"Bud Larson is the one who did the remodeling and turned it into a feed mill after he bought the place," said Clarence.  "Nordberg had no way of grinding the feed.  Nordberg bought feed from the big mills and from farmers and sold it."
"Bud put in a 200 horsepower electrical motor that drove the mill," stated Clarence.  "And he had a two-ton mixer on the main level that mixed grains how the farmer wanted it.  You could add soybean meal and linseed meal to make the corn more nutritious for the cattle and easier to digest.  People can eat as we see fit, but animals can't.  So we help them.  We also feed the children but they can fire it back at us."
"The ground feed would be blown up from the basement all the way through to the top of the building through a six-inch pipe and at the top was a dust collector.  The feed would fall back into the mixer on the main level.  It had to be blown up that high in order to get it into the mixer."
Clarence remembers that the mixer was 10 to 12 feet high and about six feet in diameter.
"Larson had a thriving business in Victoria until McKnight bought up 26 farms around here," said Clarence.
Bud Larson sold the business and the building to the Carver County Farm Bureau in 1961.  It remained an operative feed mill until the Spring of 1965, when it closed.  Clarence said the Farm Bureau was in the seed and insurance business as well as the feed business.

In more recent times, the Victoria Feed Mill has housed a kitchen supply company, a dinner theater, a community events room, a Mexican restaurant called Los Molinos, a restaurant called Victor Victoria's, and a restaurant called the Stieger Lake Inn.  It opened in May of 1989 as the Victoria House.

"We love it out here," said Danny Boy.  "We love the people.  Even though we grew up in Minneapolis, it was a small neighborhood community.  This is a perfect fit for us.
"The taste buds are different out here than they are downtown," said Bobby.  "Here in Victoria we've got two menus, one for lunch and one for dinner.  At Cuzzy's Bar and Grill we only need one menu."
Bobby Goral and John Lee also own Cuzzy's Bar and Grill, which is located in the Minneapolis warehouse district.  "Danny can buy in anytime he wants," said John.  Dan says the Victoria House keeps him busy enough.
"We all do whatever it takes," said John, "but we also have our specific responsibilities."
"Whoever is here addresses whatever problem may arise," said Dan.
"Our parents did a fabulous job of raising us," laughs John.
Another area of expertise for the Victoria House boys is the catering business.  "Catering takes a little more planning," said Danny, "but we can do everything from simple to extravagant.  We cater groups from ten to 200 people.  We're always looking for catering gigs."
"You name it, we can do it," said John.

The Victoria House is the favorite restaurant of many, many people.  The editor's familiar favorites include the Greek Salad with Feta Cheese and Marinated Shrimp, the Grilled Salmon Salad served with fresh crumbled blue cheese and the Rueben Sandwich.  My favorite soup is the Rueben Chowder.  It's to die for.
Thank you, Victoria House Boys, for bringing the best to Victoria.  And thank you, also, to your excellent wait staff.  Nowhere is the service better.