Nick on the Town

Sacramento Oktoberfest 2011

October 4, 2011 at 2:09 pm Leave a comment

Attention schnitzel lovers! It’s Oktoberfest time again!

That means it’s time for my annual struggle to decide if I should wear lederhosen or not. I think if I had a good set of ‘hosen I wouldn’t struggle so much, but mine are just the cheapest ones they sell at Evangeline’s.  I think if I had a good pair, I’d pretty much just wear them year-round – to important meetings, home for the holidays, while doing yard work, etc.

Anyhow, I can’t promise that I’ll be wearing the ‘hosen, but I can promise that I’ll be drinking a big beer and eating a huge pretzel.

This year it looks like there are two main Oktoberfest parties in town.

First off, there’s the event at the Turn Verein hall this Friday and Saturday. This is always my favorite Oktoberfest party in town.  The line will be around the corner early…and rightfully so. There will be real and actual Germans there, official Oktoberfest beers, a million tasty sausages, jager shots, apple schnapps shots, traditional dancing and, if you’re lucky, roasted nuts. You like roasted nuts, don’t you?

Then, next weekend, there’s the party at Cal Expo. It’s the second year they’ve done this one and I missed last year’s so I can’t really speak to it. There’s beer though and probably a girl or two in a dirndl, so it’s hard to go wrong.

Outside of the great lederhosen debate, there’s another annual tradition I have that revolves around Oktoberfest. It’s the tradition where I plead with all the decent Germans and German descendants in Sacramento to please step-up and open a German restaurant in town.  Sure, the Hof Brau is awesome and I can get schnitzel at Café Marika, but come on. We need a German beer hall!

I want a place where, any time of year, I can belly up to the bar and drink a whole boot of beer without being judged.  Come on, Germans, do me a solid on this.

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