![]() His name was Art Richter, and he had the Milky Way.Īnd so she went to work for him, because they were always trying to make it better. You know, they all hung with Germans, right? Because they could speak it. Right, so that's where they met and that's where they hung out together, but then what happened, they had a friend. The one I remember is on Burleigh, 24th and Burleigh. My mom had some places on the East Side (of Downtown). Is that where your parents had settled, on that side of town? I can remember going to parties there they had like little social events. "You can speak German? I can speak German. You know, because they always kind of congregated. My dad came over here, and they met someplace, probably some German dance or something. People think ofĮlsa as being sort of a strong woman at a time when a lot of women didn't own and run restaurants. That's interesting that she had a strong female role model. ![]() My mom lived on a farm and her dad died, so her mother was the farmer, and she said, "I knew I never wanted to do that, so I wanted to get to America." But it was a little town, you know, and my mother came from another German town. You know my parents both came from Germany. Well, if you want to go all the way back, and maybe that leads you into the right direction. OnMilwaukee: Let’s talk a bit about how your mom got into the business and how then you got into it. We caught up with him to ask – among other things – about the history of Kopp's and Elsa's, other places he's considering opening beyond Milwaukee and if he ever thinks of opening a Kopp's Downtown.Įnjoy this Milwaukee Talks with Karl Kopp. ![]() Kopp has also owned restaurants in New York and Phoenix. Today, Kopp's has three custard stands around the area, in addition to Elsa's on the Park, across from Cathedral Square, which, nearly 40 years after it opened, remains a popular gathering spot Downtown. Many people wouldn't know him if he led them to their table one night at Elsa's – which could very well happen at the restaurant he named in honor of his mother.Įlsa Kopp opened the first Kopp's frozen custard stand on 60th Street and Appleton Avenue in 1951, and a local tradition began. Despite the fact that his surname is a household name and legendary in Milwaukee, Karl Kopp is not one to seek the limelight. ![]()
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