Drescher's Restaurant
Restaurant in Waterbury, CT
The tradition of Drescher's started in 1868 when German immigrant Charles Miller opened Miller's Saloon on lower Grand Street. When Charlie Miller died in 1873, his wife Caroline, managed the business until approximately 1880. Charlie's younger brother, William, took over the business and moved it to Harrison Alley. J. Alfred Drescher, who immigrated from Zurich, Switzerland, and Frederick Keil, from Mannheim, Germany, purchased the business in 1894. Frederick Keil had previously married Charlie Miller's daughter Mary. They changed the name to Drescher and Keil.