What is Table 1912?
1912
Our story
Table 1912 is named for the year Western Home Communities was founded in Cedar Falls.
How Western Home began
The Evangelical Association determined in 1903 to build a home for aged church members in one of the denomination’s western states. During the next eight years, board members considered and rejected nine sites in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois. Finally, in 1911, an apparent gift from heaven arrived from an Iowa family.
Henry Pfeiffer, Jr., and Annie Merner attended the German Evangelical Church at 9th and Clay Streets in Cedar Falls, and married in 1882. Henry ran a successful downtown drug store with his brother Gus before moving to St. Louis in 1891 and starting Pfeiffer Chemical Company, later to become Warner-Lambert Pharmaceuticals.
Western Home Communities was founded in 1912. Table 1912 carries the year in its name.
The kitchen today
Executive Chef Matthew McDonell and Executive Sous Chef Tyler Manire lead the kitchen. The menu follows the seasons and changes about four times a year, built on fresh, locally sourced ingredients whenever possible, down to the Hansen’s Dairy ice cream.
At the bar you’ll find a curated wine list, craft cocktails and local beers, chosen to go with the menu.
Join us for dinner
Wednesday through Saturday, 4–9 p.m. Open to the public and to Western Home residents.