Someone wrote: >The Boston area Yellow pages lists only two German restaurants; the other >phone books list none. The two are extremely downtown, and we couldn't >find the one on Stuart street (it didn't help that Stuart street got away >from us without warning). Surely there must be others? By "the one on Stuart Street", I assume you mean Jake Wirth's. I hope you didn't use Bigbook...I just went to look for it, to reconfirm my memory of the location. Bigbook has it about a block away from where it really is, and on the wrong side of the street, so if you used Bigbook, no wonder you didn't find it. It's between Washington and Tremont Streets, on the side opposite where all the theaters are. Jake Wirth's is, technically, a German restaurant, but in the days when I was working in the area, the large majority of their customers went there to drink Jake's dark beer and eat the homemade potato chips. I don't know if that's changed. I recall the food as being good, but my memory is a little impaired by the dark beer, and anyway I don't have enough German food experience to say just how good it is.
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Also spracht Mary Malmros : > Jake Wirth's is, technically, a German restaurant, but in the days > when I was working in the area, the large majority of their customers > went there to drink Jake's dark beer and eat the homemade potato chips. > I don't know if that's changed. I recall the food as being good, but > my memory is a little impaired by the dark beer, and anyway I don't > have enough German food experience to say just how good it is. Let's not forget "Karl's Sausage Kitchen" on scenic Rte. 1 north in beautiful crime free Saugus, either. If you like, well, wursts, then this is your place. The tricky part about gaining "German food experience" is developing an appetite for greasy sausage, cabbage and potato recipes. Usually, "German food" is just ballast to prepare your stomach for an onslaught of dark beer anyways. Now, if someone could tell me where I could find some lutefisk...