Zehnder’s Tap Room
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,...
Zehnder’s Link to George Washington’s Home
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...
It’s Been 30 Years!
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,...
July 26, 1930
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...