Interesting, based on your picture and your description a little further down, Tree House Charlton and Deerfield could potentially be considered beer gardens. I enjoy them both on weekdays when it's not a mad house but I enjoy Charlton more for the seats under the trees looking out over the rest of the outdoors. My personal definition for a biergarten is I should be able to order lagers preferably with some german options by the stein in various large sizes which I think are harder to find in New England. My favorite is Munich Haus in Chicopee.
That one I posted pics of is in Gilford at Beans & Greens farm. There's another nearby in Center Harbor.
I can only recommend Bier Garden in Portsmouth VA in my area... I believe still the largest importer of Aventinus in the state of VA. I would go there more often but P Town is time (and more importantly, tolls) away.
Great thread! I was trying to think of any good examples in the SF Bay Area, but I couldn't come up with one. Any good German restaurants are either all indoors or have a small outdoor seating. I have been to Prost in Denver. While the beer was good and nice location, it's just a decent Biergarten.
Suppenküche in Hayes Valley and Radhaus in Ft. Mason should scratch the itch. The view of the bay on a sunny day at the latter is incredible.
Thanks. Radhaus has been on my list for a long time. Does either one have outdoor seating?Otherwise, we go to Teske's Germania in San Jose.
Radhaus does. The google says Suppenkuche does as well, but I don’t remember ever sitting outdoors there. There is (was) a nearby outdoor shopping-container beer garden at one time. It’s been a while now since I’ve been in the area or I’d have more specifics for you.
No. No I do not. Do I have an understanding of the need to insert nonlocal verbiage? No. No, I do not. Now, do I have a few local beers garden's I love hanging at. Certainly. Outside beers are great beers
BierHall Brewing Company in Lancaster PA is on my list of breweries to visit this season. It's not my favorite yet but hopefully soon it will be. The draft selection is pretty diverse and the food doesn't sound too bad either. I'll have to update this post after my visit.
Adding to the talk about people's expectations with the word biergarten - For me, if a business in the US is going to call something a biergarten (as opposed to a beer garden), it would be nice if there was a decent reason for that decision - such as having a German theme... and when I say a German theme, I don't mean having a pilsner on tap alongside five oat-IPAs and a "German chocolate cake stout."
Here`s some Beer Garden music. One of my favorites groups to have a beer while enjoying their performance. ' ' Milwaukee is loaded with Beer Gardens. ' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2Cj7H0WqeA ' If I had to pick a favorite it would be The South Shore Beer Garden. It`s right on the shore of Lake Michigan, with views of the lake and downtown skyline. ' https://www.facebook.com/SouthShore...-at-south-shore-terrace-72823/307867841616233 '
Off subject, sort of, but as an illustrator and long-time Photoshop professional, that AI image is terrible! (hope you didn't generate it Roadie) How are those hands actually holding up those mugs?
Yeah, if you're going to co-opt a foreign language, you should lean into it and go for the full theme park approach. If you've just got an outdoor seating area, don't be pretentious and present as something you're not.
Ya know, I've often thought the same thing about US on-premise venues using the term "Pub". But it's a hard thing to research 'cause it's such a short word - lots of hits of book sale ads which note the book was "Pub. at $1.95" and an amazing number of obits for guys with nickname "Pub" (that kinda died out, I guess?). But I swear it was pretty unusual into the 1970s and then came the craft era and the adoption of the "Brewpub" term, even as a legal term in alcoholic beverage laws. Bar, Bar & Grill, Tavern, Hotel, Cafe, Lounge* ("Saloon" was still banned in some states) - yeah. But Pub? Maybe it was a regional thing? *EDIT- Oh, yeah - Inn, too. Oddly, when the drinking age was 18, a lot of colleges had on-site bars (I guess it kept the drunk kids on campus and away from town?) and they often used the "Pub" term. (First time I went in one - as a guest, I ain't payin' no fee to get into a bar - I looked around and thought, "This ain't no pub." Had a definite cafeteria+library lounge vibe.)
