Jack Pandl’s Restaurant Tour

One of the area’s oldest restaurants, Jack Pandl’s in Whitefish Bay has a history as rich in tradition and Americana as apple pie. When John and Anna Pandl bought the Whitefish Bay Inn in 1915, it was farmland rather than beautiful homes which occupied the surrounding area. In 1932, John Pandl died, but the business remained in the hands of his wife Anna, who worked tirelessly to run the restaurant and at the same time rear her family of three daughters and two sons. As the family grew up, Jack Pandl, the youngest son, joined his mother in operating the restaurant and subsequently purchased it. Into her 70s, Mrs. Pandl still vigorously put in a day at the restaurant, making fine soups and desserts and supervising many other preparations. Anna Pandl died in May of 1967, but the family tradition survives. Today the restaurant is a designated Milwaukee County Landmark, one of the few old buildings remaining in the area reminiscent of the unhurried past. Join Osher Go Explore for a short tour and delicious lunch.