There can't be too many German restaurants in San Francisco to suit us -- we're BIG schnitzel fans! -- so learning that Christiana Schmidt and Isabell Mysyk (owners of the gemütlich East German Walzwerk on South Van Ness) were opening a deli on Folsom brought a tear of joy to our eye.
So did the choice of eight different sausages ($8 each), served with sauerkraut, potato salad, and two kinds of mustard (hot and grainy). Pictured above is the excellent, smoky-yet-mild Thüringer bratwurst.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Let's do lunch:
Really, be honest: Are you eating enough German food? Begin to address the lacuna in your global eating with a mouthful of veal schnitzel sandwich (SF Weekly food critic Meredith Brody's fave) at Schmidt's (2400 Folsom at 20th St., 401-0200).
Drink therapy:
Break out that never-been-tucked weekend club shirt a few days early and get hammered with a little class, despite drinkin' cheap: $2 PBRs and $5 well drinks at dim, swanky Sip Bar and Lounge (787 B
Achtung, baby: Hasenpfeffer and spiced cabbage.Mission neo-German würst hall Schmidt's (2400 Folsom at 20th St.) started serving dinner last night, a result of landing its wine and beer license. The expanded menu showed off more of chef Matt Shapiro's range. By 7 p.m. the place was roughly two-thirds full, a mark of just how many followers the place has corralled since opening two months ago.
We seriously hearted the braised, red-wine-marinated hasenpfeffer (leg and saddle of rabbit, $15) wit
pilzeleben/FlickrReally into it? Wear your own.Foreign Cinema (2534 Mission at 21st St.) is busting out the lederhosen and offering two Oktoberfest dinners, tomorrow night and again on Thursday, Oct. 29. Chefs Gayle Pirie and John Clark are cooking special three-course meals designed as odes to Germany and the hearty, traditional cuisine it's known for. Tomorrow night's starter is a beet and cucumber salad, followed by Wiener schnitzel with fried potatoes, and spiced apple cake with prali
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