Farchant - Mathilde Ostler-Jochner was the first to pass the "new Farchanter tunnel".
But not the real one, which in 2000 relieved traffic in the “dear village”.
But one made of cardboard that suddenly connected the small corridor from the entrance door of their cult bar Antoni-Stüberl to the toilet.
A carnival joke by their regular guests who regularly stopped by Ostler-Jochner.
“Everyone had to crawl on all fours to go to the toilet,” says Ostler-Jochner today and still has to laugh heartily at this memory.
Once their regulars - also during the carnival season - built a whole cable car into the small restaurant, which officially only had 40 guests.
They transported the landlady through the guest room with cable winches, where she was the first passenger as well.
She could tell a thousand other anecdotes about the inn on Farchanter Hauptstrasse that she ran from 1993 to 2006.
But only outsiders said “Antoni-Stüberl”.
"With the locals it was always just: 'Go to the Rutz?"
Antoni-Stüberl closes its doors after almost 70 years
Now is the end. The restaurant, which has been run by various tenants for the past 14 years after Ostler-Jochner's time, will no longer open as a pub. Owner Anton Rutz junior has been planning this step for a long time. The coronavirus and its consequences are not the reason for the closure. But Rutz felt the second lockdown was the right time. The former inn is currently being rebuilt. He still leaves it open whether Rutz will use it commercially or privately or rent it out in the future. "We are in negotiations." Only one thing is certain: a restaurant will no longer move in. The last half a beer was served at the end of October 2020.
This ends a true cult era in Farchant and another inn closes its doors.
The house called "Zum Kordl" has been in the family for at least 120 years.
In 1952, Anton Rutz senior and his wife Gretl converted the property into a small, cozy restaurant.
Gretl Rutz was known far beyond the borders of the district as an indescribably talented cook.
Guests often queued across the street to get one of the coveted 40 seats.
The inn was extensively renovated and modernized in 1993
A secret of success that Ostler-Jochner continued when she reopened the inn on May 1, 1993 after intensive renovation and modernization. The economy was the club of the fingerhackers, the Spar- und Stöpsl-Club as well as the Maschkeravereins. She can remember the first of the legendary Christmas parties as if it were yesterday. “There was always a Christmas tree auction as the finale.” Since the Stöpslclub had exactly 64 members, they had to “eat using the zip fastener” due to the limited space available. Means: The other person was only allowed to eat when the person sitting next to them had finished eating. At carnival celebrations, there could be up to 100 guests, according to the motto: There is room in the smallest hut. The lessee only expanded after the tunnel was built. As the community rebuilt the main road,there was space for a small beer garden for about 30 guests.
The Antoni-Stüberl - it bears the name after its first owner Anton Rutz - was always a one-person business despite the large number of guests. “I did everything on my own, from cleaning to cooking to serving,” says Ostler-Jochner. She only got active help from the cult waitress Rosi Hacklinger, who knew every guest by name. Ostler-Jochner's husband, Josef, was always at her side, as long as the musician who studied was not professionally involved.
It was with regret that she learned of the final closure of her former job, for which the active restaurateur burned with body and soul. "It's a shame." But she can understand the owner's reasons. “Today it is no longer easy to run a Bavarian inn.” Rutz had had problems finding suitable staff for a long time. “The shortage of skilled workers in the catering industry is very noticeable,” he notes. Mayor Christian Hornsteiner (CSU) regrets this step. But so far he's not worried about the Farchanter gastronomy world. “We are still in a good position.” After all, the village innkeeper and the sports parlor are owned by the municipality “and are doing really well”. There are also three Italians.