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Cafe Texas

by Anne Church and David Van Brink, 03/27/2001

Cafe Texas was an installation piece deployed at the 2001 Garden Shed party in Berkeley, CA. A dismal shed was illuminated with a bare light bulb, and visitors could read the single-sheet summary of various offenders who were executed in Texas. An amplified soundtrack portrayed the cooking of each offender's final meal request, which visitors could also read.

This web page lets you select from the nine offenders, and hear their final meal preparation.

Execution	Last Name	First Name	TDCJ Number	Date	Final Meal Request
12	Barney	Jeffery	714	04/16/1986	Two boxes of frosted flakes and a pint of milk
25	Thompson	John	610	07/08/1987	Freshly squeezed orange juice
53	Griffin	Jeffery	647	11/19/1992	T-bone steak, catsup and iced tea
64	Holland	David	820	08/12/1993	Cheeseburger, french fries and coffee
77	Nethery	Stephen	698	05/27/1994	Two cheeseburgers with lettuce, tomato and onion, french fries and milk
135	Stone	Benjamin	999187	09/25/1997	Coke
150	McFarland	Frank	963	04/29/1998	Heaping portion of lettuce, a sliced tomato, a sliced cucumber, four celery stalks, four sticks of American or Cheddar cheese, two bananas and two cold half pints of milk. Asked that all vegetables be washed prior to serving. Also asked that the cheese sticks be clean.
157	Teague, Jr.	Delbert	849	09/09/1998	None. Last minute he decided to eat a hamburger at his Mother's request.
213	Kitchens	William	840	05/09/2000	1/2 dozen sunny side up fried eggs, 8 pieces of pan sausage, 6 slices of toast with butter and grape jelly, crispy hash browns, milk and orange juice.