Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest Menu

Appetizers


Great with HB Festbeer and highly recommended!
Munich’s famous Sausage Salad marinated in Vinegar
and Oil with Onions, Pickles, Swiss Cheese,
with Rye Bread and Butter
$9.95


Classic Bavarian Cheese Specialty you will love!
A delicate blend of Imported Brie, Cream
Cheese, Butter, Onions and Chef Wolfgang’s
Special Seasonings Served with a freshly baked Pretzel
$9.95


Home Made Potato Pancakes with Applesauce or Sour Cream
$8.95


Fresh Stuffed Mushrooms Covered with Cheese
$7.95


Homemade head Cheese with Bread and Dill Pickle
$7.95


Imported Herring Roll filled with Pickle and onion
$7.95


Two Fresh Grilled Bratwurst with Roll
$9.95


Two Foot Long Wieners with Mustard and Roll
$9.95


Oktoberfest

Side orders


German Potato Salad
$3.50


Sauerkraut
$3.50


Red Cabbage
$3.50


Dumplings
$3.50


Homemade Noodles
$3.50


Home Fries
$3.50


$2.50


Oktoberfest

Entrees


Oktoberfest Platter - Kassler Ripchen, Roasted Pork and Sausage
Served with Sauerkraut and Home Fries
$20.95


Fresh Spit Roasted Port with German Potato Salad
$16.95


German Platter - Includes a Breaded Pork Schnitzel, Frikadelle,
Assorted Sausages, Home Fries, Red Cabbage and Sauerkraut
$20.95


Whole Glazed Pork Shank Served with
Sauerkraut and Bread Dumpling
$19.95


Sauerbraten mit Brot Knödel und Rot Kohl
with Dumpling and Red Cabbage
$18.95


Bavarian Style Veal Loaf with Roasted Onions and Potato Salad
$12.95


Smoked Pork Loin with Sauerkraut
$14.95

Bratwurst with Potato Salad
$11.95

Thuringer Sausage with Potato Salad
$11.95

Breaded pork Schnitzel with Gravy, Red Cabbage and German Fries
$16.95

Breaded Pork Schnitzel Covered in a Mushroom Wine Sauce, Red Cabbage and Spätzle
$18.95

Breaded Veal Schnitzel with Lemon Served with home Fries and Red Cabbage
$19.95

Oktoberfest

New York Strip Steak with Herbed Butter and French Fries
$24.95

Filet Mignon with French Fries
$24.95

Salmon Filet Sautéed in Lemon Butter, Served with Boiled Potato and Vegetable
$17.95

Assorted Cold Cuts, including Balck Forest and Westfalien Smoked Ham,
Sliced Sausage, Pork Roast, Cheeses, Pickled Gherkin, Horseradish,
Mustard served with Rye bread and Butter $17.95

Half-Roasted Chicken with French fries
$12.95

Chicken Schnitzel with Red Cabbage and Home Fries
$15.95


All dinners are served with a choice of: Soup of the day or liver dumpling soup or our German salad plate.


Oktoberfest

The History of Oktoberfest


The Oktoberfest tradition started in 1810 to celebrate the October 12th marriage of Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig (who was later named King Ludwig I) to the Saxon-Hildburghausen Princess Therese. The citizens of Munich were invited to join in the festivities, which were held over five days on the fields in front of the city gates. The official festivities lasted five days and included parades of riflemen, music, eating and drinking. The festivities ended with a horse race held on a meadow, which was situated outside of the city limits. This meadow was named "Theresienwiese" (Theresa's meadow) in honor of the bride. Over the next years the horse race was repeated and the Oktoberfest, also called "Wiesn" was born.

Anniversary celebrations were held annually thereafter that eventually became larger and more elaborate. An agricultural festival was added during the second year. Its main attraction was a competition in which the most splendid horses and oxen were awarded prizes. The horse race ceased to be held after 1938, but the agricultural festival has been a part of the Oktoberfest up to this day. It takes part every four years on the southern part of the Theresienwiese.

In 1818, a carousel and two swings were set up for the revelers. Such amusements were few in the first decades of the festival, but party-goers were amply entertained by the tree climbing competitions, wheel barrow and sack races, mush eating contests, barrel rolling races, and goose chases. By 1870s, mechanical rides were an expanding feature of the festival and in 1908, the festival boasted Germany's first roller coaster. When the city began allowing beer on the fairgrounds, makeshift beer stands began cropping up, and their number increased steadily until they were eventually replaced by beer halls in 1896. The beer halls, like the beer tents of today, were sponsored by the local breweries.

The festival was eventually prolonged and moved ahead to September to allow for better weather conditions. At Schnitzel Platz, we don’t have a Theresienwiese inside the restaurant, but we do have the traditional beer tent and long tables, just like in Munich.



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