Best German in Lincoln Square

[Shaggy]

What would be the best german food and/or beer in Lincoln Square? Latchet's, Resi's, Glunz, Brauhaus, Hutten Bar, etc? Is there one that has better food but worse beer, or vice versa? Is there a special dish that would be worth getting over others?

I would do some recon on my own, but I am a new parent and don't have time to try all of them, as much as I would like to.

Cheers

[lbs]

Latchet's and Resi's = excellent food and Resi has nice beer garden in the summertime. Beer good at both

Brauhaus = excellent liver dumpling soup but everything is kind of eh. The dancing (not hootchie mama dancing; old school polka/swing/fun dancing) on the weekends and the large steins of beer makes for a very nice evening out though.

Huttenbar - no food that I can recall but I like the Steigle and the fact that you can sit by the windows and people watch. However, not really suitable for children. The other three I mentioned are. Haven't been to Glunz yet.

[gomexico]

Unfortunately, the availability of German Restaurants in Chicago continues to decline. If you're limited to the Lincoln Square neighborhood I'll recommend Chicago Brauhaus - overall I find it good. If you have a car I'll suggest Mirabell Restaurant, on W. Addison St. near Kedzie Ave.

http://mirabellrestaurant.com/

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Chicago Brauhaus
4732 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625

[DJMM]

Resi's and Huttenbar are both great, classic German bars. Laschet's has a good bar also but is even more known for its quality German food--the restaurant has a classic German kitchen. (Resi's does have food too, which isn't bad. Huttenbar has no food but is probably the liveliest bar scene later at night, though it gets more yuppies as the night goes on due to its location in the middle of the Square.) Brauhaus is much larger than the others and also has good food. (Love Grandma's meatloaf.) The bar scene is a little different, with an older crowd in general. I'm a big hefeweizen beer fan, and all four are good bets for that. In my opinion, Glunz is much lower on the list, while the other four are all terrific and well worth the trip.

[cajundave]

I second the recommendation of Mirabell although it's been years since I have eaten there. The beef goulash is the best I have ever had and they have BBK beer on tap which is excellent.

Standard German dishes are very good as well.

[vrollings]

Agree with the Mirabelle recommendation. We went with some friends last Saturday night and had a great meal. Granted, the food is simple - I had veal weinerschnitzle - but it is well-executed and the service is so friendly. I would highly recommend.

[Eldon Kreider]

Since the southern boundary of the Lincoln Square community is Montrose (4400 north), only two the the establishments mentioned in this thread are in Lincoln Square. That leaves Brauhaus as having the only German food in Lincoln Square and Brauhaus and Huettenbar (to get the name correct) as German bars. Except for Mirabell, which is in Irving Park albeit across the street is Avondale, all of the others mentioned are in North Center.

My last meal at Mirabell a year or so ago was not particularly good relative to Brauhaus. That said, Brauhaus is at least as much about entertainment as food.

[chigato]

Came across this blog while researching a long gone local muscian that played at the Golden Ox. When the Metro closed their doors in 2005 or so, that was it as far as any German restaurant food is concerned in the chicago area.It's all over folks. The Germans have packed up and left. These people are gone but not forgotten (r.i.p. "Beppo", owner of the Metro). Laschetts may have a glimmer of hope, but it's a bar, and the cooks in these places that used to have names like Gunther and Helmut have been replaced by Juan and Jose. The Brauhaus ??? You might as well save your money and hit the street with a pooper- scooper. None of the aformentioned restaurants are any good. They survive because of younger palatial adventurers,(probably one-time customers), and or, people with unsophisticated taste buds. I have been eating out for over 30 years, mainly in Chicago, but have traveled to over 70 cities across the counrty. NOTHING STILL BEATS CHICAGO in my opinion. I was raised in a German family and have eaten the best of the best here and in Europe. BTW did you know that at one time in the 1960's there were so many Germans that there were 2 German weekly newspapers and several am radio shows(pre fm times). It's harder than hell to have made it in the restuarant business then, I can imagine what it's like now. Still, there's no excuse for the Brauhaus. The owner's are long-time club owners. Their place was across the street, it was called Trefpunkt,(meeting place). It burned down and they re-opened with the Brauhaus. I think the cost of a restaurant meal today is priced out of this world, along with everything else. I frequent a polish all-you -can- eat called the Red Apple on Milwaukee near Belmont. It's the last place for a decent 20 course meal for 10 bucks ! Check it out !

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Red Apple Buffet
6474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60631