Suppenküche is located in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley district and easily accessible by car and public transit. The first thing I notice when entering is the large wooden door and the large, natural, unfinished wood tables. There are also some large windows, which may be opened when the weather is nice. The restaurant is almost always busy and lively with a nice mixture of people. Sometimes you may share your table with another party, but that doesn’t bother me in the least, because the tables are so spacious and the noise level is usually pretty high. If you prefer, you can sit at the bar in the corner and enjoy a beverage. They offer the best German beer selection in the entire Bay Area! They’re always fresh and flavorful, be sure to see the specials. My personal favorite is the Schneider Weisse, which is an unfiltered wheat beer, and is absolutely amazing — it must be tried. It is actually the one beer I’ve found that is closest in this style to what you might drink in a brewery in Germany. They also offer a modest selection of wines including a couple of German Rieslings. The entire staff is extremely friendly and knowledgeable about the drink selections as well as the menu items. I personally love the Wiener Schnitzel, which is a thin piece of pork breaded and fried, it’s cooked perfectly to retain the meat’s moisture with a nice crispy outer layer. It is also served with grilled potatoes and a green salad. Another great choice is the Jägerschnitzel, which is also pork, but not breaded. It is topped with a great mushroom sauce and served with perfectly prepared spätzle, which is a pasta-like dish. Spätzle can be easily under or over cooked, but they prepare it perfectly. I have never actually tried the dessert, because the portions are so big that I never have room. I particularly like to go here on Sunday afternoons for brunch. They offer a nice variety of breakfast and lunch items with smaller portions, so you don’t have to take the rest home with you. The food and the service are always top notch, as well as the beer selection, so I highly recommend this to everyone.
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It's a very whitewashed, rather loud and quite simple, basic space with big unfinished hardwood tables. Clearly utilitarian, guests are intended to get in, drink fantastic German beer, and eat some hearty German food. Suppenkuche is as authentic a German restaurant as you're likely to find in the bay area. There will be no wine commentary in this writeup, for here there is too much beer to drink!
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I had heard good reports of Suppenkuche so many times that when I received an invite to a party just a couple of blocks away from it, I decided we should begin our Saturday night with food at this popular German kitchen. Joining myself and F on this occasion were a couple of our French friends.
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