Inspiring Conversations with Ellis Winstanley of El Arroyo Voyage
When Ellis Winstanley and his wife, Paige, bought El Arroyo in 2012, they were buying more than just a popular local Tex-Mex restaurant. They were buying a brand that would become internationally recognized - thanks in large part to the restaurant's witty marquee messages - despite only having a single location in Austin, Texas. In this episode of Forktales, we talk with Ellis about El.
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It all began with a couple of UT college kids, fraternal twins Austin and Ellis Winstanley. They didn't start out to be restaurateurs (Ellis wanted to go to the Naval Academy) but before either had turned 21, they owned Star Seeds Cafe off I-35 at 32nd. The place did an immediate financial turnaround, and then they started Cain and Abels on.
El Arroyo coowner Ellis Winstanley on how TexMex eatery is surviving
It might just be our guest today, Ellis Winstanley with 11 active positions currently listed on his LinkedIn, some of which include Board Member of the Texas Restaurant Association, President of El Arroyo in Austin, and President of Axial Shift, an operations platform for restaurants. Whichever position you choose, Ellis brings valuable.
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McPhail sold El Arroyo to Ellis and Paige Winstanley in 2012 and stopped managing the sign in 2013. However, the sign is still changed daily. A year later, McPhail moved to Denver to open the.
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Ellis Winstanley, part of the Rezerve Group LLC, also owns Cain & Abel's and was a previous partner at Star Seeds Cafe and Tavern Ausitn. A judge approved a $450K loan for the restaurant on Monday.
Inspiring Conversations with Ellis Winstanley of El Arroyo Voyage
Today we'd like to introduce you to Ellis Winstanley. Hi Ellis, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today. Since 1975, El Arroyo has been […]
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10,000 likes. Add a comment. That's why, when the restaurant (along with its vintage '80s marquee board) got new owners in 2012, they didn't want to change much. We sat down with current owners Ellis and Page Winstanley to talk about the sign, the quotes, and the importance of being able to laugh in life. How did the El Arroyo sign get its start?
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Ellis Winstanley. Executive Chairman & Co-Founder @ Axial Shift | Enterprise Restaurant Operations Platform. 7mo. Please come by and say hello if you are in Houston during the show (Sunday and.
Inspiring Conversations with Ellis Winstanley of El Arroyo Voyage
Ellis got started in the Bar and Restaurant Industry at the age of 18 as a bar back. By the age of 21, he became a proprietor with his purchase of Star Seeds Cafe. Over the next 20 years, Ellis developed a nack for flipping restaurants, and become a serial entrepreneur. In terms of restaurants, today, Ellis is the owner of El Arroyo, Cane and.
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Ellis Winstanley and his wife are real life restaurant rescuers. They've built up a reputation in Texas for saving legacy eateries that fell on hard times for one reason or another. "A lot of times, things have just lost their way a little bit and there's no massive change," Winstanley says. "J ust a thousand incremental improvements.
Inspiring Conversations with Ellis Winstanley of El Arroyo Voyage
Ellis Winstanley is co-owner of the West Fifth Street Tex-Mex restaurant El Arroyo. Part of Small Business Big Mission project.. Winstanley said sales have grown roughly 400% every year since.
Inspiring Conversations with Ellis Winstanley of El Arroyo Voyage
Ellis Winstanley: When I was 18, I'd walk down Sixth Street in a shirt and tie looking for bartender gigs. Finally, Side Street gave me a chance. It was like the Wild West: The operating partner there used to put on a raggedy Easter Bunny costume when he'd drink too much. He'd fall asleep at the register, so we'd just stop charg-ing.
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Lake Highlands High 1999 grad Ellis Winstanley owns El Arroyo and other popular Austin hotspots including Cain and Abel's, Abel's on the Lake, Hill's Café and Star Seeds Café.He released the El Arroyo Big Book of Signs Volume 1 just in time for Christmas 2017, and he's working on Volume 2 now.
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By Ellis Winstanley Apr 28, 2021. Activity Have to share this giantest picture ever of our Friend, Partner, & President Sam Bakhshandehpour! This a beautiful exciting project and very proud…
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Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images. A restaurant software startup from El Arroyo owner Ellis Winstanley has secured $4 million in seed funding that it will use to grow the company. Known as Axial.
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El Arroyo may be an Austin institution, but its owner Ellis Winstanley is a Lake Highlands native who grew up near Merriman Park Elementary. "It's kind of a world of its own," he says. "It doesn't feel like it's part of Dallas. It feels like its own town called Lake Highlands.". Winstanley — who moved to Austin as a college.
