber-optic audio network. It was originally one of sixty theaters owned by J.D. Long of Long Theaters in Bay City, Texas. The blueprints were completed in 1939 with a budget of $12,500. In June of 1941, Ganado Cinema opened, offering 327 seats at 40 cents for adults and 9 cents for children. It's first movie was a Western titled “Lady From Cheyenne.” Ganado Cinema is under private ownership today and is the last operational movie theater of the Long Theater chain and one of the few remaining theaters of its historic lineage. Read more about the theater here: http://www.ganadocinema.com/about.html

I wasn't quite as fortunate to finding information on the cafe but did find a few reviews on Yelp, TripAdvisor and such with some raves about the best hamburgers and chicken fried steaks!!!

Copyright by Debra Martz
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July 10th, 2018

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