1929

Frances and Paul Kuglitsch, Sr. begin entertaining the community at 43rd and Greenfield Ave., launching a popular neighborhood Bowling Alley, Bar and Lounge.

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1940’s

Kuglitsch’s thrives as a hub for West Allis and Milwaukee nightlife, boasting Liberace himself as an early regular, who would often stop in for lunch before hopping a streetcar downtown.

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1952

The City of Milwaukee begins labor on the first of 13 expressways, opening Kuglitsch’s to a wider audience of celebrants. Business booms and expansion proves inevitable.

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1957

Rapid growth spurs the construction of a massive building addition, to include supplemental bowling lanes, an elegant new banquet space and corresponding catering facilities.

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