Berlin brunch Bavarian-style: Weißwurst!

In honor of Oktoberfest, and because some of us are going to a hockey game in the early afternoon, I thought we'd do something different for brunch this weekend. Brauhaus Mitte does a pretty decent Bavarian breakfast (although they don't call it that) of Weißwurst, Brezen and sweet mustard, to be consumed of course with Weißbier. Weißwurst is traditionally eaten before noon, so we'll show up when the restaurant opens at 11am. The restaurant does have a full menu of other German food, and brews three or four of their own beers, if for some reason you want to depart from the Weißwurst and Weißbier plan.

Details:

Brauhaus Mitte
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 13
(Upstairs in the Berlin Carré shopping center, across the street from S Alexanderplatz.)
10178 Berlin
http://www.brauhaus-mitte.de/e_index_2.html

Guess I'll be planning on a long day out and about on Sunday...

This, hockey, american football...

It's a hard life, isn't it?

Word to the wise: don't look at the English menu. The names of some food items (Weißwurst, Leberkäse, Schweinshaxe) shouldn't be translated.

As I've already declared my undying love for Weisswurst at our last brunch, it should be no surprise I'll be there.

Anyone got any ideas for this weekend?

Let's do it somewhere in pberg and then we can go to the charity stall in mauer park afterwards.

I'm up for a browse. I vaguely suggested to JT that the place we went to a couple of weeks ago in P'berg was worth a return. Or is it too soon?

If you mean Stella at Helmholzplatz, I walked past the other night and they seem to be refurbishing it at the moment...

There were loads of places on that square that looked realy good.

yup - I meant stella. As you're p'berg do you want to pick one of the ones on the square, alex_m?

I'm not quite Prenzlberg - not til 7pm tonight... I'll try and think of somewhere but I'm having a pretty hectic week moving etc. so I don't really have research time and I'm not quite sure what my plans are sunday anyway.

cool. sorry - I'm not quite sure who died and made me the boss there - I'll pass by on the way up to p'berg tonight and we'll come to a consensus at drinks?

good call.

I'm in England for the next week or so, so I won't be at brunch on Sunday but just for your info, one of the girls I work with said she went to Frida (which I think is in the same square as Stella) and said the food was really nice. She went for a proper meal in the evening but I think they do Sunday brunch so it might be worth a try if you're stuck for ideas. Anyway, I'll stop sticking my nose in now - think I hear the boss coming. See you all soon!

Let's all agree on Frida then.

However I am no longer married to pberg because I don't want to go to Mauerpark as I am not in favour of the charity the stalls are supporting.

The only other idea JTW and I had was the much-mooted dim sum brunch. It seems good friends is by consensus the safe option. Votes for this over frida? But I'm cool with Frida, too.

Dim Sum sounds interesting. Is that on Kantstr?

Yarp. Unless anybody's got any better ideas?

Anyone want to watch the Ireland Argentina rugby game at 5 afterwards? Oscar Wilde prob a good bet. Also going to a Southafrican pub:

Wine & Biltong
Metzer Strasse 14
10405 Berlin / Prenslauerberg

to watch South Africa humiliate USA at 8.