Luv2Roam
05-01-2003, 08:09 PM
From the April 25, 2003 print edition
Restaurants
Boyhood taunts drive pretzel entrepreneur
Bob Mervine
School recesses for Rick Wetzel almost always brought with them a series of taunts: "Hey Wetzel, you pretzel."
Clearly, Wetzel was marked: The one-time Disneyland Jungle Cruise operator has since built a thriving, 200-unit business around the doughy delights.
Along with partner Bill Phelps, Wetzel just opened a 3,000-square-foot shop in Downtown Disney and a small satellite location at the Marketplace.
The new operation mirrors a companion store at Disney's California theme park.
On the menu -- in addition to a variety of flavored pretzels -- are baked pretzel hot dogs and fresh-squeezed lemonade.
Even your doctor might approve, says Wetzel: Without its butter topping, the basic pretzel has just half a gram of fat and 280 calories.
Restaurants
Boyhood taunts drive pretzel entrepreneur
Bob Mervine
School recesses for Rick Wetzel almost always brought with them a series of taunts: "Hey Wetzel, you pretzel."
Clearly, Wetzel was marked: The one-time Disneyland Jungle Cruise operator has since built a thriving, 200-unit business around the doughy delights.
Along with partner Bill Phelps, Wetzel just opened a 3,000-square-foot shop in Downtown Disney and a small satellite location at the Marketplace.
The new operation mirrors a companion store at Disney's California theme park.
On the menu -- in addition to a variety of flavored pretzels -- are baked pretzel hot dogs and fresh-squeezed lemonade.
Even your doctor might approve, says Wetzel: Without its butter topping, the basic pretzel has just half a gram of fat and 280 calories.