The Gobbler

The Gobbler was a motel, supper club, and roadside attraction in Johnson Creek, Wisconsin, United States.

It was designed in the late 1960s by Fort Atkinson architect Helmut Ajango for local poultry processor Clarence Hartwig and opened in 1967.

Male waiters and bartenders wore tuxedos, while female waitresses were required to wear "black briefs, fishnet stockings and V-necked hunting jackets.

The restaurant closed as scheduled, although a newspaper article published in 1995 claims the motel had stayed open[5] until early that year.

[citation needed] There were attempts by the Menominee,[2] Potawatomi and Lac du Flambeau Chippewa tribes in the 1990s to purchase the land for a multimillion-dollar casino, hotel and convention center.

[8] In June 2008, the Frank Lloyd Wright Wisconsin Tourism Program hosted "The Gobbler Gala" at the restaurant.

[9][10] The owners held an auction of the property and separate items, including the petrified wood that lined the entrance, in December 2009, hoping to recoup some of their costs.

Logo used in 1972 for newspaper advertising