Terrance Hoffmann has been coming to Weber’s German restaurant in north Syracuse for nearly 40 years, but he received an unexpected surprise Monday night.
“I came up earlier in the day to get a menu and make sure it was open since I was not sure and I had a great conversation with Mr. Peter Weber and told him I would be bringing in Mr. Hans Peter Krumk for dinner and we were all looking forward to it and we returned at about 6:30 Monday night, he and his wife my wife and I, only to find the place dark and closed up” says Hoffman.
That was because the nearly 70 year old restaurant was seized by the state last Monday for unpaid sales taxes. Business was a bit slow today after reopening on Friday, but relieved customers came back for more.
“On television they showed a picture of the restaurant and I’m saying to myself wait, I know that place, and then it hit me that it was Weber’s. When I heard it was a sales tax problem I knew they would be back open” says Robert Greenough.
And many hope it will be around much longer.
“I have another 20 to 25 years in me,” Hoffman jokes, “but whatever it is I certainly hope they will be around.”
Nassdja Valentin
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