Regina's Restaurant
Regina's, a family-owned deli, has been providing breakfast and lunch to Annapolis residents since 1983, but has only recently expanded into serving a full dinner menu of German and local specialties every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. German specialties include goulash, sauerbraten, wiener schnitzel,and breaded pork loin as well as a selection of sausages: bratwurst, knockwurst, bauernwurst and weisswurst. German side dishes include sauerkraut, red cabbage, German potato salad and spaetzle, and the dessert menu features apple strudel and Black Forest cake. Of course you can get a German beer to wash down your meal, Franziskaner Hefeweizen, Spaten or Spaten Dark. Domestic brews are also available, as are soft drinks, coffee, tea and hot chocolate.
26 Annapolis St.
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-5565
http://www.reginasrestaurant.net
Old Stein Inn
The Old Stein Inn was opened (also in 1983) by German immigrants Karl and Ursula Selinger from Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, located in the Rhineland. The restaurant they opened is well known for its authentic old-world ambience, particularly the outdoor biergarten complete with strolling accordion player. Indoors you can choose to sit in the bierstube (pub) with its ten beers on draft (one of them seasonal) and 30 more bottled beers available (including non-alcohol and low-carb varieties). If you prefer, the restaurant also features an extensive selection of wines from Germany, Austria, California and Oregon. Dinner specialties include drunken German chicken (marinated in beer, then topped with a mushroom-onion sauce), Kassler Rippchen (smoked pork loin chops with sauerkraut and German potato salad), Rinder Rolladen (beef stuffed with vegetables and bacon) and even a Gemuse vegetable platter of fresh seasonal vegetables in a lemon-chive oil, served over spaetzle. Don't forget to try the desserts, brought around on a rolling cart. The Bavarian Apple Cheesecake is can't-miss, having once been voted "Best Dessert on the Bay."
1143 Central Ave.
Edgewater, MD 21037
(410) 798-1544
http://www.oldstein-inn.com
Blob's Park
Blob's Park is the place to go when you want to polka the night away after you've had your fill of weisswurst. This Maryland institution, and home of the first Octoberfest celebrated in the U.S., was opened as a dance hall and biergarten as well as restaurant in 1933, but closed its doors in 2007. It reopened in 2009, however, and the polka music is playing again on Friday and Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons (the dance hall also features ballroom dancing lessons on Thursdays). The menu features German cold cuts, German sausages, and other German specialtues including Schweinshaxe (roast pork shank with potato dumplings and red cabbage) and Zigeunerschnitzel (breaded pork loin with sautéed peppers, onions and mushrooms). Desserts include apple strudel and German chocolate cake (not really German in origin, but tasty nonetheless) and the beer list contains an impressive 80 different varieties (many of them German).
8024 Max Blobs Park Rd.
Jessup, MD 20794-9205
(410) 799-7130
http://blobspark.net
Article Written By Maria Scinto
Maria Scinto has been writing professionally for six years, and contributed articles on sports, nutrition, health, parenting, real estate, education and other topics to publications including "Northern Virginia Magazine," "Montgomery Gazette" and "Fairfax Times." She has co-authored two books, "The Takeout Cookbook" and "Savvy Convert's Guide to Choosing a Religion." She has a master's in library and information science from the University of Denver.
