Gary Kent photo.Minas Talarantas shows off the recently remodeled dining room at his new business, the Beeville Diner. Previously one of the owners of the City Diner on Water Street in Corpus Christi, Talarantas said he is coming to Beeville with the hopes of making his customers happy and with the desire to fit in the community.
Gary Kent photo.Minas Talarantas shows off the recently remodeled dining room at his new business, the Beeville Diner. Previously one of the owners of the City Diner on Water Street in Corpus Christi, Talarantas said he is coming to Beeville with the hopes of making his customers happy and with the desire to fit in the community.
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No New York state of mind here
by Gary Kent
08:00 AM, Thursday, May 23
BEEVILLE – For Minas Talarantas, the road from his native Greece to the quiet life in Beeville took a huge and unpleasant detour. Talarantas was only 13 when his family left Europe and traveled to New York City. “I had no choice,” he admitted as h...

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