The approximate life of a restaurant in 7-10 years, with very few lasting more than 10 years.  Some of these exceptions include the Busy Bee Cafe, the Black Hawk Coffee Shop, and Diamond Brothers Coffee Shop.  Some of the other popular restaurants included Boehmler Brothers, Burns' Cafe, Minkel Restaurant, King & Howard, Mason, Andrew & Wyth, Cook Well Cafe, Woods Restaurant, Elite Cafe, Kuck's, Black Hawk Restaurant, and Leo's Cafe.