Local color - Family love runs The Pub
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August 30, 2017
SISTER POWER WITH DAUGHTER ASSIST – Julie Lennartz, left, and sister Sherry Thostensen carry on the 1970s-eatery started by their father Gene. Julie’s daughter, Jasmine, center, provides another generation of energy to the family business. – Photo courtesy of La Conner Pub & Eatery
Julie and Sherry Lennartz weren’t even teenagers when their father, Gene, bought the La Conner Pub & Eatery, called “The Tavern” by locals.
Known as Gentlemen Gene, he was an engineer with Boeing when that company had problems in the early 1970s. He moved his family to La Conner, where his wife’s family, the Moores, lived. Grandfather Milo Moore was the Mayor of La Conner as well as the head of the Washington State Department of Fisheries. Earlier, he worked for the United Nations in fisheries in Italy, Greece, and Korea.
At the suggestion of Milo, Gene left Seattle and purchased The Tavern. H...
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