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381 S. Van Ness (at 15th St.) San Francisco, CA 94103

415-551-7181

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Critics'
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Best German Restaurant
Award Winner 2006

Cuisine(s): German, Polish, Russian

Hours: Daily 5:30pm-10pm

Price: $$, $$$
Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa

Features: Takeout, Private Party, Wheelchair Accessible, Family Style

Serving: Dinner
Alcohol: Beer/Wine

Reservations: Accepted

Parking: Street

Description

Beer, bratwurst, potato pancakes, pickled herring, and red cabbage evoke East Germany at this friendly, minimalist spot. (Try the Berliner Weisse, a sour beer served with a shot of sweet syrup.) Flourless chocolate cake is wonderful.

2006 | Best German Restaurant

If the kid in Good Bye, Lenin! could have transported his bedridden East Berlin mom, who emerges from years in a coma after the Wall has come down, to Walzwerk, she would have felt right at home in the kitschy, eccentric thrift-shop décor, in which everything -- the signage, the photos of Marx, Engels, and Lenin that decorate the dining room -- contributes to the illusion. But the delicious food is miles better than most of what you could have dined on not only in the old East... More »
2003 | Best East German Restaurant

Walzwerk may be the only East German restaurant we've ever eaten at outside of East Germany, but it's much more than just a curiosity. Its thrift-shop décor, dining room watched over by large photos of Marx, Lenin, and Engels, and carefully curated bathroom filled with the detritus of East German popular culture would pall a bit if the food were kitschy, too. But it's not. The kitchen turns out very personal versions of German classics: The potato pancakes are plump, lightly crusted,... More »

Leaving the American Sector

By Paul Adams | Wed, March 01, 2000

Walzwerk is a tiny establishment, tucked into the little space in which the exquisite Tandoor E Taj flourished so briefly. It's billed as an East German restaurant, and it is only somewhat far-fetched to claim that East Germany's 40 years of semi-... More »

Dinner Menu

Appetizers & Salads

$7.00

Small Potato Pancakes
with chive sour cream and applesauce

$9.00

Matjes Herring In Sour Cream
with apples, onions and pickles, served with pumpernickel bread

$9.00

House Cured Salmon
with horseradish cream & marinated beets

$8.00

Thuringer Salad
white cabbage, red cabbage & carrot salad

$5.00

House Green Salad
butter lettuce with a light oil & vinegar dressing

Soups

$6.00

Red Beet
vegetarian

$6.00

Soljanka
tomato – cabage soup with salami, bacon & pickles

Entrees

$16.00

Schnitzel (breaded Porkloin)
with mashed potatoes & seasonal vegetables

$16.00

Jager Schnitzel (porkloin)
with spätzle and creamy mushrooom sauce

$15.00

Grilled Thuringer Bratwurst
served with mashed potatoes & sauerkraut

$17.00

Garlic Roast Pork
with potatoes and vegetables

$18.00

Sauerbraten (marinated Beef)
with potato dumplings and braised red cabbage

$17.00

Breast Of Chicken Stuffed
with apples & bacon (with sundried cherry sauce), mashed potatoes, and seasonal vegetables

$18.00

Beef Roulade
(tri-tip stuffed with bacon, pickles, mustard & onions) with spatzle and red cabbage

$14.00

Vegetarian “schnitzel” (breaded Vegetables)
served with mashed potatoes and cucumber salad

$14.00

Vegetarian Cabbage Roulade (stuffed With Rice & Veggies)
with mashed potatoes

$13.00

Cheese Spatzle (homemade Egg Noodle)
with a mixed salad

Homemade Dessert

$6.00

Cold Dog
layered cake made of chocolate, rum and butter cookies

$6.00

Red Berry Pudding
with vanilla sauce (raspberries and strawberries) with vanilla sauce

$6.00

Apple Strudel
with ciao bella vanilla ice cream

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Walzwerk

381 S. Van Ness (at 15th St.) San Francisco, CA 94103

415-551-7181

Description

2006 | Best German Restaurant

2003 | Best East German Restaurant

Leaving the American Sector

By Paul Adams | Wed, March 01, 2000

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