Sparta Area Chamber of Commerce Newsletter September | Page 16

Meet our New Members
The
Dr Ftwood
The Chamber welcomes Annetra and Pete Muehlenkamp, owners of The Driftwood, State Highway 27 south
of Leon. The Driftwood officially opened its doors June 28 after just three months under construction.
Owning a bar was something Annetra had always been interested in doing, her and Pete decided to take the
leap when they were in the position to do so. They purchased the former “Terry’s Hideout” in March. “We
did an entire overhaul of the building. It was mostly cosmetic stuff,” Annetra said. “We were here a lot.”
The Muehlenkamps expanded the kitchen and brought in almost all new equipment. They redid the floors
and walls and rebuilt the bar.
They also remodeled both bathrooms, put in new plumbing fixtures and built a new office space.
The Driftwood is open every day with daily lunch and dinner specials. There is a full taco bar on Tuesdays
and a fish fry on Fridays, which both start at 4 p.m.
The Muehlenkamps would still like to grow the menu a little bit more. They also want to finish the
landscaping and expand the outdoor seating area with a pavilion and outdoor entertainment.
The landscape leading to The Driftwood in either direction is overwhelmed with damage left behind from
the floods. When picking a name for their new bar, the Muehlenkamps questioned, ‘What survives a flood?’
The answer, driftwood does.