OUR STORY

In 1945, at the end of World War II, a sweet little baby was born in Heber City, UT. They named her "Judy." Soon, she was up walking around collecting tea sets. Now, in her memory, Judy's family has opened up her cozy victorian home to tea, breakfast & lunch for everyone! ~just as Judy used to do. 

You might enjoy seeing this list of our extended family's establishments that goes to show how hospitality runs through our veins:

Around 1930 Guy & Vera Heaton Chamberlain transition from milking cows on "Heaton's Ranch" to making that milk into ice cream. They decide to build & establish Kanab's first hotel & cafe. On the state historic register, it is now the camera shop at 19 W. Center Street (near Houston's Trail's End Restaurant). 

Her son, Garth, grows up to found the eccentric Moqui Cave along hwy. 89 just North of Kanab. It has been in continuous operation for 75 years, now.

On the other side of the family, Mary Jane Allen operated a farm stand in Wayne County, selling her family's cheese, vegetables, etc. Her daughter, Mary Ellen Jackson would grow up to become chef at Kanab's Parry Lodge , feeding Western Movie Stars such as John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Ronald Reagan, Dean Martin, Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Burt Lancaster, Lloyd Bridges and Max Baer Jr. Mary also pioneered dishes at Kanab's Houston's Trail's End Restaurant such as their pies and shrimp batter (which they still serve!). Operating other restaurants such as "Sill's Cafe" and "Main Street Station" (both Layton, UT), Mary and her daughter, Shana Ellison, were career cooks. Judy Hamblin, Mary Ellen's other daughter, operated "The Hungry Hut" near Richfield High School in the late 80's. These & other family restaurant endeavors make me, Angie Hamblin Card, a 5th-generation food proprietor. I could not be more proud of this, my delicious "foodie" heritage!