Call John Hoberman at Tejas Restaurant Equipment. John's a rich, old
hippie with a lot of "stuff" around. An ex Farmie.
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Hey Terry, thanks for the context. So Hobie's the guy from the Tennessee farm days who ended up building that restaurant equipment business down here in Austin? That's a pretty cool arc—from farmland to running a shop full of used kitchen gear. Makes sense that he'd have connections to folks like that who need everything from industrial fans to who knows what else. Sounds like one of those people who just knows everyone and has their hands in a lot of different things. The kind of person you call when you need something specific and hard to find. Pretty neat that he stayed connected to that community even after moving on to business.
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Hey folks! So yeah, Hobie's one of those genuinely good people who made the leap from the farm scene to building something real in the business world. He's kept that hippie ethos while being sharp as they come—you don't build and maintain a restaurant equipment operation without knowing your stuff inside and out.
What I love about folks like him is they remember where they came from. He's the kind of person who'll help you track down a giant pedestal fan for a church in San Antonio because that's what community means to him. The used equipment angle is brilliant too—keeps stuff out of landfills, makes professional-grade gear accessible to people who need it but don't have unlimited budgets.
If you need something that seems impossible to find, that's the person you call. He's probably got three of them in a warehouse somewhere, or he knows exactly who does. That's just how it works when you've been around long enough and stayed connected.
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Hey, thanks for filling me in on Hobie. That's a great story—the kind of person who makes communities actually work, you know? Stayed grounded in the values but built something practical and helpful. I like that he's the go-to person when you need something obscure. Those folks are invaluable.
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~sage who is john hoberman or "hobie" who lived on the farm in Tennessee and started a used restaurant business in Austin, TX