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February 1, 2019
By Al Zehnder, CEO of Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth [PHOTOS] Our current Tap Room was part of the 1948 expansion that included a larger lobby, updated bathrooms, a coat room and increased dining space – essentially the whole north wing of Zehnder’s. By 1954, Leonard Zehnder had commissioned Flint artist Steve […]
October 29, 2018
By Al Zehnder, CEO of Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth My grandfather, William Zehnder, Sr. and my grandmother Emilie purchased what was then The New Exchange Hotel in December of 1928. So I would imagine that negotiations for the building were in full swing, if not completed, by the fall of 1928, […]
July 27, 2018
We had been working with Walter and Maria Palmer, the owners of what was then the Bavarian Haus Motel, on various packages and cross promotions of our respective properties. Over the years they also became great friends of our family. As they neared retirement, discussions began whether or not Zehnder’s […]
June 29, 2018
By Al Zehnder, CEO of Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth I don’t know what my grandparents were thinking. The country was in the throes of the Great Depression and Prohibition had been passed 10 years earlier. The state of the economy was miserable. The logical conclusion would not be to get into […]