Charlie's Place, Hortonville, WI

Elvis Sighting at Charlie's Drive-In, Hortonville, Wisconsin, August 15, 2012

Carl Mann and sister Rachel present an enveloping "shabby chic" dining experience at Charlie's Drive-In having instinctively turning the family restaurant into participation-based art with a dash of performance. A great time to check Charlie's out and get a fishwich deluxe, onion rings and a black cow is during "death week" -- the anniversary of Elvis Presley's death. Classic cars, rockabillies, Carl dressed as Elvis, wife Tory as Marilyn Monroe bustle all around as Charlie's unfurls a rich social experience of the sort that corporate America can only describe on their websites but can never attain. We shot our last Kodachrome movie film there in 2010 to document the history of the place and the story of Carl's metamorphosis into Elvis.