German Food and Cooking

Checkers Old-Munchen Reopens in Pompano Beach

The much-loved German restaurant Checkers Old-Munchen re-opened for a packed house this past weekend. Eager customers threw back boots of beer or slowly filled up on drinks thanks to an eight-part beer tasting menu. Nearby was a German buffet, which staff struggled to keep stocked, as the dining ro ... More >>

Checkers Old-Munchen to Reopen in Pompano

After a kitchen fire and smoke damage forced the closure of German restaurant Checkers Old-Munchen, owner Mathew Moore said he's ready to reopen the Atlantic Boulevard restaurant in about six weeks. Just in time, he said he hopes, to catch the end of Oktoberfest.

Oktoberfest 2012 in Oakland Park: Food by the Ambry

On Friday, we gave you a roundup of all the 2012 Oktoberfests in South Florida. This week, we get into the delicious details. Although beers get all the glory in Oktoberfest celebrations near and far -- from Munich to Topeka to Oakland Park -- it's the spectacular German food that ultimately helps e ... More >>

Oktoberfest 2012 in South Florida: Celebrations in Lantana, Las Olas, Oakland Park, Boca, and Miami

Oktoberfest is here again, folks. It is the time of year to party like a German in brown leather pants, guzzling endless liters of barley and malt brews. We know -- sporting lederhosen in South Florida's penetrating heat is not a logistical reality, considering the risk of massive chaffing and poten ... More >>

Fritz & Franz: Oktoberfest in Fort Lauderdale

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Scenes from the Masskrugstemmen (Beer Stein Holding Contest)

Walking into the biergarten of the American German Club of the Palm Beaches on a Saturday night is like walking into an old friend's house. It's homey. The crowd isn't large but they'll all turn to warmly greet you hello. And, if you're lucky, a lovely young woman named Birte Keays will hurry out fr ... More >>

Cinco de Mayo at Biergarten Boca Raton: Cheap Beer and Tacos at a German Joint

Proving they'll take every chance they can to throw down the party stein, Biergarten Boca Raton will host a day-long Cinco de Mayo fiesta on Saturday, May 5. The bash is 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. with food and drink specials running all day long. The German restaurant/bar will feature $3 Coronas, $6 margari ... More >>

48. Wurst, Spaetzle, and Potato Pancakes From Checkers Old-Munchen

We're counting down to New Times' Best of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments or visit our Facebook page. 48. Wurst, Spae ... More >>

Diner-By-The-Sea Hosts German Pop-Up Dinners, Starting Monday

​A 4 a.m. electrical fire that has damaged the restaurant kitchen has forced owner Matt More to close Checkers Old-Munchen for repairs for two to three months.Rather than resign himself to a couple of stagnant months, Moore got creative: he asked his brother Bill Sand for help. "My brother owns a ... More >>

97. Apfel Strudel at Josef's Table

We're counting down to New Times' Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments, or visit our Facebook page. ​ 97. Apfel Strudel from Josef's TableMor ... More >>

Oktoberfest in South Florida: A Survival Guide

Oktober Fest in Okländ Park

Cooking Channel's Eat Street Debuts Tonight - Features South Florida Food Trucks

Photo by Candace WestTroy Thomas's Rolling Stove truck will be featured on Eat Street​Eat Street, the new show on The Cooking Channel debuts tonight on The Cooking Channel. Described as "your grease-stained road map to the ultimate street food experience", Eat Street takes viewers on a jour ... More >>

Celebrate Oktoberfest at These Authentic German Eateries

Q&A With Chef Hans Huber From the Ambry German Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale

Elsewhere on this blog, the ever-erudite eating machine John Linn proclaimed the Ambry German Restaurant his very favorite place to eat German food and drink German beer. It sure is a cool-looking place (who hasn't driven past it a million times?), and it has a dizzying array of food from the old co ... More >>

Prost! More German Eateries to Eat and Drink at!

This hideous little bugger is on display at Lake Worth's Little Munich.​My review this week covered four German restaurants in and around Fort Lauderdale where you can celebrate Oktoberfest. But there are plenty more places that I didn't cover, and some of those are worth mentioning too.Bierbrunne ... More >>

Order Up: Oktoberfest!

​This week in Dish, we delve into Oktoberfest, the German celebration of beer, beer, and more beer. We look at four local eateries where authentic German means boots of beer and bratwurst. The first, Old Heidelberg, is a chalet-themed restaurant that's been slinging sausages since 1991. We also in ... More >>

Good Times and German Beers at the Ambry

​I've been visiting a lot of German restaurants lately for Octoberfest and a column I'm writing for next week's paper. What's surprising is we have so many good places to eat German food down here. It's not a cuisine I'd typically turn to when looking for somewhere to go out, but it seems like lo ... More >>

Checkers Old Munchen: A Menu That's 60 Beers Deep!

Lil Daggers Leads Huge Lineup at Little Munich

Over the Weekend: Checkers Old Munchen Beer Tasting

​Quaint, German restaurant Checkers Old Munchen held a good, old-fashioned bier tasting this past Friday night that saw the joint packed. A sizable crowd turned up and shoehorned in to the August installment of the restaurant's monthly beer pairing. There was barely any standing room to be had, bu ... More >>

International House of Schnitzel in Oakland Park Makes Yummy... Well, You Know

Cypress Nook in Pompano Beach Masters the Most Important Meal of the Day

The Cutlet of Your Dreams is at the International House of Schnitzel

John LinnThe Holstein schnitzel is topped with two eggs, anchovies, and capers.​ A chicken cutlet, pounded to a perfect quarter-inch thickness, coated in breadcrumbs, and baked until a luscious, crisp coating forms on the surface will set you back just $5.95. That same breaded slice of love topped ... More >>

It's Tea Time For Germany

John LinnThis wurst is the best.​I'm a sucker for pate -- I'll eat any sort of meat blended into a paste and cured. It started when I was a maybe 10-years-old. My parents would buy Oscar Mayer Liverwurst (yes, there's such a thing) and spread it on butter crackers. I must've ate six tubes of the t ... More >>

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