Congratulations Kegel’s Inn for serving customers for 100 years. The German restaurant has been in the same West Allis location serving up drinks and food for a century.
The restaurant was started in 1924 by John T. Kegel who immigrated to the United States from Austria. It began as a prohibition-era speakeasy that marketed itself as a ‘soda pop shop’. The restaurant survived prohibition, economic downturns, wars, pandemics, and more. Now, it is run by fourth-generation owners Julian and Stephanie Kegel.
To celebrate the big occasion and bring in the new year, Kegel’s Inn hosted a N/A Day. Inside a tent next to the restaurant, eventgoers got to taste about a dozen different type of non-alcoholic drinks from beers, to wines, to seltzers, and cocktails. It was part of the Dry January tradition where people refrain from alcohol after the holidays…