Family, friends celebrate Grandview’s 70 years

Original owners’ daughter reflects on lifetime of memories 

  • Family members of the Grandview Cafe’s original owners, Everett and Doris Blackburn, gathered for a celebration on the opening’s 70th anniversary. Pictured from left are Anthony, Laura and Chase Smith (representing the late Monty Blackburn); Donna Goertzen, family friend Janet Grosshans, Gay (Blackburn) Johnston, Troy Goertzen, John Johnston and George Brosman.
    Family members of the Grandview Cafe’s original owners, Everett and Doris Blackburn, gathered for a celebration on the opening’s 70th anniversary. Pictured from left are Anthony, Laura and Chase Smith (representing the late Monty Blackburn); Donna Goertzen, family friend Janet Grosshans, Gay (Blackburn) Johnston, Troy Goertzen, John Johnston and George Brosman.
    A lifetime of memories come flooding back for Donna Goertzen when she takes a seat at the Grandview Cafe.Some are good, some funny, some emotional, yet some stir angst about the hours her parents spent in the kitchen and behind the bar running the family-owned business. Goertzen slid into a booth and ordered a drink Oct. 17 to share some of those memories exactly 70 years to the day after h...

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