Weisswurst in LA?

[glutton]

My wife and I recently visited Munich, where I introduced her to weisswurst. This sausage was a staple for me growing up, but it was her first time. It made a smashing impression on her. I know where to get the accompanying pretzel, sweet mustard, and sauerkraut, but I don't have a source for good weisswurst in LA. Are there any Munchners out there who have a source for good, authentic weisswurst?

[Das Ubergeek]

And since it was bumped... Schreiners Fine German Sausage, at the foot of Ocean View Blvd. in north Glendale, near Montrose.

[Jerome]

seeing that the thread was bumped -
try Van Nuys German Deli on Roscoe. Wonderful selection.

[DiveFan]

I'm sure that Eschbach's makes some kind of weisswurst.

Place links for your navigational convenience :-).

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European Deluxe Sausage Kitchen
9109 W Olympic Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90212

Eschbach Meat Products - CLOSED :-(
18045 S Western Ave, Gardena, CA 90248

Alpine Village Market
833 Torrance Blvd Ste 1A, Torrance, CA 90502

Red Lion Tavern
2366 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90039

Rockenwagner Bakery
12835 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066

Shoop's Delicatessen
2400 Main St, Santa Monica, CA 90405

[mattesq]

The Red Lion Tavern - in Silver Lake
2366 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90039
www.redliontavern.net

[glutton]

I had this once and was disappointed. Perhaps I just got a bad plate, but the sausage was not very high quality and the sauerkraut tasted like an aluminum can. But I will freely admit that I am picky because I grew up with the real deal, homemade. I will give the Red Lion another shot -- everybody has an off-day.

[Juji]

You might want to try Shoop's on Main Street in Santa Monica [phone]. I've never been, but a German friend of mine likes going there.

[jeffrey]

The European Sausage Kitchen makes excellent weisswurst and other sausages. Their veal is outstanding as well.

9109 W. Olympic Blvd (at Bundy)
[phone]

[Paliman]

I totally agree that European Sausage Kitchen has excellent sausage. However, their "white sausage" is Kalb Bockwurst which is a little different. I believe that Weisswurst in the Munich style has either marjoram or parsley in it. The consistency is very similar, but the taste is different. Alpine Village Meat Market has this type of White Sausage rather than the Kalb Bockwurst...Alpine also has Nurenburger Bratwurst in the freezer.

[glutton]

The Munich style has marjoram. Thanks for the tips.

[guidogirl]

Is the wwisswurst at Alpine Village veal?

[glutton]

We went on Saturday just to check things out. It's a good place. They've got a version of weisswurst, but it's definitely lacking the marjoram. That said, I liked it and will likely buy it again. It's not like I've got a lot of good sausage options in LA...

FYI... the intersection is closer to Robertson than Bundy.

[torta basilica]

Do you boil them and does it have the removeable skin?

I never knew Weißwurst has marjoram - I was going to answer parsley - and I lived in München for two years! The things you learn on CH...

[glutton]

I steamed them and ate the skin. I actually screwed up and steamed them for a couple minutes too long, so the skins burst. They're pretty thin-skinned.

[Paliman]

Try Alpine. ESK is just Kalbbockwurst. It is like their Leberkaese is really Fleishkase. It is delish none the less.

[jeffrey]

Oops. I meant Doheny, not Bundy. Sorry about that.

[guidogirl]

Is Weissworst veal?

[Hughlipton]

My Grandmother who was from Munich (got out in 1938) constantly purchased from the Butcher on Olympic and swore it was as good as in Munich. My grandmother claimed that only Muenchners really knew how to peel the casing off a weisswurst. Heck with it,. As a kid I just ate the casing too.

[torta basilica]

I've never found any authentic, other than canned, which isn't nearly as good... I've had German butchers have sworn theirs is authentic weißwurst here, but they obviously weren't from München, as it most definitely wasn't.

Let us know if you find any she likes, though - that would be fantastic!! If only we could get good German Brötchen... Sigh.

[SauceSupreme]

I'd be happy if I could find a nice German Mädchen (sigh). Weißwurst was definitely one of my favorites from my trip to Munich, but will LA restaurants stop serving them once the clock tower strikes noon?

[sharkgirl88]

3 Square Cafe on Abbot Kinney serves it for breakfast and lunch. I checked their website just to be sure:

www.rockenwagner.com

You might want to call first and verify the info. Sometimes websites don't get updated right away.

Enjoy the weisswurst!