For 100 years, fans of slider hamburgers have been coming to downtown Lake Mills. American Legion Post 67 started with a tent in the park in 1926, and in 1950, moved across the street into a small building. The hamburgers are sold every Friday from May to early October.
Volunteers cook the hamburger patties in a bath of water and lard. So far this year, they’ve sold more than 20,000 hamburgers, some with onions, both raw and fried, and cheese. Others have been served plain.
The hamburger stand operated by American Legion Post 67 in Lake Mills is wedged between a cafe and a nail salon in the city’s quaint downtown. The building, occupied by the hamburger stand since 1950, received a new roof in April, but most of the profits go to local community organizations.
Holly Miller, a volunteer at the American Legion hamburger stand in downtown Lake Mills, delivers a customer’s order on a recent Friday afternoon. It takes about 15 people over three shifts to staff the stand.
Matt Olsen spruces up his slider outside the American Legion hamburger stand in downtown Lake Mills. Each Friday, from May through early October, the stand goes through more than 200 pounds of beef, 35 flats of buns, 100 pounds of onions and seven pounds of lard.
Larry Sauer was in the U.S. Navy during Vietnam and worked in manufacturing in Waterloo and Lake Mills. For the past 15 years, he’s been volunteering at the American Legion hamburger stand in downtown Lake Mills.
For 100 years, fans of slider hamburgers have been coming to downtown Lake Mills. American Legion Post 67 started with a tent in the park in 1926, and in 1950, moved across the street into a small building. The hamburgers are sold every Friday from May to early October.
Volunteers cook the hamburger patties in a bath of water and lard. So far this year, they’ve sold more than 20,000 hamburgers, some with onions, both raw and fried, and cheese. Others have been served plain.
Holly Miller, a volunteer at the American Legion hamburger stand in downtown Lake Mills, delivers a customer’s order on a recent Friday afternoon. It takes about 15 people over three shifts to staff the stand.
Matt Olsen spruces up his slider outside the American Legion hamburger stand in downtown Lake Mills. Each Friday, from May through early October, the stand goes through more than 200 pounds of beef, 35 flats of buns, 100 pounds of onions and seven pounds of lard.
The hamburger stand operated by American Legion Post 67 in Lake Mills is wedged between a cafe and a nail salon in the city’s quaint downtown. The building, occupied by the hamburger stand since 1950, received a new roof in April, but most of the profits go to local community organizations.
Larry Sauer was in the U.S. Navy during Vietnam and worked in manufacturing in Waterloo and Lake Mills. For the past 15 years, he’s been volunteering at the American Legion hamburger stand in downtown Lake Mills.
