Old Mill Tasty Shop opened on March 1, 1932, on the corner of Douglas and St. Francis, where The Value Center sits now. It moved to its current location in 1940.
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An interior shot of Old Mill Tasty Shop in the 1930s.
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Old Mill Tasty Shop opened on March 1, 1932, on the corner of Douglas and St. Francis, where The Value Center sits now. It moved to its current location in 1940.
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Original Old Mill Tasty Shop owner Otto Woermke, second from left, poses outside the shop with employees in the 1930s.
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Original Old Mill Tasty Shop owner Otto Woermke poses with employees outside the restaurant in the 1930s.
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The exterior of the Old Mill Tasty Shop in the 1950s.
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A view of the Old Mill Tasty Shop soda fountain from its early days of business.
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Original Old Mill Tasty Shop owners Erna and Otto Woermke, behind the soda fountain, and a few employees in the 1940s.
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An overview of the Old Mill Tasty Shop dining room in the 1940s. Original owner Otto Woermke is at bottom left.
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Old Mill Tasty Shop's original owner Otto Woermke is seen chipping ice by hand in a shot from the 1940s.
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Otto Woermke works behind the counter of Old Mill Tasty Shop. This photo was taken in February of 1977.
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Original Old Mill Tasty Shop owner Erna Woermke firing up a fan in July of 1976.
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The Old Mill Tasty Shop menu as it appeared when the restaurant closed after Otto Woermke's 1981 death.
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John Wright, husband of current Old Mill Tasty Shop owner Mary Wright, operates the register shortly after the restaurant reopened in 1982.
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Mary Wright, who bought the Old Mill Tasty Shop in 1982, is shown in a 1997 photo.
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Old Mill Tasty Shop's Don Wright, who runs the restaurant with his mother, Mary Wright, is shown here with customer Nicki Daniels in a photo from 2000.
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Former longtime waiter Kurt Kessler delivers food to Old Mill Tasty Shop patrons in 2004.
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Erica Valdois pours milk shakes at the Old Mill Tasty Shop in downtown Wichita. This photo was taken in February of 2004.
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Old Mill Tasty Shop waitress Gale Cowan has worked at the restaurant since 1984. She's seen here celebrating her 20th anniversary at the restaurant in 2004.
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Old Mill Tasty Shop owner Mary Wright visits with customers during a 2009 lunch rush.
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Old Mill Tasty Shop owner Mary Wright visiting with customers in 2009.
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A view of the Old Mill Tasty Shop dining room in the summer of 2010.
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Mary Jo Jurey, Laura Robinson and Jane Robinson, left to right, enjoy dinner at the Old Mill Tasty Shop before an Intrust Bank Arena concert in the summer of 2010, when the shop started occasionally extending its evening hours to feed arena concertgoers. It now stays open until 8 p.m. every Friday and Saturday.
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Old Mill Tasty Shop general manager Don Wright with customers Mary Terhune, Kara Manny and Rachel Fehrenbacher, left to right, photographed in June of 2010.
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A couple enjoys their milk shake at Old Mill Tasty Shop in the summer of 2010.
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