Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Jersey City, NJ: Zeppelin Hall Restaurant and Biergarten

Zeppelin Hall
88 Liberty View Drive
Jersey City, NJ
Bergen County
An authentic European style Biergarten with 155 beers on tap to enjoy out of a mug or liter inside or outside the restaurant.

Tips: Never miss a visit to Zeppelin in the summer!  The space inside is huge, but outside is even larger with picnic table settings and food and beer ordered and picked up by you (save on tip!).  A great place to have a group of friends meet and not worry about a messy bill to figure out at the end of the night since its every person for themselves to order, pay, and then share at the table, including pitchers of beer.  It gets crowded as the night goes on and their free large parking lot does eventually become limited, because with festive music, and undoubtedly friends running into other friends, folks eat, drink, and be merry all night long!

Food: You cannot go to a Biergarten without ordering the giant pretzel.  It's not as buttery and doesn't come with a selection of various mustards like they offer at Radegast Hall & Biergarten in Brooklyn (133 N. 3rd Street (Williamsburg), Brooklyn), but big, doughy, and great to munch on while getting your drink on nonetheless.  One also cannot leave a German establishment without trying a bratwurst.  As a pollo/pesco semi-vegetarian, I had their chicken bratwurst, and thoroughly enjoyed it on a rye bread top with sauerkraut and french fries, my weakness.  The chicken schnitzel on the otherhand isn't anything special than a thinly pounded breaded piece of chicken breast.

Final Thoughts: It's not easy to find a place where you can sit outdoors with a large group of friends, eat, drink, and be merry, without being worried about the bill at the end of the night, being to rowdy, or being kicked out for not ordering a certain amount of food.  I do hope in the future that they'll consider amping up their mustard selection like other Biergartens though!

Happy Eating Bergen County, NJ!

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