A 1989 San Antonio Express-News “Business opens” brief naming Olympia Mobile Alignment Service as a new tenant at 601 Delaware St. — the same address that for sixty years (c. 1912–1972) housed first Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co., then Master Chef Food Products under Continental Coffee. Olympia’s business model is mobile, on-site computerized alignment for the large-truck industry — 18-wheelers, tractors, large trucks, and buses — across South Texas; the only requirement is a “large, level parking space for the vehicle needing the work.” Phone 534-3444. The brief is the second of two post-coffee 601 Delaware tenant attestations we’ve now logged from the 1980s — the July 1985 unnamed non-food route-sales classified and this 1989 alignment-service opening. Together they sketch the building’s drift away from food/beverage manufacturing in the post-Wagner decades and document its repurposing for industrial-vehicle service — a use that fits the loading-dock-and-yard footprint a former roasting plant would have offered.

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Business opens

▪ Olympia Mobile Alignment Service has opened at 601 Delaware St., catering to the needs of the large-truck industry in South Texas.

Its computerized on-site service is available for 18-wheelers, tractors, large trucks and buses. The only requirement is a large, level parking space for the vehicle needing the work.

The phone number for the company is 534-3444.

Significance

• Named 1989 tenant of 601 Delaware: Olympia Mobile Alignment Service — a previously undocumented occupant of the former H&H plant address. Adds a second 1980s data point alongside the July 1985 unnamed non-food route-sales tenant.
• Use-conversion arc: By 1989 the building’s industrial use has shifted decisively from food/beverage to vehicle service — fitting if the property retained truck-loading docks and yard space from the coffee era.
• Curator follow-up: Cross-check the 1989 SA city directory for Olympia Mobile Alignment and the reverse-lookup for 534-3444 to verify the listing and pick up any officer / address-history detail.

Source

• San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, Texas), Tuesday, 1 August 1989, page 14 — “Business opens” brief.
• Newspapers.com: https://www.newspapers.com/image/1269795321/ (accessed 20 May 2026).
• Archive: assets/pdfs/1989-08-01-san-antonio-express-news-olympia-mobile-alignment-601-delaware-business-opens.pdf.