German Restaurants Around Town

 Beer Gardens are on the rise! We are just waiting for the right weather...

NY Magazine tells us about some German Hotspots:

Hallo Berlin

626 Tenth Ave., near 45th St.
212-977-1944

This branch of New York’s self-proclaimed “wurst restaurant” celebrates summer by unfurling the beer-company umbrellas in the backyard, where locals wash down wienerwurst, knockwurst, and other unseasonably hearty but tasty German fare with a respectable selection of German brews.

Loreley

7 Rivington St., between Bowery and Christie St.
212-253-7077

Michael Momm (a.k.a. D.J. Foosh) was born in New York but grew up in Cologne, and he’s modeled his biergarten after that city’s brewpubs. A dozen German beers are on tap, and the kitchen turns out a menu built by Momm’s own mom, who aims to reveal German food’s little-known lighter side—liverwurst on organic seven-grain with sprouts and even a Loreley Mixed Salad.

Zum Schneider

107 Ave. C, at 7th St.
212-598-1098

Indoors and out, with fake tree branches hugging the ceiling and umbrella’d sidewalk tables, this lively Alphabet City saloon captures the biergarten spirit with blonde-fraulein waitresses, hard and soft pretzels, and thirst-quenching hefeweizen on tap.

Guastavino’s
409 East 59th Street
(212-980-2455)

If you spy a lederhosen-clad accordionist loitering at the foot of the Queensboro Bridge some Wednesday evening, he’s not a lost tourist—he’s the entertainment at Guastavino’s new biergarten. Nostalgic for his college days, or in pursuit of customers who are, chef Daniel Orr has installed a keg on the manicured terrace, where he’s also serving a wiener schnitzel sandwich with German potato salad.

and the newest one.....

The Standard Beer Garden

848 Washington St
(between Little W 12th St & 13th St)
New York, NY 10014
(212) 645-4646

The German Fräuleins

(Spring 2009)

The new New York City- based fashion line The German Fräuleins creates Lieblingsstücke, personal favorites, for modern and sophisticated women.

The two founders and designers Alexa and Angelika turned their professional experience and visions into their own clothing line in 2008. The duo said they were happy about being able to build their own collection, where all their ideas could be put into effect, with two core elements in mind: flattering designs and uncompromising quality. The designer duo thinks of their collection as a luxurious ensemble, from evening chic to luxurious loungewear. (Image: www.thegermanfraeuleins.com)

Trash Art

Justin Gignac packs trash from the streets of New York into plastic cubes and sells them for $50 to $100 apiece. 

“The idea of selling garbage was all born out of the debate about the importance of package design,” he said. 

That was during a summer internship at MTV. He asked himself what he could package that nobody would want. 

Gignac digs through trash late at night. “This is when the city is dirtiest,” he says. Gignac fills the approximately three inch airtight and odorless clear plastic cubes, with what he found scurrying through the streets and trash. Each cube has a centerpiece like a ticket stub, plastic cup or broken beer bottle, which is then displayed with other findings like cigarette stubs, candy wrappers and receipts. 

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