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Wolf’s packs them in Lift a stein to this authentic German restaurant By Jason Brady Above | Alicia Grez and Joe Dixon eat dinner at Wolf’s German American Restaurant. Top, right | Wolf’s takes pride in serving authentic German fare, but Chef Armin Wolf can also cook up a mean steak. Below, right | You’ve never had a salad quite like this. Beneath the greens and grilled chicken, the Wolf Salad has a layer of delicious marinated vegetables with a special house dressing. he jokes that if he didn’t, the two of just might be running a Polish restaurant rather than the German one they own and operate on Hope Mills Road. Armin is German. His wife, Elzbieta, C 26|April/May • 2009 (Elizabeth in English) is Polish. He hails from Rothenburg ob der Tauber, the famous medieval walled-in village in southern Germany. She is a native of the equally historic city of Gliwice in Oberschlesien, a part of Poland that once was part of the Austrian and Prussian empires. Despite being European neighbors, they met in the United States in 1995 while Armin was vacationing in North Carolina. They married hef Armin Wolf keeps his wife clear of the kitchen. It’s not that she isn’t a good cook – she’s a great one, actually – but and dreamed of opening their own restaurant. That dream became reality in September 2006 when they opened Wolf’s German American Restaurant at 2425 Hope Mills Road. Now, he prepares the meals, and she helps run the restaurant. He understands English but speaks the language with a heavy accent, while she speaks both English and German fluently. The Wolfs are a team who work seven days a week to make the restaurant a success. Vacation for Armin Wolf is cooking food at his restaurant, he said. Both are experienced in making food tasty. In his 22 years of cooking experience, Armin worked as a chef in Germany and on the high seas. After business school, he became a cook at a major hospital where he prepared food for diabetic patients. He also worked as a chef on several ships, including the

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