Dresden Restaurants?

I know this is a long shot, but I will be in Dresden next week and I was wondering if perhaps any of you have recommendations for restaurants in Dresden to eat at? Anything located centrally, or by the historic distrcit is best. Oh, and hopefully nothing too pricey.

Hi Hurdler--

You're in luck. I had a scientific conference in Dresden last fall and I managed to escape long enough to find a couple of places to recommend. Dresden is an achingly lovely city, all the more so considering the state it was in 60 years ago.

1. My favorite meal was at a restaurant called Gansedieb (The Goose Thief). Classic local dishes in a casual, pub-like environment, just a short walk from the Frauenkirche. I ordered the roast goose with fall vegetables and it was delicious. The plate was even garnished with a few ground cherries (a kind of gooseberry), which are common enough in my native Quebec, but which I have never seen here in the States. Plenty of local Saxon beers on tap. They also advertise take-out goose fat, which would go over well with the crowd on lthforum.

Weiße Gasse 1
01067 Dresden
Tel 0351 / 4 85 09 05

http://www.gaensedieb.de/index_ger.html

2. On the Saturday when I was there, a colleague and I went for a walk into the big municipal park, the Grosser Garten, since I had read of a large beer garden therein. It was a beautiful crisp October day, and as we got further into the park, it quickly became evident from the kit everyone was wearing that there was a football (soccer) match that afternoon in the nearby stadium. We found the beer garden, which is right next to the stadium, and had a delicious grilled bratwurst with a half liter of local lager at a picnic table in the warmth of the fall sun. Then we strolled over to the small stadium (Dresden dynamo are a second or third tier team, though they were once in the Bundesliga) and were able to get tickets in the fourth row. At halftime we had another beer and had to resist the temptation to have a second sausage off the nearby charcoal-fired grill that must have been loaded with 500 brats for the halftime masses. The setup struck me as quite a bit more civilized than the sad vats of tepid-water hot dogs you find at many an American stadium.

The beer garden is also walking distance from the "Transparent Factory", the spectacular modernist facility where the Phaeton luxury sedan is produced for Volkswagen. The building appears at first glance to be a rather elegant class A suburban office park, with the requisite atrium lobby and fine restaurant, but a quick glance beyond the lobby reveals a full automotive assembly line behind curtain glass walls. Lovely and astonishing.

It's probably too late, but I'll add the Caroussel Restaurant in the Bulow Residenz:

http://www.buelow-residenz.de/en/gastro ... caroussel/

Might be a bit late, but I will be in Dresden this week, and was wondering if anyone had anything to add to this thread. I think I'm going to be ushered around a lot but I have at least one evening and the next morning/afternoon to myself.

Also, if you have any helpful German phrases you think I should know, tell me!

Pfunds Creamery in Dresden

Pfunds is the most beautiful creamery (milk and cheese store) of the world and opened in 1892.
The building is on the terrain of the former Molkerei Pfund. The milk store is still in its original design – colorful and romantic. There are more than 3500 hand painted tiles from Villeroy & Boch are all over the store, on the counter, on the walls, on the ceiling and also on the floor which is tiled with colorful tiles. The style is neo-renaissance with its elements of floral and animal designs.
Above the milk store there is the Pfunds Cafe and restaurant. Find more info at www.pfunds.de
Contact:
Dresdner Molkerei
Gebrüder Pfund
Bautzner Straße 79 in 01099 Dresden

Opening hours
Mo – Sa 10-18 hrs
So and holidays 10-15 hrs