German

5 bars that New York on Tap listed under “German” around 2008, with what's licensed at each address in 2026.

Manhattan

• Cafe Katja

  79 Orchard St. · Chinatown

  Still pouring

  This cozy and unpretentious Austrian restaurant and bar serves home-style meat heavy dishes as well as a good selection of hard to find and seasonal German and Austrian brews. They also make their own pickles and pretzels.

• LederhosenPick

  39 Grove St. · West Village

  Closed; now Emmett's on Grove

  Festive German bar with a brilliant $50 five liter mini-keg and sausage special.

• LoreleyPick

  7 Rivington St. · Lower East Side

  Still pouring

  Not an American adaptation of a beer garden, but a genuine biergarten - efficient service, humorless waiters, crisp beer, and lots and lots of Germans.

• Zum Schneider

  107 Ave. C · East Village

  Closed

  An indoor biergarten complete with trees crammed into this corner bar where the drinks come in 3 sizes big, bigger, and way too big.

Brooklyn

• Radegast Hall & BiergartenPick

  113 N. 3rd St · Williamsburg North Side

  Still pouring

  This enormous 4500SF Czech/Slovak biergarten has a retractable roof for year round festivities, 13 beers on tap, and a menu ranging from quail to rabbit. (Opens Friday November 30th)