Friday beer garden

No Allershausen, he will not be attending.
Its just me in a wig and some goofy teeth. Right?. And I will not be giving anyone taxation advice either. And even if I were the real Ken Dodd, he doesn't give taxation advice anyway! He's a comedian!

Are the wooden tables in those pictures made from knotty ash?

I didn't see any knots. Hey! I think we have more than enough comedians now thank you!

Oh well, tatty-bye then. I may be along later with my tickling stick though. Yes, I really do have one - all feathers and stuff.

I think I shall be there about 6:00 if anybody is interested in an early start!

Yep. See you there.

OK I'll go for 6.00 too then! The office is empty and so is my brain!
See you at 10 past!

Come on coolerking, I see you lurking. Buy you a beer.

was thinking of coming but have a friend coming to my flat instead

I may actually get out of the house this Friday... what's on this week?

Where would you like to go? We're always open to new venue suggestions, if you have a fave call it out. Of course you may be publicly riduculed for it, but that's the risk you take!
^{(I'm only joking, new venues are always welcome)}

EDIT: I've just read your profile, getting you to make a decision may be a problem, judging by your home town post!

Max emanuel as i live close to it

In that case I say somewhere on the other side of town

Heres a few suggestions..

Ratskeller am Marienplatz (Don't think we've ever been here)
BoBolovski's
Bohne & Malz (Rotkreuzplatz or Karlsplatz)
Paulaner Bräuhaus

This would be good for our "Grand Christmas Friday!"

Did it 7 weeks ago!

Have you been there? Can you personally recommend it? It looks a bit classy for our "guests"

I don't get out much, and when I do, it's usually down to Kilians. So I am relying on the much more experienced of you in the TT crew to guide me.

EDIT: I amended my profile so as not to appear so schitzo.

Er. wot yuz, tryin to say, ain't we sofizztikated enuff four posh plaices or summfin. Posh git!

Have have been to Both.. They are modern looking places, which are very popular.
In addition to Beer, they also have cocktails and a Happy hour.. You have 3 days to checkout
the location yourself should you have to desire too.

Did I hear Happy Hour?

What about Faun, Zoozie's or Wassermann (Isarvorstadt - the one at Fraunhoferstr.)?

I'v been to the Ratskeller and really enjoyed it down below among the vaults.

not that I will be going as I have other plans, but isn't Ratskeller kind of pricey?

Reading thru their website and downloadable menus, their meals vary from 3-14 Eur.. Nowhere near Pricey in my book...
Their buffets for parties avg between 20-60 Eur per person.. Still not that bad.. As for drinks, a .50 beer will set you back 3.60.. Full English Menu Here (PDF)

Yeah, I prefer places where it gets a bit rough and I can throw my red wine at Allershausen without getting into trouble!

Well, CitizenSmith certainly knows the Bohne & Malz; he went there with me just recently. Of course that was in the days he was still talking to me

I'd love to mull at length with you all but I've discovered that I lied last week when I said I'd be there this week.
Carry on.

I've booked 25 places at the Augustiner Restaurant.
Augustiner Großgaststätten
Neuhauser Straße 27
Augustiner

The table is booked in the name Johnny English, remember this because it's a big place and finding us will be a pig otherwise.

you can call me on 01733510658 or Ian 01728227752 if you have trouble finding us.

The table is booked for 7pm

we'll be back to Ratskeller soon folks so don't fret.

We'll certainly go to all the places suggested here. Only, one at a time.
We have been to most of them in the past. Except for Beans & Mash. Which we'll check out at some stage.
The criteria for choosing a place is currently like this:

• Can it take a variable sized crowd.
• Do they sell normal beer? Do they have food?
• Can we travel there in a reasonable time? Not too far out?
• Have we been there too recently?
• Have we been to that part of town too recently?
• Is it easy to move around and mix? Get to know everyone there.

We can't manage all of these. But we try to please everyone and also try to find new places that suit.

Seeing as both B&M places can seat over 400 people... Yes
Yes, Yes
As long as you don't consider Rotkreuzplatz or Karlsplatz as "Not too far out"... Yes
No
Don't know, but this weeks location is only a 10min walk away from the Karsplatz location
Locations big enough for 400+ people.. You figure it out

Oh what a shame! I was soooo looking forward to a cocktail after work!

It seems that this week we're going more agricultural! But they might sell you a cocktail in a Mass glass with a real umbrella.

This reminds me of the weinschorle they sell at the chinesetower, you can get them but you have to have a mass, by my reconing you get about 2/3 of a bottle in each one

This reminds me of the weinschorle they sell at the chinesetower, you can get them but you have to have a mass, by my reconing you get about 2/3 of a bottle in each one

Ditto, shame about the "no cocktail" situation

Hey! What about a beer instead? No?

You can please some of the people some of the time,
and some of the people all of the time,
and you can please all of the people some of the time,
and you can... oh forget it!

"... Abraham Lincon said that.
You can be in my dream, if I can be in yours,
I said that"

Talking world war III blues, Bob Dylan.

Alas, I am not a beer drinker. Can't complain though as Escobar recently was excellent! We could give DK's idea of Bohne & Malz a go sometime soon - it's a bit more upmarket but not that posh!

Escobar was great and not far from the S-bahn...i'm not a Beer drinker either...

So if who ever decides to go there again you can count me in too...

see you soon

Are there many going tonight then?

Sounds like there could be a breakaway cocktail night in the offing with Gibby, seajade and rapalapadingdong leading the charge?

Yeh we will get about 25 - 30, don't worry we'll do somewhere with coctails next week. We try to vary the venue each week.

Well, looks like I won't make it after all. The ex is backing out of babysitting duty, and I haven't yet found an alternative. Anyway, was looking forward... have a good one!

We are upstairs in an area of the augustiner i've never been before. Go to the back and ask the lady for johnny english. She.ll point out the stairs!

I've never been served well in an Augustiner restaurant. They seem to calculate that with their brand name they do not need to care for service or politeness. Sadly, yesterday was no exception. From their miserly Halbe beer (you pay 3,50 Euro for 0,5l, you get 0,4) to our dim-witted Polish waiter who poured beer on my shirt and never apologised, it was all in best Augustiner style. It love to meet the FBG group but I will never set a foot again in a Augustiner restaurant!

It's difficult to understand why it's so popular. The service is poor, not just the Polish guy, the food is mediocre and fairly expensive and as you say, they serve short measures. Pretty hopeless really.

I say, just blame CitizenSmith

Rumour has it that the alternative cocktails night went very well.

Oh we still had a good time, we don't let little things like shit service and under filled glasses stop us enjoying ourselves!

I accept the blame, I also accept the praise for the last dozen or so times that we has a smashing time with over 25 attendees.
What a bunch of bloody wingers!

I actually rose to the challenge. I just held up my 0.4 beer and said "again". He knew what to do, and took it away and brought a full one.
The following time I was disappointed that it was a full one (well, 0.49!) as I wanted to send it back again.
Yep. Augustiner is off the list.
But the highlight was when he poured a whole beer over Leisure Suit Larry's head! Brilliant!