Little Gems, April 22, 2026
LITTLE GEMS Women’s Weekend” is two weeks away. The weekend of April 24th through the 26th, Lake...
Read Moreby Geneva Shore Report | Apr 23, 2026 | Little Gems | 0 |
LITTLE GEMS Women’s Weekend” is two weeks away. The weekend of April 24th through the 26th, Lake...
Read Moreby Geneva Shore Report | Jun 19, 2024 | Front Page | 0 |
There’s a charity in Lake Geneva called Side by Side, and it’s quietly there for those who have fallen into the ‘rabbit hole’ and can’t seen to find their way out. Tom Hartz, who owns a wonderful local restaurant named Simple, although it should really, like Tom himself, be called anything but Simple throws benefits at his restaurant all the time to help out those in trouble.
Read Moreby Geneva Shore Report | Sep 28, 2022 | The Bright Side | 0 |
THE BRIGHT SIDE A new passenger rail project that will run between the Twin Cities, Milwaukee,...
Read Moreby Geneva Shore Report | Sep 15, 2021 | Our Place | 0 |
OUR PLACE The BID stumbles a bit. Applying to the city council for that entity to rule on...
Read Moreby Geneva Shore Report | May 30, 2018 | Front Page | 0 |
The Geneva Shore Report was wrong when it reported that Tom Hartz, the owner of Simple restaurant and mayor of Lake Geneva, was in any way involved in the conversion of the old school in Williams Bay to some sort of wellness center. Wrong. That the GSR was misled by a nearly unimpeachable witness does not mean the GSR is not culpable.
Read Moreby Geneva Shore Report | May 9, 2018 | Our Place | 0 |
Our Place Main Street, Lake Geneva… Or is it the street that looks like it leads to hell? We...
Read Moreby Geneva Shore Report | May 2, 2018 | Little Gems | 0 |
Little Gems The Hippie Sisters are coming to Lake Geneva. Over there, across Broad Street from...
Read Moreby Geneva Shore Report | Jan 10, 2018 | Front Page | 2 |
Years ago, Tom Hartz came to Lake Geneva to build a restaurant. That place is called Simple, but it is anything but simple in application or design. It’s modern as all get out and now it’s accompanied by the bakery he bought next door.
Read Moreby Geneva Shore Report | Jun 14, 2017 | Articles, Living Here | 0 |
Living Here Are you an unpaid city employee? Are you doing city work without pay or benefits? Before you say “no” answer a few questions? Who shovels the city’s sidewalks in front of your place? Who mows the city’s terrace in...
Read Moreby James Strauss | Apr 13, 2016 | Articles, Little Gems | 0 |
Little Gems Tom Hartz is in this issue of the Geneva Shore Report. The letter to the editor he...
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