11-12-2023 Harford Mag - Flipbook - Page 32
Best restaurants
Four draft beers from the taps at Das Bierhalle, from left, Kostritzer Schwarzbier, Lone Pine Pumpkin Party, Schofferhoffer Grapefruit Radler and Triple Crossing
“Bright Lights.” PHOTO BY KENNETH K. LAM
BEST BEER LIST,
NEW RESTAURANT,
VALUE
DAS BIERHALLE
119 S. Main St., Bel Air, 443-819-3617,
dasbierhalle21234.com
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With a German name and a menu that
includes Teutonic staples like bratwursts and
wiener schnitzel, many assume that Das Bierhalle is an authentic German restaurant. But
that’s not really the case, according to co-owner
Shelby Stange.
Instead, “we like to say we’re an Oktoberfest-style bar and restaurant,” Stange said. “We
really try to encapsulate a larger demographic
with what we offer, in the way of our menu
items, your experiences, etc.”
Variety is the name of the game at this Bel Air
restaurant, which opened in late March. It’s the
second Das Bierhalle: the original, in Parkville,
just celebrated its fifth anniversary.
The restaurant offers 30 beers on tap and
another 100 bottles and cans. For all of Das
Bierhalle’s traditional touches — beers served in
boots, for example, and staff dressed in dirndls
and lederhosen during Oktoberfest — there are
also unexpected ones, like the restaurant’s popular 32-ounce crushes that come in 35 flavors,
or a rotating sausage-of-the-month selection
with flavors like Mexican street corn, blueberry
pancake and ghost pepper coconut curry.
They even celebrate Taco Tuesday.
“‘You’re a German restaurant, why do you
have taco Tuesday?’” Stange said customers ask
her. Her reply: “Because people love Taco Tuesday.”