MONUMENT INN FUN FACTS Bob and Ann Laws purchased the Monument Inn in June of 1990 and the restaurant has been in business since 1974. Prior to owning the Monument Inn, Bob Laws owned a catering company in the motion picture industry. He has worked with many movie stars including Tom Cruise, Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford and more. Ann Laws was director of operations for a chain of 5 restaurants in Texas. Six months after they acquired the restaurant, it burned to the ground. They re-opened at this current location 10 weeks later. Both hurricanes Ike and Harvey flooded our downstairs private rooms. In both instances, we completely remodeled in a little over a month. Now their changing their business to keep us safe from the corona virus