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Oktoberfest 2026

September 19th - October 25th

Five weeks of Oktoberfest two blocks from Union Station. Festbier and Märzen on tap in the proper Maß, Bavarian plates through the season, and seven event dates still to come — two whole-pig roasts, two Bavarian Brunches, live music on the Sundays between, and a family afternoon on Columbus Day.

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Pig Roast Bavarian Brunch Sunday Funday Kidstoberfest Menus

Spanferkel — Whole Pig Roast

Saturdays · 12–3 PM $65 per person, plus tax & service

A whole suckling pig, roasted, in the Biergarten — and the only Saturday lunch we serve all year. We open at noon for it — two Saturdays left this season, and no more.

What $65 includes Roast suckling pig · choice of two Beilagen · Apfelstrudel with house-made vanilla ice cream · a full litre of Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest bier in the proper Maß.
  • Sauerkraut — fermented cabbage, stewed with bacon
  • Rotkohl — sweet and sour red cabbage
  • Bratkartoffel — roasted potatoes, onion, bacon
  • Spätzle — rustic egg noodle
  • Käsespätzle — the German version of mac and cheese
  • Kartoffelknödel — potato dumplings, halb und halb
  • Gemüse — seasonal vegetable
  • Kartoffelsalat — with celery, cornichons and egg
  • Gurkensalat — cucumber dill salad

These sell out. Reserve rather than turn up — one pig is one pig.

Bavarian Brunch

Two Sundays · 11 AM–2 PM $40 per person, plus tax & service

Brunch the way it is eaten in Bavaria, not the way it is eaten in Washington. Choose a starter or a dessert, choose a main, and it comes with coffee or juice and a 0.3L Bier. See this year’s brunch card.

Sunday Funday

Sundays · 3–5 PM No cover à la carte

Sunday afternoons in the Biergarten with a band under the umbrellas. Festbier and Märzen on tap, Bavarian plates off the season menu, nothing to book and nothing to buy but lunch. 25 October is the last day of Oktoberfest — then the Maß go back in the cellar for a year.

Kidstoberfest

Monday · 3–6 PM No cover children’s plate $11

The city has the day off and school is out, so we open on a Monday we are normally closed and give the Biergarten over to families for the afternoon. Live music, room to run about under the umbrellas, and a menu with something for everyone at the table.

For the children: the Kidstoberfest plate — Käsespätzle, a frank in a blanket and a fruit cup, $11. For everyone else: the full Oktoberfest card.

Monday is not a normal service day for us, so the room is only as big as the bookings.

The Menus

The Oktoberfest dinner menu, and the Bavarian Brunch card for our two brunch Sundays.

Oktoberfest Dinner MenuBavarian Brunch Menu

Oktoberfest Dinner Menu

19 September to 25 October · Wednesday to Sunday from 2 PM

Vorspeisen

To start · zum Teilen

  • German charcuterie board (Vesperplatte) — 42

    Leberkäse, German salami, Schwarzfelder Schinken, bierschinken, smoked duck, leberwurst, Emmentaler, Comté, Obatzter, house pickles, pickled red onion, cornichon — made for sharing.

  • Old Bavarian potato soup (Alt Bayerische Kartoffelsuppe) vgf — 9

    Chunky potato and fall vegetable soup.

  • Potato pancakes (Kartoffel Pfannkuchen) vgfvg — 11

    House-made applesauce, sour cream. (No flour and no binder; vegan without the sour cream.)

  • Fried sauerkraut balls (Sauerkraut Bälle) v — 13

    Sauerkraut & cheese, breaded & fried golden, whole-grain mustard aioli.

  • Currywurst gf — 11

    Grilled sausage, house curry sauce — a Berlin street-food tradition.

  • Bavarian pretzels (Bretzel) v — 16 / 20 / 24

    Two Bavarian pretzels, trio of house mustards or Obatzter — Camembert, brown butter, toasted caraway, smoked paprika — or both.

  • Flammkuchen — 12

    German-style flatbread topped with crème fraîche, leeks & bacon.

  • Roasted green beans & carrots (Geröstete Bohnen & Karotten) vgfvg — 12

    Feta and hazelnuts.

  • Roasted cauliflower & arugula salad (Blumenkohlsalat) vgfvg — 13

    Cauliflower roasted until the edges caramelize and go nutty, tossed through peppery arugula with toasted pine nuts and shavings of Piave. Bright lemon vinaigrette.

Schnitzel

pounded by hand, fried in clarified butter

  • Wiener Schnitzel — 30

    The original — veal, pounded thin, breaded, pan-fried golden, choice of two sides.

  • Jägerschnitzel — 23

    Pork loin, pounded thin, breaded, pan-fried, bacon-mushroom gravy, spätzle.

  • Chicken schnitzel (Hühnerschnitzel) — 23

    Chicken breast, pounded thin, breaded, pan-fried, mushroom-bacon cream gravy, spätzle.

  • Enten Schnitzel — 34

    Duck breast schnitzel, served with a salad of arugula, pomegranate, fried potato croutons, Pfifferlinge & Berg Käse in an orange vinaigrette, with lingonberry jam.

Beilagen

9 each · Sides

  • Sauerkrautvggf
  • Red cabbage Rotkohlvggf
  • Roasted potatoes, onion & bacon Bratkartoffelgfvg
  • Seasonal vegetables Gemüsevggf
  • German potato salad mayo, celery, cornichon, eggvgf
  • Cucumber salad Gurkensalatvgf
  • Potato dumplings Kartoffelknödelvggf
  • Spätzle rustic egg noodlev
  • Cheese spätzle Käsespätzlev
For the table

Choose any three sides, family-style24

Vom Hause

From the hearth

Chef’s pick

Wild boar pasta pockets (Wildschwein Maultaschen) — 30

Wild boar, spinach, ricotta & Piave cheese filled pasta, in the Schwäbisch style with a bacon-onion brown butter sauce, topped with roasted chanterelles, served with a side salad.

  • Sauerbraten short rib (Sauerbraten Kurze Rippe) gf — 32 / 38

    Red-wine marinated beef short rib, four days in brine, braised. Red cabbage, potato dumpling. Four or six ounces. (Limited availability.)

  • Schweinehaxe — 38

    Roasted pork shank, caraway-bier jus, choice of two sides. (Please allow extra time for this dish to be prepared.)

  • Stoltzer Heinrich — 25

    Bier-braised bratwurst, mashed potatoes, sauerkraut, dark bier gravy.

  • Braised rabbit (Hasenpfeffer) gf — 29

    One of the oldest dishes in the German kitchen — rabbit braised slowly in red wine with juniper and bay until it gives way from the bone. Mashed potatoes and red cabbage to catch the sauce.

  • Bayerisches Bier Goulasch — 28

    Dark beer & paprika seasoned stewed beef, spätzle, red cabbage.

Vom Garten

From the garden

  • Spätzle-Pfifferlinge-Gröstle v — 25

    House-made spätzle crisped in the pan until the edges catch, tossed with golden chanterelles and melted through with Alpine Berg Käse, cream & parsley. Served with a side salad.

  • Kale & lentil salad (Grünkohlsalat) vgfvg — 21

    Massaged kale, lentils, orange segments, dried cranberries, Pink Lady apples, pickled red onions.

Aus dem Wasser

From the water

  • Whole trout meunière (Forelle Müllerin) gf — 35

    Almond butter, fennel, apple-cucumber salad, grilled lemon, Yukon golds. (Gluten-free without the flour dusting.)

Süsses

Sweets

  • Apple strudel (Apfelstrudel) v — 19

    Pink lady apples & golden raisins baked to order, house-made vanilla ice cream. (Limited availability — must be ordered with your entrée.)

  • Warm chocolate cake (Schokoladenkuchen) v — 14

    Salted caramel, house-made vanilla ice cream.

  • Pretzel bread pudding (Ofenschlupfer) v — 13

    Made from our soft Bavarian pretzels, roasted plum sauce, almonds, rum-raisin ice cream.

  • Plum dumplings (Zwetschgenknödel) v — 13

    Whole Italian plums wrapped in tender potato dough, poached and rolled through buttered breadcrumbs, cinnamon & sugar, in our house-made vanilla sauce.

Add a nightcap

Eiskaffeevgf — house-made vanilla ice cream with coffee, or boozy with cold-brew Jägermeister & whipped cream10 / 15
  • v vegetarian
  • vg vegan
  • gf gluten-free
  • gf on request

A solid mark means the dish is served that way; a dashed mark means we prepare it that way on request. If a dish isn’t marked, please ask — we’ll tell you exactly what’s in it. For coeliac disease or a diagnosed allergy, let us know and we’ll cook in clean, dedicated pans and water.

All our food is made from scratch and cooked fresh to order — please allow time so we can prepare it with care. Consuming raw or undercooked eggs, meat, or seafood may increase your risk of foodborne illness. Prices in US dollars. 20% service added to parties of six or more. Please notify us of allergies. · v. 2026.09.19

Bavarian Brunch Menu

Sunday 4 October & Sunday 18 October · 11 AM to 2 PM

$40 per person · plus tax & service

One Vorspeise or Nachtisch and one Hauptgericht, with coffee or juice and a 0.3L bier, brunch cocktail or alcohol-free drink.

Hauptgerichte

Mains · choose one

  • Gröstle

    Bavarian-style breakfast — roasted potatoes, dumplings, bacon & grilled chicken, topped with a fried egg and gravy.

  • Frühstücksspätzle

    House-made rustic egg noodles, spinach, onions, tomatoes, shredded cheese, topped with a fried egg.

  • Eierkuchen

    Germany’s answer to the crêpe — two thin, golden pancakes baked to order, one filled with apple and one with plum.

  • Kasseler

    The German classic: pork loin, cured and gently smoked, over grits with a bright, herby chimichurri.

  • Schnitzel Holstein

    A Berlin classic, said to be named for the Kaiser’s diplomat Friedrich von Holstein — veal, breaded, pan-fried golden and crowned with a fried egg and an anchovy, lemon & caper garnish. German potato salad on the side.

  • Smoked trout (Räucherforelle)

    Delicate smoked trout with tender kohlrabi, potatoes and spinach, finished with a sharp horseradish cream.

  • Maultaschen (mit Ei)

    Brunch the Swabian way — pasta pockets filled with wild boar, spinach & ricotta, poached, cooled and sliced, then pan-fried until the edges turn golden and folded through soft scrambled eggs. Served with a side salad.

Vorspeisen

To start · or choose a Nachtisch instead

  • Bavarian pretzel (Bretzel)

    One Bavarian-style pretzel with your choice of one: sweet Bavarian mustard, spicy German mustard, whole-grain mustard aioli, or Obatzter — bier cheese spread of Camembert, butter, caraway & paprika.

  • Fried sauerkraut balls (Sauerkraut Bälle)

    Sauerkraut & cheese, breaded & fried, whole-grain mustard aioli.

  • Currywurst

    Grilled sausage, curry sauce — a Berlin street-food tradition.

  • Potato pancakes (Kartoffel Pfannkuchen)

    House-made applesauce, sour cream.

  • Potato soup (Kartoffelsuppe)

    Chunky potato and fall vegetable soup.

Nachtisch

Dessert

  • Warm chocolate cake (Schokoladenkuchen)

    Salted caramel, house-made vanilla ice cream.

  • Eiskaffee

    House-made vanilla ice cream topped with coffee — or the boozy version with cold-brew Jägermeister.

  • Pretzel bread pudding (Ofenschlupfer)

    Made from our soft Bavarian-style pretzels, warm plum butter, almonds, vanilla ice cream.

  • Apple strudel (Apfelstrudel) — +12

    Pink Lady apples & golden raisins baked to order in cinnamon-flecked pastry, house-made vanilla ice cream. (Add $12 to the brunch price.)

Brunch-Getränke

Brunch drinks · one is included, or choose a 0.3L bier

  • German Breakfast — 14

    Jägermeister & orange juice

  • Mimosa — 12

    orange

  • Chefin Mimosa — 12

    orange, mint, elderflower

  • Bloody-less Mary — 14

    vodka

  • Bloody-less Margaret — 14

    gin

  • Bloody-less German — 14

    Jägermeister

  • Radler — 11

    pilsener & Sprite

  • Cola Weizen — 11

    wheat bier & Coke

  • Russe — 11

    wheat bier & Sprite

  • Beermosa — 11

    wheat bier & orange juice

Bloody-less cocktails are made with house-made tomato water.

Bier vom Fass

Draft bier · 0.3L included

  • Spaten Oktoberfestbier

    golden amber, malty, semi-sweet

  • Hacker-Pschorr Märzen

    dark copper, toasted pumpernickel

  • Hike the Alps-Märzen

    Denizens Brewing, Hyattsville

  • Paulaner Pilsener

    herbal hops, light citrus

  • Paulaner Hefeweizen

    unfiltered wheat, banana & clove

Upgrade your bier

  • Make it a half litre — +3

    Any of the five above, 0.5L.

  • Erdinger Festbier-Weisse

    The wheat festbier. Golden; caramel, citrus, spicy hops. 0.3L +1 · 0.5L +5.

  • Ayinger Oktoberfest-Märzen

    Malty nose, big body, soft dryness from long ageing. 0.3L +2 · 0.5L +7.

Consuming raw or undercooked eggs, meat, or seafood may increase your risk of foodborne illness. Prices in US dollars. Please notify us of allergies. Reservations: (202) 543-7656 · v. 2026.10.01

Wednesday to Sunday, from 2 PM

322 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Washington DC 20002 · (202) 543-7656

Two blocks from Union Station

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★ live music · The Biergarten sits under full-size umbrellas, good for sun or a shower, with the dining room inside when the evening turns cool. Large parties and private events welcome — we seat about 75. Reservations strongly recommended at weekends.

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