Ben Widmyer wore traditional lederhosen for the opening of Bier Haus Festhalle und Biergarten, the much-anticipated German restaurant on Coeur d'Alene's Sherman Avenue he opened to emulate the ...

Cathy Chaplin is a former senior editor at Eater LA, a James Beard Award–nominated journalist, and the author of Food Lovers’ Guide to Los Angeles. The “modern Berlin-style biergarten” serves German ...

The popular American concert gardens of the post-Civil War years owe their creation to the German beer garden and the English music hall. The music hall influence comes a bit later in our story. But ...

In a city like Austin, where old buildings are torn down and replaced by new ones seemingly overnight, it's hard to imagine a business surviving for more than a decade, let alone for almost 160 years.

A proper Oktoberfest spread should make you laugh at the idea of small portions and leave you wondering why you didn’t set up long wooden benches in the living room. That’s exactly the spirit these 19 ...