Zehnder’s Restaurant, located in the Bavarian town of Frankenmuth, opened its doors for business on Mother’s Day, 1928, when Zehnder’s chefs served up a total of 312 chicken dinners. Since then, hundreds of thousands of guests have enjoyed the Mother’s Day tradition at Zehnder’s, and Zehnder’s has come to know Mother’s Day as one of the busiest days of the year serving nearly 5,000 guests. In celebration of Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 13, Zehnder’s sponsored its 21st annual Mother of the Year contest.
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Gloria Cislo is Zehnder’s Mother of the Year 2012!
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April Showers, May Flowers and Floods
By Al Zehnder, CEO of Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth
There was a time when the spring thaw and April showers brought more to Frankenmuth than just May flowers, it brought flooding to the downtown business district. There was a time when it was not unusual that Main Street was impassable and businesses in the area had water on the first floor. Zehnder’s 1948 addition (main lobby, restrooms, Tap Room and Heritage Room) was built three steps higher to avoid the spring floods. After a severe spring flood in 1947, serious flood control discussions began in the community.
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May in Frankenmuth: Celebrations for Kids and Moms
Zehnder’s Restaurant, located in the Bavarian town of Frankenmuth, opened its doors for business on Mother’s Day, 1928, when Zehnder’s chefs served up a total of 312 chicken dinners. Since then, hundreds of thousands of guests have enjoyed the Mother’s Day tradition at Zehnder’s, and Zehnder’s has come to know Mother’s Day as one of the busiest days of the year serving nearly 5,000 guests. In celebration of Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 13, Zehnder’s will sponsor its 21st annual Mother of the Year contest. Zehnder’s opens on Mother’s Day at 11:00 a.m.
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Gunzenhausen Platz Fountain
You have most likely noticed the construction occurring on the small peice of property along Main Street just east of our south parking lot. That city owned property is named Gunzenhausen Platz recognizing the Sister City relationship between Frankenmuth and Gunzenhausen Germany.
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The Role of the Bunker
Philip Christian Spogard, a Danish golf course architect once wrote that the sand bunker has been one of the defining hazards which the golfer has had to avoid in order to reach the green. On the early links courses, the first bunkers emerged in areas of exposed sand to form an interesting and penalizing hazard. The severity of the bunker affected the playability of the ball – giving the bunker a significant function and role in the strategy of the golf hole.
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Friday Night Perch Buffet
By Chef John Zehnder, CEC, ACE, HGT, AAC
As they say, “all good things must come to an end” and so it is with our Z Chef’s Friday Night Perch Buffet. We began back in December and will conclude this series of buffets on April 6th, Good Friday. Yellow Lake Perch has been the signature item each and every week – the standard of excellence in Michigan fish!
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Take the Rust off of Your Game…
With spring just around the corner, it’s that time of year when we try to knock the rust off our golf games (no, a can of Rustoleum will not work!), and we eagerly anticipate 2012 to be the year when we shoot the best round of our lives. Remember the saying “you can’t tell a player without a program”, well you can’t improve your golf game without the right equipment.
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It’s Value Added
By Al Zehnder, C.E.O. of Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth
We spend a fair amount of time reading guest emails and comment cards. Seriously, we do. If a guest has a suggestion, compliment or complaint, we log those and continually try to improve the guest experience.
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You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
By Chef John Zehnder, CEC, ACE, HGT, AAC
Weather patterns in the spring of 1994 were very similar to what we are experiencing this year. Unusually warm temperatures early on in April/May peaking the second week in June with high 90′s for a ten day stretch. Back then, Zehnder’s celebrated Bavarian Festival with nightly Bavarian entertainment and German style all you can eat dinners.
So…here’s what happened on Friday night of Bavarian Festival 1994:
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Pure Michigan Awards a Star in the Industry at Zehnder’s Splash Village
On Monday, March 16th, 2012, Alice Fisette, Front Desk Supervisor of Zehnder’s Splash Village was awarded a prestigious award given only to those truly worthy of recognition in the hospitality industry of Michigan. Alice received the Guest Relations Star of the Year Award given by the Michigan Lodging and Tourism Association at the Governor’s Ball of Pure Michigan.
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