Chaparral Street was bustling in the 1930s, with several newly completed large projects, including The Ritz and the Pope Building, also known as the Medical Professional Building and now the former Sea Gulf Villa. On its first floor, at 412 N. Chaparral, was Faust Café, owned by Greek immigrant Meydon P. Lymbery.
In the back, cooks wore white aprons and prepared the meals in a very simple setup—a single table at the center of the room with a large row of industrial sinks. Hanging on clotheslines above the cooks were wash rags drying after being laundered. In the days before single-use paper towels or efficient washing machines, keeping a restaurant kitchen tidy had challenges we rarely consider today…