Coffee Pot Cafe may be gone but it's filled to the brim with memories

Photo courtesy of John Van de Kamp | Posted: Saturday, January 2, 2010 12:00 am

ABOVE: A photo from 1981 shows the interior of the Coffee Pot Cafe with its hand-painted portraits of Presidents by Sedalian Pat Clark. In the background, below the wall clock, is the “back table,” a favorite meeting place for city officials, according to Van de Kamp. In the center of the photo, the cafe's owner, John Van de Kamp, right, talks with his grandson, David Van de Kamp, and his daughter-in-law, Kitty Van de Kamp.