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| - Olde German Schnitzel Haus, our local award winning Germany restaurant, closed at the end of August.
I found no less than three German restaurants, while searching on Yelp, and oddly enough they were all exactly one hour from Hickory:
(1) "Berliner Kindl German Restaurant" in Black Mountain. (Bookmarked)
(2) "The German Restaurant" in Yadkinville. (Fantastic, but sadly, now closed as well!)
(3) "Waldhorn Restaurant" in Pineville.
I have had Waldhorn on my "to try list" seemingly forever, so I headed toward Pineville for lunch.
The exterior of the restaurant was beautiful to me. It gave me the impression that I was in for something special. I didn't bother to take any photos because there are already so many on Yelp. The interior is virtually the same as every other German restaurant that I've ever visited, and that's okay with me.
I had every intention of ordering German sausages, sauerkraut, fried potatoes, and German beer, but they had a dish on the lunch menu that sounded appetizing. It was a veal dish with sauteed mushrooms in a brown gravy atop Spätzle, accompanied by sautéed vegetables. This dish sounded good to me so I changed my mind at the last minute. It was delicious, but it was very plain Jane looking, so I didn't take any photos.
I was seated immediately, but it took a good ten minutes for the young male bartender to stop talking golf and NASCAR before he pulled my Spaten lager. When he did get around to his duties, he did a very good job. In a word: perfect pour.
Note: Spaten brewery was started in the year 1397, and it is delicious beer! This was by far the best German beer that I've ever had, and of course it paired perfectly with German cuisine. I found it to also be deceptively potent.
The Spaten Oktoberfest beer was fantastic as well!
I enjoyed Waldhorn, and it was well worth the hour's drive. This is a great German restaurant, which I highly recommend.
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