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Copying and pasting the list from the post on the first page...

Huntsville, AL - Cafe Berlin
Alameda, CA - Speisekammer
Anaheim, CA - Jagerhaus
Folsom, CA - Old Europe
Lake Almanor, CA - Black Forest Lodge
Los Angeles, CA - Alpine Village
Los Angeles, CA - Chalet Edelweiss
San Diego, CA - Kaiserhof
San Francisco, CA - Suppenkuche
San Francisco, CA - Matterhorn Swiss
San Francisco, CA - Schroeder's
San Francisco, CA - Walzwerk
San Jose, CA - Gunther's
San Jose, CA - Teske's Germania
Willow Glen, CA - Meridian
Aurora, CO - Helga's
Colorado Springs, CO - The Edelweiss
Denver, CO - Cafe Berlin
New Britain, CT - East Side Restaurant
Washington, DC - Cafe Mozart
Washington, DC - Leopold's Kafe & Konditorei
Washington, DC - Old Europe
Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Old Heidelberg
Ft. Lauderdale, FL - The Ambry
Miami, FL - Hofbrau Beerhall
Chicago, IL - Berghoff
Chicago, IL - Chicago Brauhaus (Lincoln Square)
Chicago, IL - Julius Meinl
Des Plaines, IL - Kuhn's Delicatessen
Norridge, IL - Edelweiss
Jasper, IN - Little Munich
Wichita, KS - Imbiss Grille
Louisville, KY - Gasthaus
Boston, MA - Jacob Wirth
Chicopee, MA - Munich Haus
Springfield, MA - Student Prince Cafe & Fort Dining Room
Dearborn, MI - Richters Chalet
Detroit, MI - The Dakota Inn
Frankenmuth, MI - Bavarian Inn
Minneapolis, MN - Black Forest Inn
New Prague, MN - Schumacher's
New Ulm, MN - Kaiserhoff
Stillwater, MN - Gasthaus Bavarian Hunter
Hickory, NC - Old German Schnitzel Haus
Lake Lure, NC - Gaestehaus Salzburg
Pineville, NC - The Waldhorn
Hoboken, NJ - Helmers
Jersey City, NJ - Zeppelin Hall
Las Vegas, NV - Hofbrauhaus
Brooklyn, NY - Schnitzelhaus
Glendale, NY - Zum Stammtische
New York, NY - Heidelburg
New York, NY - Hallo Berlin
New York, NY - Zum Schneider
Queens/Forest Hills, NY - Chalet Alpina
Cincinnati, OH - Mecklenburg Gardens
Columbus, OH - Schmidt's Sausage Haus
Portland, OR - Gruner
Portland, OR - Rheinlander
Pittsburgh, PA - Max's Allegheny Tavern
Pittsburgh, PA - Penn Brewery
Hilton Head, SC - Alfred's
Myrtle Beach, SC - Cafe Old Vienna
Farragut, TN - Restaurant Linderhof
Manchester, TN - Gasthaus
Dallas, TX - Kuby's Sausage House
Plano, TX - Bavarian Grill
Madison, VA - The Bavarian Chef
Staunton, VA - Edelweiss
Seattle, WA - Feierabend
Madison, WI - Essenhaus
Milwaukee, WI - Karl Ratzsch's

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Mar 2, 2011, 12:27 am

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Thanks for the nods - these have been added to the master list at the beginning of this thread.

Keep the suggestions coming! Please be sure to include the city/state with any restaurant names.

Right. We will continued to searches a good German restaurant. I haven't ate at German restaurant for a long time.

Mar 2, 2011, 3:27 am

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I'm most familiar with Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen and Berlin but isn't the Pfalz actually famous for their pig offal dish (Saumagen)?

And it's no wonder that food traditions are also dumbing down in Germany considering the huge success of fast food joints and kebab sold on every street corner. But there is definitely more to cuisine ala Allemagne than just Schnitzel and Bratwurst.

Yep, you can definitely get Saumagen in some places here if you should so desire.

I'm with you in respect to the kebab places. I was mentioning to my wife the other day that it is a shame that there is so much great Turkish food elsewhere, but here it is kebab place after kebab place, seemingly one on every corner.

I haven't really seen anything to indicate an overabundance of fast food here, compared to elsewhere. We have a few McDonalds around, but not much else. Nordsee is in the slightly bigger towns, but I guess you could consider them fast food of sorts.

Mar 2, 2011, 5:28 am

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Yep, you can definitely get Saumagen in some places here if you should so desire.

Haven't actually tried it yet, but eating a lot of offal here in Asia so would suit my taste quite well, I suppose. What else is local to the Pfalze and maybe even to be recommended?

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I'm with you in respect to the kebab places. I was mentioning to my wife the other day that it is a shame that there is so much great Turkish food elsewhere, but here it is kebab place after kebab place, seemingly one on every corner

In Berlin and Cologne where I normally spend my time in Germany, Doner really is just a sidenote in the Turkish restaurants. Ah, some of those chicken and lamb dishes, especially from the provinces bordering on Syria, are just too delicious with their Arab style rich flavours.

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I haven't really seen anything to indicate an overabundance of fast food here, compared to elsewhere. We have a few McDonalds around, but not much else. Nordsee is in the slightly bigger towns, but I guess you could consider them fast food of sorts.

I'd call all those discount bakeries and supermarket el cheapo Imbiss stands fast food as well. And Nordsee is at most a poor cousin of the brilliant lunch sets you can get at a good fishmonger. I do love my herring in cream sauce with onions, not just on Fridays...

Mar 2, 2011, 5:59 am

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Haven't actually tried it yet, but eating a lot of offal here in Asia so would suit my taste quite well, I suppose. What else is local to the Pfalze and maybe even to be recommended?

Fresh spargel (white aspargus) in season, steinpilz mushrooms, forellen (trout) filets. But I believe those are all available in most parts of Germany, not just the Pfalz. We actually do like this restaurant for the ochsenfilet am stuck, which they serve by the portion of your choosing and cooked to perfection:

http://www.burgschaenke-neuleiningen.de/

It's about an hour south of Frankfurt so I can't swear if it is in the Pfalz, Hessen, or Baden Wurtemburg. Exceedingly difficult to find without a GPS. Believe it is Polish run as we have heard the staff and owner speaking Polish amongst themselves, but I can't swear to that.

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No kidding. We ate in the Turkish House in Muscat last night. Simply outstanding...

Mar 2, 2011, 10:32 pm

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I agree, I was very surprised to see it on the list. Their food, IMHO, is really not that great.

There's a place just a few blocks from me, Rolf's, that I've heard is very good, but I've never eaten there.

Rolf's...really?

Last I heard, most folks only go there for drinks and the garish seasonal decorations.

Sadly my favorite NYC German Restaurant/Bar (Silver Swan) closed a few years back. It really was a wonderful neighborhood haunt attracting an extremely interesting mix of customers.

Mar 3, 2011, 6:05 pm

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Please do. I'd love to hear about it.

http://www.schnitzelhausny.com

It's in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

I haven't tried it yet, they delivered a menu to the office and it got put in the rotation of menus for take-out when we're in the mood for schnitzel.

Mar 3, 2011, 7:20 pm

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Zum Schneider in the East Village, NYC. They have Schneider Weiss hefe weizen and Aventinus on tap. A rare find in the States.

The Ambry on Commercial Blvd in Ft Lauderdale. Two wheat beers on tap, along with a German dunkle and some others. It is owned by a family from Munich. It's a small neighborhood place with very attentive staff.

Both these places serve my favorite German dish, Schweinehaxen (roast pork knuckle) with red cabbage and potato dumplings. They're pretty authentic.

Also in South Florida, there is a Hofbrauhaus on Lincoln Rd Mall in South Beach. The food is so-so and I'm not really that crazy about HB's beer, but they have a nice selection of HB beer on tap and it's a fun place to hang out, drink German beer out of huge litre mugs and people watch.

Man, I want to go back to Munich!

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Mar 8, 2011, 7:50 am

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Thank you. Their dinner menu and the reviews about it make me sure that we'll try it! I see they serve rouladen; I remember making that when I was 12 spending the summer in a small town outside of Freiburg.

Mar 10, 2011, 12:22 pm

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A couple additions...

#1 - The Bavarian Chef, outside Charlottesville, VA. I haven't been here in years, so I can't honestly say if they're still decent, but they used to be wonderful. We used to drive from DC to go there. Their website still exists -

Bavarian Chef

#2 and #3 - I like both the Penn Brewery and Max's Allegheny Tavern in Pittsburgh, PA. The Penn Brewery brews their own line of beers which are very good.

Penn Brewery

Max's

#4 - The Edelweiss in Colorado Springs, CO. It's not amazing, but it's pretty good and the best German restaurant in town, IMHO.

Edelweiss

Mar 10, 2011, 12:38 pm

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Originally Posted by mosburger

I'm most familiar with Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen and Berlin but isn't the Pfalz actually famous for their pig offal dish (Saumagen)?

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But there is definitely more to cuisine ala Allemagne than just Schnitzel and Bratwurst.

Yes, Saumagen is a speciality of the Pfalz, although nowadays it doesn't tend to be made with offal, but with lean(er) cuts of pork, potatoes and onions. My parents-in-law bring Saumagen back whenever they are visiting the Pfalz.

Other specialities include Leberknödel (liver dumplings), Grumbeerpannekuche (potato pancakes), Zwiebelrostbraten, Zwetschenkuchen, Grumbeersuppe, Dampfnudeln...etc. etc.

I agree completely, saying German cuisine is all about sausage and schnitzel is like saying American cuisine is all about burgers and fries.

Mar 10, 2011, 12:44 pm

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http://www.burgschaenke-neuleiningen.de/

It's about an hour south of Frankfurt so I can't swear if it is in the Pfalz, Hessen, or Baden Wurttemburg

Funny you should say that, my husband's aunt lives in Neuleiningen and it's definitely Pfalz

I haven't been in the restaurant itself, but I have been on the Burg in Neuleiningen.

Mar 10, 2011, 12:48 pm

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Best German Food in the Chicago area (from a German born there) is at Kuhn's Delicatessen in Des Plaines. German food store in front, restaurant in back.
Find on Hilton Head Island: Alfred's. Owner Alfred Kettering does superb schnitzels with red cabbage and spaetzle, and a crisp roasted duck.