"Founded in 1924 by an ethnic German group from Slovenia known as the Gottsheers, this auditorium and social club is filled with neighborhood memories, including a line of portraits of winners of an annual beauty contest to crown Miss Gottsheer. The bar downstairs has become a secret neighborhood hangout, where you can wash a bratwurst or plate of pierogies down with a German tap beer." - Robert Sietsema, Andrew Karpan