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I went to Wvrst with some friends, we've been wanting to try it for a while. I wouldn't normally go to a sausage restaurant as I'm vegetarian, but my interest was piqued after viewing their menu and seeing that they, in fact, had a few vegetarian options that looked interesting.
It's easy for a restaurant like this to shrug off vegetarians, so I appreciate the fact that they didn't. It's also easy for a place like this to have a "token" vegetairan dish that isn't really well thought through (i.e. a salad or something else that's not fitting with the restaurant's theme). This isn't the case here.
I shared both of the vegetarian sausages on the menu (italian and paprika kielbasa) both ways. You can select any of their sausages and have it either as "curry wvrst" or on a bun. We had the italian as curry wvrst and the kilebasa on a bun. We also got the dirty vegetarian fries. Oh, and beer, we also had beer.
The curry wvrst was good, but not great. I'm not sold on the way they served it: a cut up fried sausage with a small dipping bowl of curry sauce and a slice of toast.
The sausage on a bun was great. You get to select two of four toppings (caramalized onions, sautéed jalapeños, saurkraut and sautéed sweet peppers). The bun was delicious, the sausage was very well done and the toppings added a perfect amount of flavour to accent the deliciousness of the kielbasa. I would order this again, definitely.
The dirty vegetarian fries were also pretty good. They were fries topped with caramelized onions, sautéed peppers and perhaps something like the curry sauce. The forks they came with were annoying - little wooden prongs like you would get at a chip stand. The forks were cute, but not very functional, and they're wasteful when a regular fork would be preferred. The large size was too big for two, but I don't know how small the small is.
Dipping sauces are good, I had the wvrst house sauce and black pepper sauce. I would only get one next time since they were good, but not great. And a little pricey at $1 each (for what amounts to be about 2 tablespoons of mayonaise).
The beer selection was also very very good. The beer was a bit pricey, but they have unique brews that you can't find many other places.
Atmosphere was a bit loud, but the design is great. It's reminiscent of a German beer garten that you would find at Oktoberfest. There is a large table in the corner for parties that is more private.
Oh, and a note to vegans: The vegetarian sausages are both vegan, but the bun isn't (it has eggs in it). Everything else vegetarian is vegan except for the mayonaise or yogurt based dipping sauces.
And, all their sausages (including the vegetarian ones) are made by them, not a third party supplier.
I would definitely recommend this place as something you should check out.
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