A number of people have owned an/or operated the café since it was built in 1940. The late Jack Lavine was its first proprietor after its construction. Ray and Evelyn Harmon followed the Lavine's ownership, and it was during their tenure that Kiester old-timers, most now deceased, fondly recalled a very exclusive "card room" in the café's basement! Adval and Gert Trustem took over after the Harmans, running it through the 1950s and into the 1960s. Ervin and Delores Trytten became proprietors. Roger Oldfather purchased the café from them in 1967 and ran it until 1977, when he sold it to Julie Wigern. Julie put both her heart and soul into the establishment, moving it forward until 2003, when Brandon and Jean Hagenson became owners and operated until 2006.