Proprietor of a Tavern seems to be part of our German blood. There are at least three members of the family who were tavern owners;
- George Lambries owned a tavern at 1710 Western Avenue in Manitowoc
This 3.5″ x 2.25″ business card from about 1944 has a listing for George’s Tavern, “Where Good Fellowship Reigns Supreme,” on one side and on the other side a photograph of the tavern interior with owner George Lambries, Sr. behind the bar. He wears a white shirt, tie, and buttoned vest. Bar stools are lined along two sides of the bar, and liquor bottles and a cash register fill a counter in the background. George’s Tavern was located at 1710 Western Avenue in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, not far from the West Side Baseball Park at the corner of South Sixteenth Street and Wollmer
- Now the tavern bears the name: Westfield Bar
- Joesph and Elizabeth Sieracki (Aunt Lizzy Zimmer) owned The Calumet Tavern at 2610 Calumet Avenue in Manitowoc. The Tavern opened in 1936 and closed in the 1970’s. The two photos were taken in 1972. In the first the tavern is on the left with the hanging sign. The second photo is looking down the street in the opposite direction. The tavern is on the right.
- The third member of the family to own a tavern was Charles Hynek. Charles was married to Elizabeth Lillian Simmer (daughter of Mathias Semmer and Margaret Lambries) Charlie and Lillian operated the tavern from 1935 to 1958. It was located at 200 N. Rapids Road.
- Turn of the century photo of the building that would become Hynek’s Tavern
- Charlie behind the bar 1930’s and a view from inside in the 40’s. Notice the name “Hynek’s Tavern reflected on the window.
- Match cover from the tavern.