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Show A-12 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, April 6-9, 2019 The Park Record MARKETPLACE Nightly Lodging Tally Occupancy Report for week of April 6 - 12, 2019 100% 90% Midway restaurant restores family legacy 80% 70% 60% It serves American comfort food, has event center below 50% 40% 30% 20% CAROLYN WEBBER ALDER 10% Sun The Park Record For a generation of Midway residents, Burgermeister Restaurant in Midway was beloved. The diner served simple, homemade food to locals until it closed more than a decade ago. But last year, the son and grandson of the restaurant’s founder decided to bring the Probst family name back into the restaurant industry. A handful of Probst family members banded together last year to open the Corner Restaurant, located at 195 W. Main St. in Midway. The eatery serves New American dishes, as well as some classics off the old Burgermeister’s menu. It opened last October. John Probst, the grand-nephew of Burgermeister founder and former Midway mayor Gene Probst, said Gene’s grandson Burkley Probst started seriously thinking about opening a restaurant in Midway in 2017. He got his dad, Karl Probst, on board and the two started looking for a place to build the business. John said they reached out to him to see if he was interested in joining the business shortly after. John originally said no, but his wife was excited about the idea of opening a family restaurant and pushed for him to join the team. “My wife felt that same thing that Burkley and Karl felt — that it’s time that this place has another restaurant that takes care of our locals first and then we invite the rest of the world,” he said. They decided Karl would be the baker, Burkley would be the manager and John would be in charge of marketing and running the business. The team chose an old house on Midway’s Main Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat 2019 - As of 3/15/19 Week High 2019 ..........Sat 36% 2018 - As of 3/15/18 Week High 2018 ........ Mon 25% 2017 - Historic Actuals Weekly Average 2019 ....... 23% Weekly Average 2018 ....... 14% NOTE: This is not a forecast of bookings. Data presented in this report represents occupancy on the books as of the report date. Source: DestiMetrics & Park City Chamber/Bureau © 2018 O g Global company buys Tanger Outlets CAROLYN WEBBER ALDER/PARK RECORD From left: Joel Kohler, Nate Probst, John Probst and Andrew Anderson from the Corner Restaurant. The Probst family opened a restaurant inspired by the Burgermeister, a diner that long-time resident and former Midway mayor Gene Probst opened in 1988. Street for the location, down the street from where the Burgermeister was located when it opened in 1988. Then, they found a young chef named Andrew Anderson who was eager to join the budding restaurant. Anderson pulled from his experience in the restaurant industry to craft a menu while the Probst family transformed an old house into a restaurant. John said they tried to tie in the town’s history. The Swiss influence in the town is apparent in the restaurant’s pronounced wooden beams in the ceiling, and the front entrance faces the Town Hall. The builders used the rock they excavated from digging out the foundation for the exterior of the building. “We wanted to make the building timeless, and we wanted to do as much as we could to say, ‘This is who we are. We are Midway, and we are proud of that,’” John said. He said the ultimate goal is to bring back the friendly, welcoming feeling of the Burger- meister Restaurant, and he said the Corner Restaurant is moving in that direction. He frequently sees locals stop in, and when they asked for old items on the Burgermeister menu, the chef would add them to the daily specials. The menu includes the Burgermeister hot ham and Swiss, as well as “good, homestyle dishes” like beef stroganoff and short rib, John said. The deserts and bread are made in the restaurant’s bakery in the basement level. Some of the menu items are named after family members, such as Poppy’s fries, after Gene, and Mary’s carrot cake, named after Karl’s wife. John said the restaurant plans to ask longtime Midway residents about their favorite recipes and add them to the daily specials menu. The two-story, 6,000-squarefoot business has a restaurant and bar area on the top floor and an event center on the bottom floor. The event center can fit about 70 people, and John said the restaurant plans to use the lawn in the summer for events and concerts. A few months in, John said he is happy his wife said yes for him. He said Gene, who is 94 years old, is glad his family members brought parts of the old restaurant back to the town. The restaurant is open during lunch and dinner every day except Sunday, but John said he plans to serve Sunday brunches during Midway’s busy season in the summer and fall. Corner Restaurant 195 W. Main St. 435-657-5494 info@midwaycorner.com www.midwaycorner.com It will change name to Outlets Park City soon CAROLYN WEBBER ALDER The Park Record The Tanger Outlets in Park City is dropping Tanger from its name after the shopping center was acquired by a global outlet company and a real estate firm out of Chicago on April 1. Singerman Real Estate and The Outlet Resource Group recently announced the acquisition of four Tanger Outlets locations around the U.S., including the Park City location. The shopping centers will be renamed and rebranded, and the Kimball Junction location will become Outlets Park City. David Hinkle, principal of The Outlet Resource Group, said the company plans to focus on developing a unique, localized marketing plan that is specific to Park City rather than build up the national brand of The Outlet Resource Group. The company intends to maintain the retailers currently located in the outlets. Hinkle said Tanger Outlets, a publicly traded company, sold its four locations in Utah, North Carolina, Maryland and Iowa because it considered them non-core assets. Most of Tanger Outlets’ locations are in the southeast and East Coast, and Hinkle said Park City was outside of the company’s core focus. The Outlet Resource Group, which markets, manages and leases outlet shopping centers in the U.S., Latin America and Europe, has partnered with Singerman Real Estate to acquire other outlets in the past. Hinkle said Singerman was interested in Park City because it already owns the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Park City — the Yarrow. “They already have an investment in the marketplace,” he said. He also said some members on The Outlet Resource Group team have done work in Park City, including himself. He had Easter AT WALDORF ASTORIA AT WALDOR F ASTORIA PARK CITY IMPECCABLE SERVICE AND GRACIOUS STYLE AWAIT. Enjoy a modern mountain menu driven by the season and enhanced with the finest ingredients. APRIL 21 | 11:00AM-4:00PM Adult: $69 per person Please call for reservations: 435-647-5566 Samples from menu: BAKERY DISPLAY Selection of breakfast breads, danishes, croissants, muffins CHARCUTERIE & CHEESE House pickles, dried fruit, artesian mustard BREAKFAST Egg station Brioche french toast, Vermont maple syrup, whipped butter Smoked bacon, chicken apple sausage SALADS Beet salad, arugula, goat cheese, citrus dressing Ginger scented melons and berries RAW BAR Shrimp, oysters, king salmon sashimi, ahi tuna tataki ENTRÉE Organic chicken breast, garlic potatoes, natural reduction Pan seared salmon, beluga lentils, fennel piperade CARVING STATION Slow roasted beef CHILDREN’S CORNER Chicken tenders, mac n’ cheese, mini corn dogs WALDORFASTORIAPARKCITY.COM | 435-647-5566 2100 FROSTWOOD BLVD | PARK CITY, UT Please see Tanger, A-13 |