Portfolio > South Grand Ave, St. Louis MO

The core of the building was constructed sometime prior to 1875 ― by that time people were already eating and drinking there. Three years later, one C. Becker was given a building permit to construct an addition to the "existing saloon dwelling."

In 1895, Anton Griesedieck, of the Griesedieck Brothers Brewing family, spent $4000 to build an addition, including the turret on the corner. The enlarged venue was managed by Carl Anschuetz, a former head waiter and manager at Tony Faust's, as Anschuetz Garden and Restaurant. According to a pamphlet written about the neighborhood in 1915, the German restaurant was a model establishment.
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