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Short trip across the street has been a
15-year success for Kruse 6- Muer.

B

Marilyn Merkel, with Kruse
ack in March of 1990,
& Muer since it opened.
two close friends went
At the time, Chuck owned
against all odds and
the fine C.A. Muer Corp.
opened another restaurant just
and Bill had been his direc-
a block away and across the
tor of corporate develop-
street from one that they
ment and director of opera-
already owned.
tions before deciding to go
Their established restaurant
out on his own ... When
was a highly successful endeav-
they purchased the site, a
D ANNY
or, and many people shook
10-foot carving above the
RASKIN
their heads with disbelief at
front entrance, attracted
this supposedly strange move.
Senior
their attention ... It was one
Even more strange was the
C olumnist
of two Englishmen carving a
fact that it would serve almost
roast
... Chuck liked it so
the same food as their present
much that he wanted it for the
operation.
But people like the late Chuck Muer Charley's Crab in Troy, which he
owned at that time ... But so did Bill,
and Bill Kruse don't go into anything
and luckily it remained atop their
without knowing what they are doing
restaurant's front entrance for all to see
... Especially so in the restaurant busi-
and
admire.
ness... Here it is 15 years later ... and
It
is the same masterpiece that once
people aren't shaking their heads any-
proudly beckoned folks to the former
more ... as the restaurant opened by
Brass Rail on Adams, owned by Bill
Bill and Chuck a block away from
their highly-acclaimed
Rochester Chop
House, is celebrating
the anniversary of its
own top-touted
respectability.
The move by Bill
and Chuck is today
looked upon as a
shrewd maneuver by
them ... capturing din-
ing audiences on "both
sides of the street" so to
speak.
Although seafood
and chops are served at
Tom May and Bill Kruse
each of their two places
in Rochester, Kruse &
Muer goes even further with its origi-
Boesky and Joe Freedman ... The only
nal Charley's tomato-based Fish
change is the carving of a fish instead
Chowder, of which over 75,000 gal-
of a roast.
lons have been served in the 15 years,
Restaurant alterations made by
salads, homemade pastas, gourmet piz-
Kruse & Muer in its 15 years came
zas, steaks, poultry, almost 150,000
last year when it opened a new
pounds of whitefish, over 115,000
entranceway from the rear, put in
pounds of salmon, etc.
completely
new kitchen equipment,
The locale had previously been the
new tiling, etc.
site of three other dining spots,
Seating in its four rooms is about
Knapp's Bar, one of early Rochester's
150, with another 20 stools at the
only restaurants, Kavan's and Main
marble bar ... Loaves of bread baked at
Street Bar & Grill ... but it is unlikely
Kruse & Muer has reached the 1/2-
that all three combined could match
million
mark.
the almost three million guests that
Bill's
general
manager, Tom May, is
have been served by people like