The Story of The Coffee Cup Restaurant

This collection of materials was compiled and authoried by Aleta Jonie Maschek. The Coffee Cup Restaurant, a Ruskin institution at the corner of today's US 41 and Shell Point Road (a vacant lot is all that remains on the SE corner), was originally owned and operated by Paul B. and Ester C. Dickman. Most of the material contained in the collection was published in the News Observer (the dates are not shown on the material.) Digitized with the permission of the News Observer. Illustrations by Everett W. Michaels, Ruskin artist.