In the past, there were turnstiles here and people had to pay an admission to view the clock (we've heard upwards of $1.00, but the old postcard we have has a sign hanging over the door reading "25 cents").Īpparently, if you ate in the restaurant, admission to see the clock was free. Continuing all the way to the back, the entrance to the Alpine-themed restaurant was on the left and at the back door was the entrance (stairs) to the patio area for the clock-viewing. Continuing towards the rear of the building, the cheese shop was on the left and a small sitting area was on the right, where the 4-piece automated band was. Walking in the front door, the clock shops were on either side of the main entrance. The building itself consists of two floors, with the cuckoo clock and some bizarre thing known as the Gnome Grotto being the only things on the second floor (which is really like a patio). The whole building was done up to look like a Swiss chalet on the outside and they even had actors in costumes walking around. When it opened, it was known as the Alpine-Alpa Cheese House and was part of this weird concept of "the Swiss Alps over here", meaning here in the U.S. Here's a brief history of the place that we were able to find out. When we visited this odd Swiss-themed attraction we found it to be somewhat, er…different. Well, that’s what we had been told about the place anyway. Thwy can eat in the whimsical Alpine-themed restaurant, or go downstairs to the Black Forest Cuckoo Clock Shop (complete with robotic milkmaids, an automated band on view for 25 cents, and more than 300 clocks for sale).
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