express film . cafe express operates 19 fast casual bistro style restaurants in the u.s. state of texas in the major houston and dallas areas . the company s headquarters are based in houston . 1 the chain was founded in 1984 by schiller del grande restaurant group . in 2004 fast food giants wendy s international owned 70 % of cafe express . in 2007 wendy s sold the company back to schiller del grande and its original investor redstone . 2 see also edit houston portal companies portal food portal coffeehouses especially viennese caf s contemporary everyday culture based on centuries of tradition . references edit cafe express llc . businessweek . retrieved on october 17 2009 . kaplan david . cafe express is back in the schiller del grande fold . hearst communications inc. retrieved 18 july 2013 . ... with major backing from houston based partner redstone schiller del grande bought cafe express back . external links edit cafe express this us based restaurant or restaurant chain article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cafe express & oldid 743465358 categories regional restaurant chains in the united statesrestaurants in texaswendy s internationalcompanies based in houstonrestaurants established in 1984united states restaurant stubshidden categories texas articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinatesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 19 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view