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Recently celebrating their 52nd wedding anniversary are Peter and Nilsa
Buchner. The photo top right is Peter’s mother Terese and father Franz who
were referred to as Frau Chefin and Herr Chef by their employees in Austria.
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ager Danielle Hill-Howell, an employee from the beginning
days. “We put it on everything.”
Also from Austria is pastry chef Walter Stein who crafts
and prepares the chocolate mousse cake, Key lime pie, New
York cheesecake and the signature apple strudel made from
Buchner’s mother’s original recipe. Mit schlag, meaning with
(homemade whipped) cream, is well worth the extra dollar.
“My mother worked in the kitchen and my father was the
head waiter,” Buchner says. “People would hike out of the
Vienna woods and come to the restaurant.” It was a former
estate of Count Liechtenstein, the namesake of the tiny nearby
country. In his charming German accent, Buchner tells the
story of a Great Dane that was tied to the table leg outside the
restaurant when along comes a German shepherd. Seconds
later the Great Dane drags away the table, plates and food,
chasing away the invader.
Buchner grew up working in the family restaurant and
later at the Hotel Imperial in Vienna. Leaving Austria for an
apprenticeship in Bermuda, he met and married his wife, Nilsa,
who fills in as hostess during the season. From Bermuda,
the couple left for New York, where Buchner worked for 25
years as a waiter at the Peter Luger steakhouse in Brooklyn. It
was there he learned the on-site, dry-aged process for quality
prime beef. Buchner also worked at several restaurants in the
Stuart area until he saw the building a block off Jensen Beach
Boulevard and knew he had to buy it.
“We did not allow smoking and we only had beer and
wine,” Buchner says. “People said you will never make it.
But we have made it through 18 summers.” Peter’s Steakhouse
offers beer and wine from around the world by the
glass or bottle. >>
The other photo is Peter and his mother.
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