Beer Menu at Suppenk�che

Beer Menu at Suppenk�che

Ah, beer.... This Easter weekend, my partner and I traveled to my favorite US town (San Francisco - hey I lived there for 14 years and still love and miss it). We met my little friend Charm and her beau for some beer drinking fun at Suppenkuche - German cuisine and all beers either German, Dutch, or Belgian. Mmmmm.
WAIT STAFF: Very busy, but our drinks were never over-delayed. It was Saturday and when we got there around 5:30 pm it was already a full house with only two empty tables in the front dining room.
FOOD: Rich fare - a pork dish with a huge 'dumpling' that was a stuffing ball and sauerkraut. Naomi had a leg o' lamb with kale and onions and mashed potatoes. Hard bread and butter was there as well. We shared a "bee sting" cake that was light, fluffy, and sweet. Sweet always goes with beer, that or salty.
DRINKS: We tried many different kinds of beer, only two in a bottle. Naomi tried the smoke beer and stuck with that, having another one. Unfortunately, I'm not a German speaker and remembering the long name is impossible, nor is it up on Suppenkuche's web site. I started with a Weltenburger Dunkel (Weltenburger is a name and Dunkel means brown), then Charm had one later, while I switched to a Belgian Trappist beer, Leffe. The Dunkel was full of flavors and had a sweet hint. The Leffe was traditional and lighter than a barley wine, but strong flavors. As I like my Chimay, I liked this as well. Charm started with an Optimator, a good standby and Scott had a beer that was a bock starting with a K that unfortunately didn't make the website either. Lastly, Scott finished with a Celebrator. 4 people, 8 beers of 7 varieties. We took the BART and Muni so as to minimize any risks associated with driving.
Cranky will give the Suppenkuche 4 happy faces.