The [Ken Martin] label now covers almost every single restaurant M&W Restaurants was involved in that had a College Station/Bryan address (except for Pepe's Mexican Food, which is still open).
Our look at 1803 S. Texas Avenue begins around 1964 when it opened as a location of The Chicken Shack (Leslie's Chicken Shack) originally and at one time, you could access the restaurant next door with the parking lot. In 1971 it closed and became "The Steak House" later that year, owned by Ken Martin and Joe Ruiz (see article). By 1974 it was advertised as being "Ken Martin's The Steak House" and then, Ken Martin's Steak House. The first incarnation of Ken Martin's had what I've heard was the "cave room" (a dark dining room area) but don't have any pictures of it.
In 1985, the restaurant relocated to the former Pacific Coast Highway at 3231 East 29th Street where it would remain for almost the next thirty years.
In 1992-1993 it would briefly serve as one-off Sparkey's Pizza before Allred Motor Company in 1996, which gave way to Eastep Auto Sales in the late 2000s, which abandoned the location in the mid-2010s to move across the street. Finally, there's this Loopnet with some great aerials. I've got them all backed up for posterity.
