Wauwatosa floods: Café Hollander partially reopening Friday
Wauwatosa Café Hollander
WAUWATOSA, Wis. - Café Hollander in Wauwatosa will partially reopen on Friday after historic floods left the restaurant dealing with substantial water damage in August.
Reopening for TosaFest
What's next:
Lowlands Group, which owns and operates all five Café Hollander locations, said the restaurant will reopen its bar and patio for TosaFest. The long-running street festival takes place on Sept. 5 and Sept. 6.
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After that, the Café Hollander bar and patio will stay open with limited weekend hours and a limited food and drink menu. Those post-TosaFest hours will be:
- Friday: 3 p.m. – 11 p.m.
- Saturday: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
- Sunday: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Repairs will continue, and Lowlands Group anticipates it will fully reopen the Wauwatosa restaurant by the end of September.
Wauwatosa restaurant flood damage
The backstory:
Café Hollander saw substantial water damage after historic floods hit southeast Wisconsin last month. The restaurant's kitchen, located at ground level nearest to the Menomonee River, was extensively flooded.
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Lowlands Group said the restaurant's 75 employees were placed at other restaurants the company owns and operates in the meantime.
Buckatabon Tavern & Supper Club, a Lowlands Group restaurant located across from Café Hollander on the same side of State Street, did not have any damage as a result of the same floods.
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The Source: FOX6 News received information from Lowlands Group about the reopening and referenced prior coverage of the flood damage.