Structure has carried neighborhood taps and now Milwaukee's go-to Tiki bar, Foundation.
Structure has carried neighborhood taps and now Milwaukee's go-to Tiki bar, Foundation. Back to the full article.
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I didn’t know that The Foundation went back to 1893! Great research, as usual, Michael Horne!
The FOUNDATION bar was owned by my grandfather Vincent Ziem and my father Stanley Ziem along with his sisters and brothers occupied and were raised in the living quarters on the second floor and they used the attic as a bedroom. My grandfather Vincent died of a heart attack in his sleep in the attic. I was born in 1938 , a year after Vincent passed away but my grandmother Martha still owned it and my Dad brought me there. I recently flew from California and I took my sister from Chicago to Milwaukee to see the old family homestead, THE FOUNDATION”. Unfortuneately we arrived at noon but we couldn’t get inside because them TIKI bar didn’t open until 4:00 PM and we couldn’t wait. I wish to this day I could have gotten in and seen my family’s old “house”. The stories about the place told my father about the history were outstanding .
Tom Ziem , Laguna Hills, Calif.