Omelet shop named after grandfather gives Lee first chance to be restaurant owner

QUINCY — After working in the restaurant industry for 20 years, Rebecca Lee always had wanted to own her own restaurant.

“It was just one of those dreams that never happened,” she said. 

Until now. Monday was the first day for Lil’ Abnors Omelette Shack at 938 Maine in the former Pops Pizza building. 

Lee has worked for a variety of local restaurants, such as the Ritz, Sprout’s, Tony’s Old Place, Tony’s Too, the 18 Wheeler in Taylor, Mo., and Riverside in Hannibal, Mo. A previous owner who Lee worked for told her about a business opportunity in Quincy.

“This has all come together in the past few months,” she said. “The people who were helping me were looking at it a couple of years ago and making it an omelet shop. They told me about the idea, and I thought, ‘That’s one of my favorite foods.’”

Lil Abnors will offer breakfast daily from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lee expects the biscuits and gravy to be popular, along with wraps and omelets for which customers can pick three ingredients.

Pizza, sandwiches and a salad bar will be available for the lunch crowd.

Lee named the business after her grandfather, James Abnor Russell, who raised her.

“He was like my father,” she said. 

Lee hopes to eventually expand the menu as the business grows. She says she has five employees.