Family has a way of weaving momentous occasions in and out of daily lives. Graduations, weddings, and births are obviously so on their own. But ask a mother of a twinkle-eyed, drool-faced infant or a pair of cherub siblings and every day is momentou
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Burdey’s Cafe opens in Peterson
Fri, Mar 1st, 2013
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New owners of Peterson cafe, the Burdey family. (L-R) Gabe, Isaac, Kristin, Annika, Steven, and Isaiah. Photo Kirsten Zoellner
Change can be hard. Just ask the locals of the Peterson area who have spent the last 14 years appreciating the down-home food and atmosphere of Judy’s Country Kitchen, the town’s busiest eatery. The restaurant has a loyal clientele and is popular among the seasonal tourist crowds. When word of it being sold in the spring of 2013 hit the area, the rumor mill in the area swirled over just who was taking over. Thankfully, people can rest assured; the restaurant is passing into the capable hands of local couple Steven and Kristin Burdey.
Choosing the right successors meant a lot to previous owners Jim and Judy Severtson. “It was important to them that local people take over the restaurant,” notes Kristin. “We didn’t enter into it lightly.” Initially, the couple felt they needed to think about the possibility. Soon it was clear that this was exactly what they were meant to do. “We talked about owning a restaurant when we first met,” says Kristin. “The opportunity just presented itself.”
Neither Steven nor Kristin are strangers to the restaurant business. Steven’s background includes more than 20 years in the retail/restaurant management industry, including as a chef, kitchen manager, and corporate trainer for Perkins. He has also offered his talents as a chef and consultant at Awakenings in Winona and in corporate management for Kwik Trip. Largely self-taught, Steven did apprentice under chef Kevin Cassidy, of Currents Restaurant, and Laurie Farley of Kate & Gracie’s Restaurant, both in Alma, Wisconsin. He was also chosen to compete in Rushford’s 2012 Expoculinaria professional chef challenge, “Bring It To the Table.”
Kristin, likewise, has over 12 years in the restaurant industry, working as a waitress at both Judy’s and at Perkins in Winona, where she first met her husband. A native to Rushford, Kristin has long been a buoyant personality in the community.
“It’s just amazing how the Lord planned all this out,” notes Steven, thinking back to how he met his wife. “I was working for Kate & Gracie’s, but it was getting towards winter, slowing down. I thought about getting a part-time job. I wasn’t ever going to work for Perkins again. I tried to talk myself out of it and went back and forth, but there was someone I was going to meet,” he adds, smiling at his wife.
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Choosing the right successors meant a lot to previous owners Jim and Judy Severtson. “It was important to them that local people take over the restaurant,” notes Kristin. “We didn’t enter into it lightly.” Initially, the couple felt they needed to think about the possibility. Soon it was clear that this was exactly what they were meant to do. “We talked about owning a restaurant when we first met,” says Kristin. “The opportunity just presented itself.”
Neither Steven nor Kristin are strangers to the restaurant business. Steven’s background includes more than 20 years in the retail/restaurant management industry, including as a chef, kitchen manager, and corporate trainer for Perkins. He has also offered his talents as a chef and consultant at Awakenings in Winona and in corporate management for Kwik Trip. Largely self-taught, Steven did apprentice under chef Kevin Cassidy, of Currents Restaurant, and Laurie Farley of Kate & Gracie’s Restaurant, both in Alma, Wisconsin. He was also chosen to compete in Rushford’s 2012 Expoculinaria professional chef challenge, “Bring It To the Table.”
Kristin, likewise, has over 12 years in the restaurant industry, working as a waitress at both Judy’s and at Perkins in Winona, where she first met her husband. A native to Rushford, Kristin has long been a buoyant personality in the community.
“It’s just amazing how the Lord planned all this out,” notes Steven, thinking back to how he met his wife. “I was working for Kate & Gracie’s, but it was getting towards winter, slowing down. I thought about getting a part-time job. I wasn’t ever going to work for Perkins again. I tried to talk myself out of it and went back and forth, but there was someone I was going to meet,” he adds, smiling at his wife.
Married November 11, 2011, Kristin echoes her husband’s words. “We’re ridicul .....
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Taste of the Trail in Peterson
Fri, Aug 31st, 2012
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Beginning Saturday, September 8, eight communities along the Root River State Trail will begin hosting the first ever Taste of the Trail over a three-weekend period. Peterson, one of three communities hosting the first Saturday, is gearing up for th
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Peterson gears up for Gammel Dag
Mon, Jun 4th, 2012
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Who hasn’t heard someone complain about missing the good old days? Luckily, Peterson has a solution to the nostalgia with its 31st annual Gammel Dag (Norwegian for “Good Old Days”).
Scheduled for Friday, June 15 through Sunday, June 17, the
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