Right down the street. That place used to be called Caps. I will have to tell you stories about that place, but only in person. 
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Ken, what sort of stories?
The building has a new facade on it now in faux stone, and is for sale…
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It used to be out in the boonies back in the day. Lot’s of shenanigans in/around/down the street.
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Tell us after you wake up from your nap!
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Ken,
Speaking of shenanigans and history what is the story with the “pines” motel?
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Lisa will likely split this off (as she should). But here it is:
The Pine Motel was initially a really nice motor lodge and had one of the first swimming pools in Denton County. Rumors are that there are some bodies at the bottom of the pool which is now filled in.
During the Texas International Pop Festival in 1969, the pines hosted some of the headliner bands, supposedly Janice Joplin, Santana, Grand Funk Railroad filled the motel.
By the time I moved to Lewisville in 1974, it was a wreck and a pretty low grade place, not even making 1 star.
The City of Lewisville has constantly looked for ways to improve the look of the place. Since they have never remodeled the motel everything is still grandfathered. The Pines does just enough maintenance to avoid being condemned.
Lewisville itself has some pretty interesting history including a bank robbery by Bonnie & Clyde. And the story how our football team got the name Fighting Farmers.
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Not to help hijack my own post, but there is that restaurant in downtown Lewisville where a doctor Bonnie and Clyde kidnapped to patch them up once lived too right. https://www.yelp.com/biz/tierneys-cafe-and-tavern-lewisville
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Tierney’s is one block from my office. Well old office, moved back to a home office.
Pretty good food, try the potato chip chicken.
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My wife loves that one, but that restaurant is so SLOW we stopped going.
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If y’all are interested in local and regional history, check out my wife’s site:
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Your wife’s site is very cool. Quite a collection of information. Thanks for posting it!
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She’s a DMS family member, but isn’t on Talk.
You can find her on Facebook easy enough. She’s wrapping up her 5th book now which is covering ghost towns in area. 
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Why are they called the fighting farmers
They chased down a bank robber in 1946 and earned the nickname of “Fighting Farmers”
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