Scouting Report: Spring City Restaurant

If you drove past Spring City Restaurant, you might think it was just another of those family restaurants dotting southeastern Wisconsin.

Actually, it's a lot more. By offering a separate bar, a full lineup of fresh pizzas and deliveries available to local businesses, owners Dennis and Peter Hronis hope that their new 185-seat casual restaurant will fill a niche in the neighborhood. No stranger to the restaurant business, Dennis Hronis formerly owned Art's in Oconomowoc, a restaurant that he sold two years ago.

The brothers' original plans were to operate Spring City 24 hours a day, but they've cut back to round-the-clock operations only on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The restaurant closes at 10 p.m. the other four nights of the week. The brothers also plan to open a small patio area in the coming weeks.

Spring City's menu offers everything from sandwiches to steaks and daily dinner specials that usually are priced under $10. The restaurant's menu also lists gyros plates and sandwiches, which are the house specialty.

Credit cards: Discover, MasterCard and Visa. Hours: 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday-Wednesday; 24 hours a day Thursday-Saturday. Prices: Breakfast $3.50-$8.95; lunch $4.95-$8.50; dinner $6.75-$22.95.

- Dennis R. Getto