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Last night, Meal Ticket was lucky enough to snag a table at the soft-opening of Brauhaus Schmitz, Kelly Schmitz and Doug Hager's highly anticipated German bierhall and restaurant (718 South St., brauhausschmitz.com). The bilevel space looks just right, with lots of polished wood and some beautiful exposed brick uncovered during construction; main dining room's when you first walk in, with roomy booths and the bar coming into focus as the space gently bottlenecks in the back. Twenty beers on tap � check out the Brauhaus Hausbrau (house brew), a crisp lager brewed by Stoudt's. (Lew Bryson says it's the same as Stoudt's Gold?) No pics of the dirndl-wearing waitstaff because we're not creepy.
Most apropos feature � a giant version of the Reinheitsgebot, the German Beer Purity Law that dates back to 16th century Bavaria, is displayed in all its backlit glory near the bar. This thing is so old it doesn't even account for the inclusion of yeast in the brewing process, as the stuff wasn't even discovered yet.
Refer to A.D. Amorosi's piece more info on the place, which'll open to the public this coming Monday, June 29, at 11:30 a.m.
Dishes we ate, in photo order:
- Bread plate with herb butter
- Obatzda (cream cheese spread made with camembert, butter, farmer's cheese, caraway, and onion, served with rye bread)
- Ger�ucherte Fischplatte (assorted smoked fish with greens, accompaniments and rye bread)
- Radi (salted, curled white radishes)
- Potato dumpling, red cabbage
- Gem�sesp�tzle (saut�ed traditional German egg noodles with asparagus, caramelized onions, wild mushrooms and topped with a wild mushroom cream sauce)
- Sauerkraut
- J�gerschnitzel (served with a mushroom sauce)
I was lucky enough to make the soft opening last night. The place is great. The one liter mugs with the house beer is fantastic and priced right. I think this place will do really well.
I can't wait to check it out!
Food looks lousy. Hopefully the beer list is some sort of perfect.
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