Menu 1978, Come and Get It!
Before the music, Tim and I were a team in the kitchen when it was on the north side of the restaurant. Tim would be cooking and want me to get him a drink, of course it wasn’t alcohol back then, but he’d turn around and yell “Dev, think fast!” and throw me his glass back to the area where I’d be washing dishes. If I wasn’t helping him cook, most times I caught it. But a few times I didn’t, and the glass got broken. He’d jokingly reply, “You know you’re going to have to pay for that!”
I’ll always remember him as an older brother. And I’ll always miss him. I have so many fond memories of the family, the restaurant, the music. The place just projected the atmosphere of a home in so many ways.
Shared by: Devereaux Wachtel
Lincoln, NE in the 1950s was not too much different from what it is today. It was just a different time. Post World War II, former GIs were getting married and having families. The Lohmeier’s were no exception. Tim Lohmeier aka TL, was the 6th child of 8 children from the parents of Jerry and Vicki Lohmeier. Jerry learned to cook while in the Army and ran restaurants to support the family. Vicki was a registered nurse who stayed home to take care of her children. Jerry took over the Drumstick in 1966 and everyone in the family with the exception of the oldest brother, Steve, worked there at some point in their lives. That is what gave that place the family feel that everyone grew to love. Plus we were all foodies before that was even a word!