Pig Roast — Whole Suckling Spanferkel in the Biergarten

Pig Roast — a whole suckling pig, roasted, in our Biergarten on Capitol Hill. Saturday 10 October from noon. $65 per person.

The middle roast of our Oktoberfest season, and the one where the season is properly under way — the Festbier is flowing, the Biergarten is dressed, and the pig goes on the fire in the morning.

$65 gets you: roast suckling pig, your choice of two Beilagen, Apfelstrudel with house-made vanilla ice cream, and a full litre of Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest bier in the proper Maß.

The sides are the real ones: Sauerkraut stewed with bacon, Rotkohl, Bratkartoffel with onion and bacon, Spätzle, Käsespätzle, Kartoffelknödel in the halb und halb style, Kartoffelsalat, Gurkensalat.

We open at noon for the roast — one of only three Saturday lunches we serve all year. The pig is served starting at 1pm. The Biergarten sits under full-size umbrellas, good for sun or a shower, and the dining room is inside if the afternoon turns cool.

$65 per person, plus tax and service. Reserve — this sells out, and one pig is one pig.