Yogi’s Deli & Grill . a bagel bakery and breakfast cafe that became a gathering place for the Tanglewood, has changed hands after 27 years under founder “Yogi” Florsheim.
John Pritchett , the former owner of Wild Acre Brewing and Restaurant, bought Yogi’s in mid-September and will keep it “because it’s a great place and people love it,” he said.
The restaurant, 2710 S. Hulen St., began in 1997 as a bagel shop, breakfast grill and lunch cafe when the Stonegate neighborhood was new.
It became a gathering place for the Stonegate area, the nearby Tanglewood neighborhood and for students and fans at TCU.
“It’s hard to step away after working for 50 years, but it’s something that I needed to do,” Florsheim said. He worked at a coffee company before teaming up with a bagel shop owner to open Yogi’s.
“It turned out to be a lot more than I ever thought it would be,” he said, remembering regular customers from the police department, TCU athletes, late New York Yankees star Dr. Bobby Brown and late sportswriter Dan Jenkins.