Dorchester Times: Ben's Iron Grill Now Hiring

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Ben's Iron Grill Now Hiring

Dorchester's newest Main Street business is now hiring.

Ben's Iron Grill -- which will be housed in the former location of R Lounge, The Longhorn Saloon, Pit Stop, and Last Call -- is accepting applications for several positions.

Specifically, the restaurant and pub is seeking the following:

Bartender
Waiter/Waitress
Bar Back
Kitchen Preparation
Kitchen Cook

Resumes should be sent to: P.O. Box 252, Dorchester, NE 68343. For more information, call (402) 309-0796 and ask for Kelly.

We at the Times are happy to see Dorchester's newest business come to fruition. And we encourage local residents to patronize all of Dorchester's business owners who take on considerable risk to grow the spirit of free enterprise in our community.

10 comments:

BobApril 14, 2009 at 1:12 PM
It has been a while since I've left a comment, but I wanted to let the Dorchester Times know that I like the latest "days gone by" photos added to your website. Also I want to wish Ben H. all the best in his new business venture. The wife and kids and I will be supporting him!
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VeganApril 14, 2009 at 2:20 PM
I agree with Bob regarding the lovely photographs. In addition, I will be stopping by the grill for a tofu burger.
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90s gradApril 14, 2009 at 2:58 PM
In his book "When Giants Fall: An Economic Roadmap for the End of The American Era," New York Times bestselling author Michael Panzner writes:

Budgets of state and local governments will evaporate in some cases almost overnight, and safety nets and what people have assumed are "essential" services will disappear. Family, social, and community relationships will become far more important, and much of this may be based on the need for safety and security.

The lesson is to support your local businesses. Change is a'comin...
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Vested CzechApril 14, 2009 at 3:24 PM
Congratulations on the new grill. I LOVE the picture of the old school. My grandparents (Prachar/Aksamit) were married in 1927. I'm sure they remember the old building.
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AnonymousApril 14, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Regarding the pictures, is there anyway we can get a larger view of them.
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AnonymousApril 14, 2009 at 7:00 PM
In regard to the photo of the old school. My grandpa, Tony Wolfe, told me that before he went to the Great War, (WW1) he and some buddies, put a buggie up on the peaked roof one Halloween. Now that is a prank that took some work!

JR Wolfe
York

PS Congratulations on the new business in Dorchester!
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Village DwellerApril 14, 2009 at 8:19 PM
'Anonymous (5:34 p.m.)':

The Times plans to run a series of our old photos in an upcoming post.

Those photos will be able to be enlarged by readers.

Stay tuned.
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Vested CzechApril 14, 2009 at 9:04 PM
JR,

I can one up you. In the 1920's on Halloween night in Wilber, the kids used to take apart a threshing machine and then reassemble it on the roof of the school. To stay on topic, I don't believe they did any grilling!
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AnonymousApril 15, 2009 at 11:08 AM
I appreciate this story along w/ your others. I also understand that this blog does not have to be equal, but I would like to know why there is this article about the east side tavern but never has there been a notice or article about the new owners of the west side. If you at the times wish for your citezens to keep the money at home, then mabey you should also mention some of the other business.
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Village DwellerApril 15, 2009 at 1:45 PM
'Anonymous':

We hear you.

We welcome all Dorchester area businesses to send us any information on their operations.

E-mail us anytime at Dorchester.Times@gmail.com.

We want to do our part in promoting our hometown businesses.
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Dorchester: A Good Little Family Town

Dorchester, Nebraska (est. population 630) is located in northern Saline county. Close in proximity to Interstate 80, Dorchester is only 25 minutes from the state capital of Lincoln (est. population 250,000) and about 55 minutes from Omaha (metro population 725,000).

Dorchester's median resident age is 37 years. In 2005, Dorchester had a median family income of approximately $35,600. The median house value was about $63,000. About 95 percent of Dorchester residents commute to work via Interstate and highways.

The village has a quality public school, which received a $4.1 million expansion and modernization in 2008; it offers a small classrooms and individualized attention. Total enrollment of grades K-12 is around 230-250 students.

Ancestries of the Dorchester area are primarily German (42.4%), Czech (24.9%), Irish (12.5%), English (5.4%), and Dutch (4.9%).

Dorchester Historical Facts

* On July 4, 1871, the railroad reached Dorchester.
* Incorporated in 1881, Dorchester's population grew from 200 to 500 by 1882.
* In 1882, Dorchester had 90 buildings, 35 of which were businesses or public facilities. Brick buildings lined both sides of Washington Avenue for two blocks.
* Dorchester's longest-running newspaper was The Dorchester Star, which was published until the late 1940s.
* By 1889, Dorchester's population is said to have reached 800, while the town housed an opera house, a two-story brick schoolhouse with a bell tower, and four churches.
* By the 1910s, Dorchester had electricity, a water tower and a fire department.
* Dorchester's main arteries, Highways 6 and 33, were graveled in the 1940s.
* Dorchester's first irrigation well was drilled on Chris Weber's farm and rural electrification was finished following WWII.

A Village with History

Dorchester is one of the "alphabet towns" on the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad line built west from Lincoln. The town site was selected for its pleasant location in the northern part of Saline County, about eight miles west of Crete. This situation is an attractive one, being on the level prairie land, midway between the West Blue River and Turkey Creek. The first named stream is three miles north, and the latter about the same distance south from the town. Dorchester was platted in 1870 and incorporated in 1881. The name "Dorchester" came from either for a suburb of Boston by that name or a town in England. No one is sure. Two of the very first settlers were James Seely and Edward McIntyre, who both made Dorchester their permanent home.

Dorchester: In The Beginning

Here is a look at Dorchester around 1890, less than a decade after its official incorporation, as documented by Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska:
* POPULATION: "About 300, and is made up of a substantial and progressive class of citizens, who are moral and industrious. ... The town grew but very little until the year 1879, for the reason that Pleasant Hill, on Turkey Creek, a short distance south, was the county seat and naturally drew a trade for quite a large scope of country."
* BUSINESS: "The business and professional interests of the town are represented by three general merchandise stores, two drug, one grocery, one furniture, two hardware, and two millinery stores, one bank, two restaurants, two hotels, three livery stables, a post office, one newspaper office, two elevators, two lumber yards, two coal yards, two blacksmith shops, two lawyers and four physicians."
* SCHOOL: "The schoolhouse is a good one. The schoolhouse was built in 1872, since which time the public schools have been continually kept up. The present schoolhouse is 24' x 40' in size, two stories high. The school is graded and consists of three departments. The house is found too small, and arrangements will soon be made to increase its size."
* CHURCHES: "There are three substantial churches."
* HOMES: "The residence portion of the village is made up of neat houses of different styles of architecture, but none of them very large."
* NEWSPAPER: "The Dorchester Star, which was established August 21, 1881, by H. C. Bittenbender, who edited it until January 19, 1882, when he sold it to Ryerson & Bullock, the present proprietors. The Star is a bright weekly paper, five-column quarto, in size, and is Republican in politics."