Against odds, a worldly culinary niche ditches the burgers and dogs in downtown Watertown
BARRY ADAMS WATERTOWN â The name, food, hours and business model are all unexpected and out of the norm for this city dissected by the Rock River, clinging to its German past but trying mightily to move forward. For more than 60 years, Schuettâs Drive-In offered up a staple of deep-fried hot dogs, grilled hamburgers, grease-laden onion rings and cones of soft serve. The fluorescent lights over the front awning would glow from late spring to late fall but go dark during the colder months of the year. Remarkably, for the last three years, those traditions have been uproote...