by Terri | Feb 22, 2022 | News, Zehnder's History, Zehnder's of Frankenmuth, Zehnder's Restaurant
By Al Zehnder, CEO of Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth I’ve taken those three steps hundreds of thousands of times. Guests and staff members use them daily. They are the three steps just to the north of our Guest Services office connecting our 1948 addition (our north...
by Terri | Feb 1, 2019 | News, Zehnder's History, Zehnder's of Frankenmuth, Zehnder's Restaurant, Zehnders
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,...
by Terri | Oct 29, 2018 | News, Zehnder's History, Zehnder's of Frankenmuth, Zehnder's Restaurant, Zehnders
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...
by Terri | Jul 27, 2018 | News, The Fortress, Zehnder's Gift Shop, Zehnder's History, Zehnder's Marketplace, Zehnder's of Frankenmuth, Zehnder's Restaurant, Zehnder's Splash Village, Zehnders
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,...
by Terri | Jun 29, 2018 | Frankenmuth, News, Zehnder's History, Zehnder's of Frankenmuth, Zehnder's Restaurant, Zehnders
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...
by Terri | Nov 7, 2017 | Awards, Chef's Blog, Frankenmuth, News, Zehnder's History, Zehnder's of Frankenmuth, Zehnder's Restaurant, Zehnders
FRANKENMUTH, MI – Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth, the 1,500 seat family restaurant located in Frankenmuth, Mich., has been ranked the number one independent restaurant in Michigan, and for the third consecutive year, number two in the country for the number of meals served...
