College Park Cafe has been a local fixture since the early 1950s; it recently celebrated its most recent three years under the ownership and management of Joey Eckenfels and Alan Saunders. The reasons for their success? Taking care of their staff and consistent quality, Eckenfels said. The duo is looking for opportunities to open other concepts, including diner-adjacent, but they want to find the right space and the right owners.
“It’s the smaller landlords that I have respect for,” Eckenfels said. “When we wanted this space, we met in their office, and they asked us a couple of questions. There was no credit check. There were no bank statements. They wanted to know who we were. Those are the types of people that I like…..