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GREAT GERMAN FOOD...IN CONNECTICUT

By Valerie Osterhoudt

Real Estate Agent with Johnson Real Estate, Inc. RES.0761759

August 22, 2008 07:53 AM

131 Dwight Street New Britain, CT 06051

There are so many Italian, Chinese, and fast food restaurants around in Connecticut. There is only ONE great German Restaurant and that is the East Side Restaurantin New Britian CT. This restaurant is very family friendly, and they are always in a good mood... maybe it is all the beer????

I've been here a few times, and it never seizes to amaze me on how wonderful the food is. The Sauerbraten and the German Pot Roast are my favorites. If you are looking to be entertained while eating this restaurant won't let you down. The backroom is for banquets and large parties, there are 100's of glass beer steins hanging from the ceiling, and if you order a BIG beer you will hear "Ticki Tocki Ticki Tocki... Hoy! Hoy! Hoy!"

You feel at home here, and at the same time feel like you are in Germany, and you didn't even need a passport to get there. If you are looking for a change and a unique restaurant, I would go to New Britain, CT to the East Side Restaurant. You can always check them out a head of time, East Side Restaurant.

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Valerie Osterhoudt is a Cromwell Connecticut Residential Realtor who can assist you with the purchase and/or sale of real estate in the Middlesex County of CT, which includes Rocky Hill, Berlin, Middletown, Wethersfield, Newington, as well as all other surrounding areas. Please visit me at www.CTrealtorMLS.com for all your relocation and/or local needs.

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Valerie Osterhoudt, ABR - Johnson Real Estate, Inc. - 860.635.0387 #2 - valerierealtor@sbcglobal.net.

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Valerie Osterhoudt

Johnson Real Estate, Inc. - Cromwell, CT

ABR, Cromwell, CT Real Estate ~ 860.883.8889

George.. You have to take your wife there one evening for dinner.. make it on her birthday. Why? They will give her a *BIG* hat to wear. The hat looks like a cake. They have lots of hats for people to wear, and I think once you have one of their *big* beers, you might not mind wearing one.

Aug 22, 2008 10:42 AM

Valerie Osterhoudt

Johnson Real Estate, Inc. - Cromwell, CT

ABR, Cromwell, CT Real Estate ~ 860.883.8889

Debi.. If you ever go to a German Restaurant then, you should try their sauerbrauten.. Hmmm, I'm getting hungry just thinking about it.

Aug 22, 2008 10:45 AM

Teresa Harris

Lake Real Estate, LLC - Denver, NC

Denver . Lake Norman . Charlotte

Hey Valerie! Really great review. It's funny that there isn't more German restaurant's around. I can only think of one in Charlotte the Rheinland Haus on Park Road, and it's been there for years.

Aug 27, 2008 02:00 AM

Valerie Osterhoudt

Johnson Real Estate, Inc. - Cromwell, CT

ABR, Cromwell, CT Real Estate ~ 860.883.8889

Teresa, I agree with you, why aren't there more German restaurants.. there are so many fast foods, Chinese, Mexican and Italian... why is German food left out?

Aug 27, 2008 08:45 AM

Barbara Cluck-Miksits

BCM Home Staging LLC - Ridgewood, NJ

Home Staging - New Jersey

Valerie, I am half German and I just love German food. I bet they have great potato pancakes. I wish we had more here in Jersey.

Aug 27, 2008 01:33 PM

Valerie Osterhoudt

Johnson Real Estate, Inc. - Cromwell, CT

ABR, Cromwell, CT Real Estate ~ 860.883.8889

Barbara.. I'm also German and love the food. I just had potate pancakes with applesauce at a German Fair.. which I also blogged about.

Aug 28, 2008 06:51 AM

Teresa Harris

Lake Real Estate, LLC - Denver, NC

Denver . Lake Norman . Charlotte

Okay, lady's make it a third, I'm German too... and I like potato's too! Maybe German people are more into different trades instead of being into foods per say?

Sep 01, 2008 03:01 PM

Andy Laughlin

ConnectRealty.com - Bellingham, WA

I have actually never had German food, I better get on that!

Andy Laughlin

Connect Realty

Sep 01, 2008 05:00 PM

Valerie Osterhoudt

Johnson Real Estate, Inc. - Cromwell, CT

ABR, Cromwell, CT Real Estate ~ 860.883.8889

Teresa.. I think you hit the nail on the head... most Germans are probably in some form of sales. What do you think of that idea?

Sep 01, 2008 10:25 PM

Valerie Osterhoudt

Johnson Real Estate, Inc. - Cromwell, CT

ABR, Cromwell, CT Real Estate ~ 860.883.8889

Andy.. I would try it. If nothing more you will become acquainted with a different way of cooking.. and some great flavors.

Sep 01, 2008 10:27 PM

Teresa Harris

Lake Real Estate, LLC - Denver, NC

Denver . Lake Norman . Charlotte

Could be, in just this short post you have found two besides yourself!

Sep 02, 2008 03:58 AM

Valerie Osterhoudt

Johnson Real Estate, Inc. - Cromwell, CT

ABR, Cromwell, CT Real Estate ~ 860.883.8889

Teresa, I have found two besides myself? Two what?

Sep 02, 2008 04:04 AM

Teresa Harris

Lake Real Estate, LLC - Denver, NC

Denver . Lake Norman . Charlotte

Germans...

Sep 02, 2008 11:29 AM

Valerie Osterhoudt

Johnson Real Estate, Inc. - Cromwell, CT

ABR, Cromwell, CT Real Estate ~ 860.883.8889

Tanya.. Ok, I'm laughing on this end. The *German* is coming out in me... being dense.

Sep 02, 2008 12:22 PM

Teresa Harris

Lake Real Estate, LLC - Denver, NC

Denver . Lake Norman . Charlotte

Okay, Valerie it's Teresa not Tanya, but that's okay I think I like Tanya better. I will let you in on a secret (I have never liked my name). When I was in elementary school I was always changing it!!! I guess my best chance at changing it would have been when I got married and move from Charlotte to Lake Norman.... But I didn't.

I guess you have had some day:) Get ready for that closing though!

Sep 02, 2008 12:46 PM

Valerie Osterhoudt

Johnson Real Estate, Inc. - Cromwell, CT

ABR, Cromwell, CT Real Estate ~ 860.883.8889

TERESA.. I am so sorry about the error in name. Shame on me. :( From now on I will put on my glases before typing a response.

Sep 02, 2008 12:54 PM

Teresa Harris

Lake Real Estate, LLC - Denver, NC

Denver . Lake Norman . Charlotte

Valerie, that's okay! It really gave me a laugh...

Sep 03, 2008 05:37 AM

Valerie Osterhoudt

Johnson Real Estate, Inc. - Cromwell, CT

ABR, Cromwell, CT Real Estate ~ 860.883.8889

Teresa.. Got it right that time... :)

Sep 03, 2008 05:52 AM

Pat & Wayne Harriman

Harriman Real Estate, LLC (203) 672-4499 - Wallingford, CT

Broker/Owners, Wallingford CT Real Estate

East Side is one of our top 3 places to eat, and we go there often. The jaegerschnitzel is to die for and if you like chicken or veal parmesan, the portion is huge and probably the best I've tasted. And of course the beer is THE BEST! Ticky tacky, ticky tacky, hoy hoy hoy!

Apr 12, 2009 02:18 AM

Valerie Osterhoudt

Johnson Real Estate, Inc. - Cromwell, CT

ABR, Cromwell, CT Real Estate ~ 860.883.8889

Pat & Wayne.. What I can't believe is that there isn't more German restaurants around. There are so many Chinese, Mexican and Italian, but German there are far and few between. I love the muchies (as I call them) that are they on the table when you arrive. Now that I've been thinking about this place for the last few minutes, I'm now craving German Food. Go figure. Ticky tacky, ticky tacky, hoy hoy hoy.. right back at you. I think I might go there for dinner tonight.

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