Poulsen, Elmer
August 20, 2026
Elmer Poulsen, an El Paso restaurateur born in Racine, Wisconsin, and raised in northern Iowa, built the Elmer’s restaurant chain from a small 1947 ice cream stand in a converted service station at Piedras and Wyoming Avenue in Five Points. After moving with his family to Albuquerque, he worked in…
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