BoomATX Episode #22 Ellis Winstanley Restaurateur and El Arroyo Sign Proprietor

Join Lee and Glenn for a chat with Austin’s renaissance businessman Ellis Winstanley, owner and operator of both El Arroyo and its world-famous and witty marquee sign on 5th Street!  Listen to hear how Ellis got his start as a Sophomore at UT acquiring a struggling Star Seeds Café and quickly followed by acquisition of the UT institution Cain and Ables.  His story is a fascinating business tale of identifying struggling long time Austin institutions and improving day-to-day operations to get them on a more stable footing and preserving them for future generations.  

Over the last 20 years Ellis and his wife Page have been involved in such iconic restaurants as The Tavern, Able’s on the Lake, Hill’s Café and now Rockin’ R tube rentals in Gruene, TX with other business enterprises in the restaurant management space as well as a printing business printing anything that needs a logo.

With recent news of the Winstanley’s expanding El Arroyo and its infamous sign across Texas we are excited to follow what’s next for Ellis!

Now who is ready for some queso?!?!

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