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Show "Gasthaus " Opens III y v x f w.i -J if li I ' K 'mi do it in Park City but couldn't find an appropriate location. When Dolly moved we found it the location is perfect and the building is very German arch-etecturally, arch-etecturally, it is very much like the traditional Gasthaus." When warm weather arrives, they plan to turn the patio into a beer garden, serving meals and beverages in a tile courtyard while yodelers, zither players, and other traditional musicians enrich the atmosphere further. Kennard has also made arrangements ar-rangements with the Miller Beer people who also import Heineken and Lowenbrau beers to co-sponsor an Oktober Fest during the fall. With the opening of "Das Gasthaus" restaurant this week, Park City has become the home of the only "authentic German restaurant" between Denver and San Francisco. "Das Gasthaus" which translated from German means "the guest house", is the result of five months of hard work on the parts of owner and local antique dealer, Randy Kennard, his wife Loretta, their brother and sister-in-law, David and Jeanie Johnson, who will manage the new restaurant. "We wanted everything to be authentic and reflective of hand crafted tradition," commented Mr. Kennard, as he glanced up at a huge hand carved ceiling beam in the shop space which formally housed Dolly's Boutique. "It took us a lot longer than we anticipated and cost us a lot more money, but we have the satisfaction satisfac-tion of knowing it was done right." The transformation of a light airy clothing store into, a dimly lit replica of Bavarian elegance was an immense undertaking. Giant beams were hand carved and placed, lending an air of the Black Forest. A bay window was added and the walls heavily plastered. Chris Geer is responsible for the intricate paneling which surrounds sur-rounds beautifully etched plate glass panes done by Clifford Funk. The curtains are made from imported Vienese lace which a European customer recognized and promptly complimented Kennard on the authenticity of his Bavarian reconstruction. "We wanted to create an atmosphere," said the bearded Randy Kennard, "that was unusual so that no matter where one is seated it is interesting." Adding interest to the opulant surroundings, Kennard has filled Das Gasthaus with a superlative collection of antiques including over 200 paintings, etchings and lithographs, a 435 pound Italian marble statue and an 11 -foot hand-carved mahogony fireplace recently acquired in Austria. The menu ranges from beef steak, sauerbraten and wiener-schnitzel wiener-schnitzel for the more Americanized American-ized patron to kasler-rippchen and fleischroladen for the more discriminating Bavarian palates. Of course cheese cake is a speciality of the Baron's. Apple Strudel and zan tarts are made specially in Salt Lake by Ericka Johnson who occasionally serves as Das Gasthaus' hostess. "Most of the food is prepared as authentically as possible," says Kennard, "primarily we want to please the German people and feel the Americans will come around to the appreciation of authentic ethic food." Kennard indicated that he has always wanted to open a German restaurant partly because his father was in the restaurant business and partly because of his and Loretta's fondness for Bavaria. "We knew we wanted to |
