Schlinke's Boot and Shoe Hospital
Schlinke Family Business Photographs
Mr. and Mrs. John Schlinke opened Schlinke’s Confectionary store at 107 N. 5th Street in Kingsville, Texas in 1908. The sign on the building read, “Ice Cold Drinks, Cigars, Ice Cream, Sodas, Restaurant, SHORT ORDER.” It was reported to be the first restaurant opened in Kingsville. In 1930 the family changed the business to a shoe repair at the same location. They named it Schlinke’s Boot and Shoe Hospital. A fire destroyed the building in the 1960s and a new building was built in 1969. The Schlinke’s reopened their shoe repair business and continue.