03/19/2016
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Andriano & Affiliates, Ltd., FRANDS Restaurants, LLC, DBA Gropp’s Famous Fish of Stroh
For 11 years we have run Gropp’s Famous Fish of Stroh in Fort Wayne. It began in November of 2004 when we purchased the recipes and names from Millie Gropp. We began with selling our famous fish from a trailer in the Pine Valley parking lot while our first restaurant was being outfitted and decorated. We opened our Pine Valley location in March 2005. The following year we opened our Georgetown location in March.
As we retire from the restaurant business, it is with sadness that we announce today that we will be closing our location in Georgetown end of business on March 25, 2016. This will be the first time since 1955 that there will not be a Gropp’s Famous Fish of Stroh restaurant in operation.
We want to thank our customers for their patronage and support over the past 11 years. We will miss them. Many have become like family.
We also want to thank our employees, current and past, for their efforts. Without them, there would be no fish served.
Andriano & Affiliates, Ltd will retain ownership of all Gropp’s original spice mix, recipes and the name. We would like to bring these famous recipes back by licensing other restaurant locations, allowing current restaurants the ability to sell Gropp’s Famous Fish by purchasing the original spice mix from Andriano & Affiliates, Ltd. If anyone has any interest please contact Stacia Andriano at 260-710-5883.
There will be an auction on Tuesday, March 29th at 10:00 am for those interested in any of the lake items, or restaurant equipment. It all goes! Come pick up your favorite piece of memorabilia. It will be handled through Steffen Group, check it out at www.Steffengrp.com
Thank you Fort Wayne. It has been a bitter sweet decision.