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A living history of LGBTQ+ life in Wisconsin

Restaurant

Walker's Point Cafe

Milwaukee

Summary

The business briefly (in 1991) advertised it as "Walkers Point Cabaret.. and Cafe".

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The following are recollections of others who have been kind enough to submit their personal memories to the webmaster. You are welcome to do the same! (Recollections collected and organized by Jamie Taylor.) -------- Jamie Taylor recalls: / "I�m not sure if I�ve ever met Roberto or Kimann. I started going there when George was running the place. (George was kind of gross. He started losing customers when they came in and saw him pick his nose while preparing meat balls. No kidding, I saw it myself.) George was struggling with the business when Dennis Hill who was throwing his weight and money around town became partners with George. I don�t think it was a legal partnership and it didn�t last long anyway. They made a few minor changes to the place. Dennis Hill later spent time in prison for playing around with a 15 y/o boy. "During the caf�s hey day, lots of twinks (aged mostly 17 � early 20�s) patronized the place. It was a place where they could meet other gays their age. (You didn�t need to be 21 to get in.) It was particularly busy around 7pm and then again at bar closing. Chris Hammerbeck and I used to go there to scope out the guys. We used to sneak in a little bottle of booze to mix with a soda we bought. We would have a couple there then hit the bars. Well the kids (as I called them due to my age) didn�t spend a lot of money there. Mostly nursing a soda all night and that didn�t help the caf�s bottom line. So, eventually the bills stacked up too high. George pretty much just walked away from the business not telling anyone. We just noticed it wasn�t open anymore. We know he left town within days of closing. "Since then it sat empty for awhile but now houses a Nextel phone store." -------- George Kreuzer recalls: / "Nice article about the cafe'! I owned it between Sept/1992 and June 26th, 1998. And I left Milwaukee July for Portland Oregon. There were many reasons why I left so quickly..... but none of it is important anymore... "Hmmm! you saw me picking my nose while I was making meat balls? lol... I can't remember... lol... I'm old and elderly now..." Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project
George and the jukebox / circa 1994-95 / (photo courtesy Jason S.) Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project