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In Dining
Webb's gears up as Brewers blaze
By OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writers

Published Aug. 29, 2003 at 5:31 a.m.
Tags: streak, webb's, george webb, molitor, yount

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George Webb's Facts & Figures
The Great Giveaway of 1987

  • Ordered more than 25,000 pounds of ground beef and 173,000 hamburger buns
  • Used 673 gallons of catsup and 286 gallons of brown mustard
  • Topped the burgers with 2,868 pounds of onions and 367,180 slices of pickles

Brewers Best Winning Streaks

  1. 13 - April 6-20, 1987
  2. 10 - April 30-May 9, 1988
  3. 10 - July 11-22, 1979
  4. 10 - June 9-19, 1978
  5. 10 - June 8-18, 1973
  6. 9 - July 25-August 1, 1997
  7. 9 - August 19-27, 2003

Myth or Truth
Why Two Clocks at Webb's Restaurants?

There are a number of theories about why George Webb Restaurant's have two clocks on the walls.

The best one is told by Jim Webb, the son of the founder:

The original restaurant was founded in 1948 at the corner of Ogden and Van Buren streets. George Webb customers would wait for a streetcar right outside the eatery, and would have an interested in knowing what time it was, so as to not miss the trolley. George Webb had several clocks on the wall for that very reason. The clocks showed different times, representing places across the world.

As the story goes, the streetcar rattled so much when it rolled past the restaurant that most of the clocks eventually fell of the wall. You guessed it, two remained. George never replaced the fallen clocks, but decided to put two clocks in each new restaurant he opened.

Myth or truth? Next time you're at Webb's, make a point to ask. We're sure the servers have had to answer that one more than once ... an hour.

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Posted by OMCreader on Dec. 30, 2005 at 5:14 p.m. (report)

Scott Martin said: I am no longer a fan of George Webb. They have a promotion for 5 for 6 dollars that was deceptive. I went to them after the Brewers scored 5 runs. I told them of the offer, and they took my order. They then charged me the full price. They need to put a disclamer on the radio that the deal isfor carry out only!

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