05/19/2026
If youโve ever been to Gaileyโs, you may have noticed our restaurant is split into three distinct rooms, each with its own little piece of history. ๐
The far back room is ๐ป๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ , where the Gailey family originally owned and operated ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐. The first room you walk into upon entering the restaurant is what we call The Bar or The Lounge๐ป. And the middle room? We call that ๐ป๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ธ - a nod to the historic hotel that once shared this space.๐จ
Before it became the ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐, the building reopened in 1928 as the Savoy Hotel. In 1933, it was remodeled in a beautiful Spanish Colonial style and renamed the Hotel Seville.
But the history gets even better! A vintage matchbook shows the ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ listed alongside two other historic Ozarks-area hotels: the ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ and ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, now known as Ye Olde English Inn. Both hotels are still in operation today.๐ณ All three were operated by ๐ป๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐., giving our little Seville room an even bigger Ozarks history tie-in.
And because we love a good nod to history around here, we have a signature omelet called the ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐, one of the very first menu items featured when Gaileyโs reopened in the mid-2000s as a breakfast cafe.๐ณ
A little breakfast, a little history, and a whole lot of Springfield charm. โ๏ธโค๏ธ๐ฅ
Photos ๐ธ
1. Early Advertisement for the three hotels
2. Matchbooks from the hotels
3. Early Hotel Seville Exterior, Springfield MO
4. Postcard of the Hotel Seville Lobby, Springfield MO
5. Seville Omelet
6&7. Early menus from the Seville Coffee Room, Springfield Mo
8. Current photo of Ye Olde English Inn, Hollister MO
9. Early Ye English Inn, Hollister, MO
10. Current photo of Hotel Seville, Harrison AR
11. Early Advertisement of Hotel Seville, Harrison AR
