49th annual Dainty Contest set for Monday, July 29, in Schnitzelburg
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on July 26, 2019Get your bologna sandwiches ready. The 49th annual World Championship Dainty Contest is set for the streets of Schnitzelburg on Monday, July 29. The annual contest and street celebration, held each year at the intersection of Goss and Hoertz avenues, is a neighborhood tradition centered...
Mulloy to renovate Hauck buildings on Goss for mixed-use (but the sign stays)
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on July 9, 2019The former Hauck’s Handy Store, which had been on the market since the long-time Schnitzelburg staple went up for sale last year and finally closed in January, will be renovated by Mulloy Commercial Real Estate and turned into mixed-use space. Founder and President Tim...
Heart of Germantown and Schnitzelburg remains despite their growing popularity
By Caitlin Bowling | Posted on February 8, 2017For all the talk about economic growth and revitalization, business owners and longtime residents maintain that the Germantown and Schnitzelburg neighborhoods aren’t the new Highlands. “We’d rather just be Germantown and Schnitzelburg,” said Lynn Hite, co-owner of Hauck’s Handy Store, a 105-year-old Schnitzelburg neighborhood store. Maybe...
Monnik Beer Co., finally open, is well worth the wait
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on November 30, 2015Well, it took almost three years, but Monnik Beer Co. is finally open in Germantown, just across the street from Check’s Café. And you know what? It was totally worth the wait. The space at 1036 E. Burnett Ave., the former home of Zeppelin...
Monnik Beer Co. hopes for long-awaited soft opening in September
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on August 20, 2015Brian Holton, who co-owns Monnik Beer Co. — a sister brewery to Danville’s Beer Engine — doesn’t seem interested in looking back on the journey he and business/brewing partner Ian Luijk have traveled to arrive at their current position. The pair originally wanted to open another...