Schnitzel Platz

electric mullet wrote:Schnitzel Platz on the other hand is a good time with quality food. It can get pretty rowdy on a Friday or Saturday when Bob and Hank start playing German drinking songs in full costume. Audience participation is encouraged. It's pretty fun if you are in the mood for it but shouldn't distract from the food.

I've shared the full sausage plate with kraut and spatzle and also tried the kassler ripchen, frikadelle and various forms of their schnitzel. I'd prefer the spatzle with a little brown carmelized crunch from a quick saute in butter, but this is a minor quibble. Red cabbage is excellent. All meals come with either liver dumpling soup or the cold salad plate which includes pickled or dressed vegetables like carrots with diced onions and peppers, pickled red beets, and cucumbers in cream and dill. Bread basket includes some tasty rye, boring hard rolls, but excellent pretzel bread (probably from Labriola). Desserts seems to be made in house and are good as well. The ubiquitous apple strudel is a great version and the plum tart is not overly sweet and worth trying. Great selection of beers including the Weihenstephaner hefeweiss. The chef is almost always in house and working the room checking on tables. The food is made with care and as an odd side note they made and incredible vegetarian plate for my wife with little advance notice. It's worth checking out if you are in the Western suburbs.