# Why are German restaurants not more popular in the US?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-german-restaurants-not-more-popular-in-the-us/770256>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 31, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-german-restaurants-not-more-popular-in-the-us/770256 "2016-10-31T14:11:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-german-restaurants-not-more-popular-in-the-us/770256/101 "2016-11-02T18:02:39Z")

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> [@BeeGee](#):
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> I’ll never forget visiting my friend’s family in Bremond in the 80’s and listening to him, his sister, and his mother argue in Polish over how the car got scraped up.

I’m guessing the Central Texas Poles get overshadowed by their Czech neighbors as far as culture and recognition are concerned; Bremond is right in the midst of the Czech area in Central Texas.

But yeah, small towns like that are much more likely to have retained a lot of that culture and language than big cities.

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-german-restaurants-not-more-popular-in-the-us/770256/102 "2016-11-02T18:55:26Z")

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> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#):
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> You forgot bureks and czernina.

My dermatologist took care of those for me.

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-german-restaurants-not-more-popular-in-the-us/770256/103 "2016-11-03T02:51:48Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> Sounds like you need to find better female friends. 😉

Tell me about it. Tonight the Uke Lady and I took out her old Chicago friend to a place called Freek’s Mill on Nevins and Union.

Nine tiny plates of basic roasted vegetables with twee accompaniments, and a bottle plus two glasses of white wine. Oh, wait…there was some duck and some salmon and some oysters. The oyster I got was good.

$230 before tip. Plus, Ukulele Lady is FURIOUS at me because I didn’t tuck into the pumpkin or the kohlrabi or the raw scallops like a ravenou beast.

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-german-restaurants-not-more-popular-in-the-us/770256/104 "2016-11-04T02:50:00Z")

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> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#):
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> Tell me about it. Tonight the Uke Lady and I took out her old Chicago friend to a place called Freek’s Mill on Nevins and Union.
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> Nine tiny plates of basic roasted vegetables with twee accompaniments, and a bottle plus two glasses of white wine. Oh, wait…there was some duck and some salmon and some oysters. The oyster I got was good.
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> $230 before tip. Plus, Ukulele Lady is FURIOUS at me because I didn’t tuck into the pumpkin or the kohlrabi or the raw scallops like a ravenou beast.

Sounds like one of those meals you have to grab a burger on the way home from.

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