Diners create a down home, family feel

When Danielle Catmull watched the staff at her grandmother’s cafe bust their hineys every day, she made a pact with herself: She did not want that life.

Janie Madewell had a great story by then. She was a waitress who quit her job at a greasy spoon to start her own down Main Street. Other waitresses and customers followed her, and Janie’s Cafe became a fixture of downtown Longmont, a place, like many diners, where you could get an affordable, fast, no-frills meal and hear a kind hello, probably followed by your name, if you…