This reimagining of an early-20th-century Germanic beer hall is not all gimmick: the huge selection of European and local brews, kitchen slinging schnitzel and goulash (mains $21 to $29), roistering ranks of tables and free live music nightly make it a bona fide Williamsburg house of assembly. The framed posters of Prussian nobility and Gothic fonts add to the atmosphere.
Kegs, pig roasts, bands, DJs and mug-holding competitions make Oktoberfest (hazily) memorable here.