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Brötchen Ribbon Cutting Celebrates Coffee Shop |
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by Doug Levine
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Friday, 11 January 2008 |
(Ithaca, NY) For decades, brötchen
(pronounced "BRERT-khen") have been served in the finest coffee shops
and coffee houses in Austria, Germany and other northern European
cities. For Michael Horzing, the owner of Ithaca's newest coffee shop Brötchen, cooking is the ultimate expression of life. If
you ask him, food is not only sustenance, but the meals we cook and the
desserts we eat all contain history, art, culture, mathematics, science
and, yes, even love. A special ribbon cutting ceremony was held
at Brötchen Thursday morning.
As a young child
growing up with his grandparents in Austria, Michael's idea of good
food and the love of home were always intertwined. Michael began his
formal training in Vienna, Austria and continued in Rome, Italy where
the love of great food is no less essential to life. There, Michael
apprenticed in Alfredo Di Roma becoming
fluent in the Italian language and cuisine.
In 1982, Michael was a
chef in Disney World's Epcot Center. Unfortunately, the Italian
Pavilion provided no creative freedom, something that was essential to
Michael as a chef. Consequently, Mr. Horzing successfully opened,
operated, and finally sold his own Northern Italian-style restaurants
in Florida's Tampa Bay Area. In 1995, Michael came to Ithaca to visit.
Impressed by the natural beauty of the Finger Lakes Region, Michael
sold his properties in Florida and decided to stay.
When he opened Brötchen
this past November, Michael Horzing was delighted to be welcomed by a
large international community. Many people have said that this
European-style coffee house serving delicious coffees, baked goods, and
daily lunch specials has filled a niche on The Commons. Horzing states,
"After so many years away from Europe and away from the restaurant
business, opening a coffee house inspired by the Viennese Kaffeehaus
was, in a way, like coming home again. And, the work involved in owning
and operating a coffee house that serves authentic Austrian and German
food and European baked goods is a labor of love."
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