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The Back Burner

Operators from around the state fire off on a random question to be featured in Wisconsin Restaurateur magazine.
Want to be featured? Share your input on the next Back Burner question!

Who was your most famous customer?

Alan Jackson (country western singer),
Donald Driver, William Henderson,
Gilbert Brown, Santana Dotson, Ron Johnson

Pat Miller, Owner
Culver's of Fond du Lac & Oshkosh

 

Harrison Ford­­ (he came in to eat during the EAA Fly-In), Ray Nitschke

Eric Bublitz, Owner/Operator
Bublitz's Restaurant & Alehouse

 

Oprah Winfrey

Ramona Weissgerber, General Manager
Weissgerber's Gasthaus

Annette Funicello

Beth Fiegel, General Manager
Potbelly Sandwich Shop, Lake Geneva

Aaron Kampman (former Packer player)

Maggie Schmeda, Manager
Culver's of Darboy, Appleton

Muhammad Ali

Jim Martine, Owner
Pedro's Mexican Restaurant, Madison

John Travolta (during EAA),
Milwaukee Bucks coach Scott Skiles

Kevin Hegwood, Sous Chef
Grey Rock – the Heidel House,
Green Lake, WI

Arlo Guthrie's Band, Mauro Magellan
(former drummer for Georgia Satellites)

Nadine Brown, Owner
Pancho & Lefty's, Monroe

Bob Hope, Bob Uecker (he is a member of the country club)

Jeffrey Slough, Executive Chef
North Hills Country Club, Menomonee Falls

Buddy Rich

Kim and Kari Zambon, Owners
Three Coins Restaurant at Holiday Acres Resort on Lake Thompson, Rhinelander

Governor Doyle, "Steady" Ed Headrick (he invented the frisbee, super ball and disc golf)

Jean Landreman, Owner
Landreman's Family Restaurant, Kaukauna

All of our customers are famous to us! BUT Russ Feingold and Tommy Thompson

Rita Mazur, Owner
Blue Bayou Inn Restaurant,
Manitowish Waters

LeBron James

Mark A. Zierath,
General Manager
Molly Cool's Seafood Tavern, Milwaukee


Back Burner Questionnaire

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Share with us on questions for future issues of the magazine
 
#1 What is your restaurant’s most popular appetizer?
#2 What do you think will be the new trends in the restaurant industry for 2012?
#3 What is your favorite food memory?
#4 Of any chef or food lover, who would you most like to meet?
#5 What is your favorite thing to cook at home (include short description)?
#6 Aside from a cash bonus, how do you reward a good employee?
 
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