ConnexionWolfgang Zwiener, Waiter Who Built a Steakhouse Empire, Dies at 85
After years of waiting tables at Peter Luger in Brooklyn, he opened Wolfgang’s Steakhouse in Manhattan, the first of 35 restaurants around the world.
Mr. Zwiener in 2004 at Wolfgang’s Steakhouse on Park Avenue, with a photo of himself when he worked as a waiter at Peter Luger.
© Nicolas Goldberg for The New York Times
