Brotzeit Lokal
Twenty-odd taps lean on small German and Austrian family breweries and monastery microbrews, on the water at Brooklyn Basin, and the kitchen makes its own sausages.
Why go
The beer buying is the argument. Around twenty drafts, chosen for small German and Austrian family breweries, monastery microbrews and German beers that are hard to get here, with a few local and Belgian taps alongside.1 The kitchen makes its own sausages and its own condiments, sauerkraut, mustards and seasonal pickles included.1 The room sits on the Oakland waterfront beside Brooklyn Basin, and the marina next door keeps guest berths for people who arrive by boat and stay to eat.1 The family built it themselves. Built from scratch with our life savings, our own 'elbow grease' and with the help of all of our closest friends and family members,
their own page says.1 That account is their 2024 telling of it.
Order this / avoid
- Order: a house sausage with the house sauerkraut and mustard.1
- Order: off the German and Austrian taps, since that is what the list is built for.1
- Avoid: arriving late for a table on the water. Visit Oakland's listing says seating fills quickly.2
Good to know
- Pretzels and spaetzle are on the menu alongside the sausages, per the city's listing.2
- By boat: guest berthing at the adjacent Oakland Marina while you eat.1
Verdict
could-visit — Twenty taps bought to a policy, small German and Austrian family breweries and monastery microbrews, is the reason to cross town for a beer garden. The kitchen makes its own sausages, sauerkraut, mustards and pickles, so somebody built the plate. It sits on the water at Brooklyn Basin with berths for anyone arriving by boat. Held at could-visit because every word of that is the family's own, written in 2024, and nobody outside the business has written about the food.