Back in 2020, two retired couples from Paris, Brad and Christi Coe and Greg and Penny Skidmore, were discussing their futures. “We were talking about getting a camper and traveling across the world,” Penny recalls. Soon after, an ad popped up on Facebook for a used Airstream trailer in nearby Clarksville, in the far northeastern corner of Texas. They all drove down together to take a look and decided to buy it. As they were renovating it, the idea of a commercial kitchen supplanted the bedroom layout. “I don’t know how that part happened,” Penny admits, but the plan shifted to realize her husband’s lifelong dream of running a restaurant. Along with help from the Coes’ daughter Catelin and granddaughter MaryAnn, the couples opened Fireside…

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