Kenneth and Lisa Vines were both born in California in towns about 325 miles apart. Kenneth in the town of Ceres, about 100 miles east of San Francisco. He doesn't remember to much about it since his family moved to Paris when he was two. Lisa was born in Inglewood near Los Angles. Her family moved to Paris when she was 12 ...... and alas ..... they became high school sweethearts and married in 1977. As Kenny says, "after marrying we decided to try the big city". They moved to Kansas City, Missouri where Kenny worked in a fiberglass factory with Lisa's father. After about 9 months Kenny decided that "the big city life" was not for him and was not a place to raise a family. They consequently moved back to Paris, started a family and as Kenneth says, he worked at about every kind of job there was. On a dairy farm with his father, at John Deere Tractor, Purina Feed Mill, was a truck driver and sold a few cars for Paris Ford. Lisa meanwhile worked at Tastee Freeze, John Deere and an abstract company. And of course, became mother to 6 little Vines. In 1990 Kenneth proposed the idea of putting a restaurant in the building that was once the "22 Cafe" to his sister Linda. She proceeded to let Kenny know just how crazy he was and the subject was dropped. About 3 months later, Linda decided that just maybe, it wouldn't be such a bad idea. After all, where could you get a good "home cooked" meal. And as they say, "the rest is history". Course, at the time neither Kenny nor Linda knew that she would be moving to Fort Smith in a couple of years. The remodeling of the old 22 Cafe building took about one year to complete. The entire building was gutted and the interior was started from scratch. The Grapevine Restaurant opened for business on February 11, 1991 at 11:00. Menus were still being put together and handed to customers pouring in the door. Great strides have been made since that day, and The Grapevine Restaurant provides a great family atmosphere with an excellent menu. Features include a semi-circle bar, smoking and non-smoking sections, a banquet room perfect for meetings and gatherings, meats smoked on the premises, and the finest homemade bread you'll ever eat. The Vine family "invites you to join us" for breakfast, lunch or dinner Monday through Saturday.