switched the chicken to Miller Farms, which is an Amish farm here in Indiana.” The Harvest Room’s burgers, steaks, and pork products are from family-owned Fischer Farms, where animals are raised without hormones or antibiotics. The poultry served is also drug-free and vegetable-fed. Sausages will be from Smoking Goose, an Indianapolis meat locker that handcrafts slow cured and smoked meats from healthy animals raised on small family farms in Indiana. The new menu will also include some references to the Gosser’s Wisconsin roots—the “Wisco burger” and, of course, deep fried cheese curds. Weekend breakfasts will include something new—crepes—maybe some with Nutella and banana or perhaps one with ham and spinach and an egg on top. It’s all a work in progress. “We’re still trying to figure out how to be unique, but still be American cuisine,” she said. Gosser said the changes have met with approval from most patrons. “We’ve had such good feedback—really good,” Gosser said. “I think the locals are really interested in food like this.” Although the kitchen and menu are being transformed along with the facility, one important thing that will not be changing is the staff. “I think the staff was very nervous about new owners,” she said, “and I think we’ve won them over, and that has been a blessing to us.” The hotel employs about 50 to 60 people, she said. “They know all the nuances, where the breaker boxes are, procedures, the way certain things are done, all that,” she said. “Because it’s such an old building, it has many quirks.” “Our staff is like a little family,” she said. Most of the key staff has remained, including Danielle Melton at the front desk, Mary Curtin in the dining room, and Tom Craciunoiu, the previous general manager who has worked at the BCI since he was a teenager. “He’s worked here most of his career,” Gosser said. “He was doing everything that the four of us are doing now.” Continued on 22
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