The Student Prince and The Fort - Springfield, MA
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neoc1
N 42° 06.216 W 072° 35.615
18T E 698976 N 4664081
The Student Prince and The Fort is much more than a restaurant, pub and bar; it's a museum, a celebrity hangout and a cultural experience.
Waymark Code: WMHRAJ
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 08/08/2013
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The Student Prince Cafe was opened September 24, 1935 by Paul Schoeder and later Erna Sievers. The Restaurant was named after Sigmund Romberg's operetta set in 19th century Heidelberg. Rupprecht Scherff came to the United States in 1934 and worked at Springfield's Highland Hotel. He started working at the Student Prince in 1949. When the last original owner died in 1961 Rupprecht took over the establishment. His family has run the restaurant since then.
Student Prince and The Fort has one entrance but two names. That often confuses patrons. The Fort is the restaurant. It consists of three separate rooms. The main dining room is the Student Prince Room, the back room is the Heidelberg Room and the newest room to the right, with its museum quality corkscrew collection, is the Cork Room. Flanking the entrance are series of five unique stained glass windows that were specially commissioned by the restaurant.
In the middle is The Student Prince - a classic German beer hall, bar and pub. The Student Prince has wall-to-wall display of some of the establishments huge collection of more than 1500 beer steins. The ambiance is amazing and has attracted locals, out-of-towners and celebrities since it was opened in 1935.
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