- Zehnder's
Zehnder's is a large restaurant in
Frankenmuth ,Michigan . It has seating for 1,500 people and features all-you-can-eat style chicken dinners, seafood, steaks, fresh baked goods and European desserts. Every year Zehnder's serves almost a million people. [cite web|url=http://www.zehnders.com|title=Zehnders website|accessdate=2008-09-29|date=2008]History
Zehnder's was originally built as the Exchange Hotel by Henry Reichle in 1856. Reichle ran the hotel for twenty years. It was then sold and operated by several different people until 1900, when owner John L. Hubinger disassembled the original building and it was made to look like Mount Vernon, the home of
George Washington . One day, during theGreat Depression , when times were hard, the total profit was only seven cents. [cite web|url=http://www.zehnders.com|title=Zehnders website|accessdate=2008-09-29|date=2008] AfterWorld War II , the business grew rapidly.In March 1947 the business was turned over to William's children. The business became a
corporation , and in the 1950s the Zehnders bought Fischer's Hotel, which was located across the street. In 1955, William Zehnder Jr., manager of theBavarian Inn (formerly Fischer's), and Edwin Zehnder, manager of Zehnder's Restaurant, purchased the interests of Zehnder's, Inc. from their brothers and sister. [cite web|url=http://www.zehnders.com|title=Zehnders website|accessdate=2008-09-29|date=2008] In 1984 Zehnder's and the Bavarian Inn became separate corporations with friendly competition between relatives.References
External Links
* [http://www.zehnders.com http://www.zehnder's.com]
* [http://www.bavarianinn.com/ Bavarian Inn of Frankenmuth!]
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