Das Boot You on Your Ass!

That’s some mighty sausage! Down on Grove St. in Greenwich Village, you can find the closest thing to Epcot’s Disney World version of Germany by visiting Lederhosen (http://www.lederhosennyc.com/).This adult-German-playground is filled with “das boot” beers, great authentic German service (that’s partially sarcasm), and awesome eats!

In my experience revisiting this place, consistency stayed true to the first encounter. The staff was still as German as ever, the “Lederhosen Party Platter” provided me with the big, juicy, succulent sausages I was seeking for the night, and the beers were cold, crisp, and delicious. In an uninspired drinking move, I went with a liter of Radeberger Pilsner instead of getting “das boot” – 2 liters of the beer of your choice. This moderately hoppy beer, which had a slight bitterness, was liquid gold. For grub, I went with Lederhosen’s party platter - a combination of 5 different grilled sausages, including knackwurst, bratwurst, weisswurst, bauernwurst, and currywurst, topped with a few slices of what seemed to be Italian bread, and a 3-way combination of sauces for dipping. Yowzer! The sauce is still a bit of a mystery to me. Two of the ingredients included a curry dipping sauce and spicy brown mustard, but the last part is unknown.

Lederhosen Party Platter

If you’re looking for an authentic German experience or want to try and re-create a scene from Beer Fest with a few of your buddies, get to this place. If it’s your first time, get the 2 liter boot. The hot pretzels ($3) are spot-on for soaking up some of that beer you’ll consume and the sausages or schnitzel are guaranteed to fill you up and send you out gassy. Prost!

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