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
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
Home Made Potato Pancakes with Applesauce or Sour Cream
Fresh Stuffed Mushrooms Covered with Cheese
Homemade head Cheese with Bread and Dill Pickle
Imported Herring Roll filled with Pickle and onion
Two Fresh Grilled Bratwurst with Roll
Two Foot Long Wieners with Mustard and Roll
Side orders
German Potato Salad
Sauerkraut
Red Cabbage
Dumplings
Homemade Noodles
Home Fries
Entrees
Oktoberfest Platter - Kassler Ripchen, Roasted Pork and Sausage
Served with Sauerkraut and Home Fries
Fresh Spit Roasted Port with German Potato Salad
German Platter - Includes a Breaded Pork Schnitzel, Frikadelle,
Assorted Sausages, Home Fries, Red Cabbage and Sauerkraut
Whole Glazed Pork Shank Served with
Sauerkraut and Bread Dumpling
Sauerbraten mit Brot Knödel und Rot Kohl
with Dumpling and Red Cabbage
Bavarian Style Veal Loaf with Roasted Onions and Potato Salad
Smoked Pork Loin with Sauerkraut
Bratwurst with Potato Salad
Thuringer Sausage with Potato Salad
Breaded pork Schnitzel with Gravy, Red Cabbage and German Fries
Breaded Pork Schnitzel Covered in a Mushroom Wine Sauce, Red Cabbage and Spätzle
Breaded Veal Schnitzel with Lemon Served with home Fries and Red Cabbage
New York Strip Steak with Herbed Butter and French Fries
Filet Mignon with French Fries
Salmon Filet Sautéed in Lemon Butter, Served with Boiled Potato and Vegetable
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
Half-Roasted Chicken with French fries
Chicken Schnitzel with Red Cabbage and Home Fries
All dinners are served with a choice of:
Soup of the day or liver dumpling soup or our German salad plate.
Split Plate Charge $3.50
Please . . . No Substitutions, Thank You
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.
