Category Archives: History

Peanuts Quartaro Tavern in Lannon

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Quartaro was Lannon village president 25 years – Friends say he was dedicated to serving community’s residents Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Friday, January 29, 1999 Author: VIKKI ORTIZ, Journal Sentinel staff If Nick Quartaro ‘s funeral Saturday is anything like his life, St. James Church in Menomonee Falls will be packed with well-wishers. Many of those close to the former… Read more »

Prop Wash Tavern, at Air Field, Lannon Rd and Lisbon Rd.

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Prop Wash Tavern at Aero Park A December 2004 photo by Bill Schlafer of “the remains of the restaurant/clubhouse/bar. Bill Schlafer reported in December 2004, “Sometime in early December the operations were closed & the field was plowed up. I have not been able to find out why the airport was closed or if the plowing was done in preparation… Read more »

Sussex Quad Graphics Cafe Liquor

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Job perk Quad/Graphics, cocktails to mix Milwaukee Sentinel – Friday, April 5, 1991 Author: MIKE MULVEY Waukesha County Bureau Sussex –  Employees at Quad / Graphics Inc. soon will be able to follow their 12-hour shifts with visits to the company’s High Tech Cafe for a cocktail. But that development is not exactly a happy hour for the Waukesha County… Read more »

Roadside Inn, Lake Five

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 Roadside Inn 1909 – Patrick McCartan’s Lake Five property, 13 lots with a saloon and hotel, was sold by the executor of his estate, James O’Keane, to McCartan’s brother, Frank. Source: Waukesha Freeman March 18, 1909, page 3 of 8 A May ball will be held in McCartan’s hall Friday evening. Source: Lake Five; Waukesha Freeman May 19, 1910, page… Read more »

Rumors Sports Bar and Grill formerly Hardees

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Hardee’s closes for good Hardee’s restaurant, a longtime fixture on Highway 74 just south of Main Street, closed its doors for good last Saturday, Dec. 20. By PETER ABBOTT Posted: Dec. 30, 2008, Sussex Sun Hardee’s restaurant, a longtime fixture on Highway 74 just south of Main Street, closed its doors for good last Saturday, Dec. 20. “It was a… Read more »

Brewery, Saloon and Tavern History

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  Brewery, Saloon and Tavern History Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 01/27/2015 Editor: April 1, 1837 David Bonham is advertising in a Milwaukee newspaper that his Public House (tavern) was open at “Head of Fox River” [later Town of Lisbon].  The Head of the Fox River encompassed an area on the eastern edge of the Lisbon township… Read more »

Louis Gissal Tavern,  Lannon

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Louis Gissal Tavern Menomonee Falls News: Sept. 6, 1929 1941: circa – The old two-story St. James rectory (where the north parking is now) was sold to the Louis Gissal family. It was cut in half, then jacked up and moved eastward on Hwy 74 and Good Hope Rd., then east on Good Hope to its’ present location, just east… Read more »

Mammoth Spring Hotel (Dilley’s, Killarney’s, Tailgators)

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  Mammoth Spring Hotel REAL. ESTATE SALES. REPORTED BY REGISTER ROBERTS. Henry Sherry to John Hummel, lot 5 and 6, village of Templeton, $850. [Editor – Did Fred’s father John orig. buy the property that Fred built the Mammoth Spring Hotel on? The Hummel name is most often spelled with a single L not the double LL.] source: Waukesha Freeman… Read more »

Marchese’s Danceland

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Dancers have a ball displaying elegance, grace Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI) – Sunday, March 11, 2001 Author:LORAYNE RITT, Journal Sentinel staff While on a vacation trip to Mexico with his wife, Craig Lewandowski of Vernon was called up on a night club stage to perform with three flamenco dancers. He didn’t do very well. So when they got home, Craig… Read more »