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(Now Closed)Hot Dog Joint, Snack Place, and Bar$$$$
South Slope, Brooklyn
The experts at Serious Eats and Gothamist recommend this place
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Pro tip: on the weekend, ask for the potato salad on the grill. They're hash browns, Benny-style. Also, if it's available, order whatever is "From the Lab."
Leah LabrecqueAugust 29, 2014Saturday early afternoon is a great time to enjoy a beer and introduce the little ones to fine sausages without bothering anyone. My kid said the brisket sausage was the best meat he ever had.
Joe GermuskaSeptember 9, 2015Pete Wells, NYT, 9/9/15: "Tokyo chicken sausage (juicy, salty and spicy from shishito peppers…) The one made from brisket with burned ends is a phenomenal piece of barbecue"
GothamistJune 6, 2012Quality food, traditional Schnapps. Owners have been neighborhood fixtures for years. Sausages, tasty pickles, sides and mustards served all night. Pro tip: Get the sausage and a pint lunch special.
AskMenApril 21, 2011A sausage stand featuring a walk-up window, communal table & a bar + tv combo - all with ready access to frankfurters, bratwurst, weisswurst, käsekraner, landjäger, & cocktail wieners.- Jack OsborneOctober 2, 2018Stumbled in to this place after spending an evening at Commonwealth up the street and it was exactly what I was looking for. Can't wait to come back again.
Autumn RayneDecember 14, 2014Fantastic beer selections, brats and sausages smoked out back that will twist your taste buds sideways and back with great bartenders. Oh yeah it's a must go to spot.
Solid beers on tap, regularly updated. The Nutella pretzel is a must. Best kimchi by non-koreans. Love this spot.
⚠️Macro Error⚠️September 5, 2013Definitely try the Debreziner. It tastes good AND... It's good for you. 6000% of the world's doctors can't be wrong. Can they?
Lauren VargaSeptember 21, 2013More of a sausage / German restaurant than a hotdog place, but regardless it's amazing! They're made in house and the beer available is fantastic.
Curtiss CalleoJuly 8, 2011Two things an Austrian will notice immediately: the Käsekrainer (sausage with cheese) and the Reisetbauer Schapps gallery top shelf. Do yourself a favor and have a bit of both!
Justine FindraMarch 13, 2016Get a beer, order a brat, have fun, repeat. Great menu all around, shout out for the Cubano.
Food is amazing. Don't miss the pretzel bread, lamb sausage and classic kielbasa.
Get a Käsekrainer, which is a cheese-filled sausage. Be careful, the cheese you're about to enjoy is extremely hot and might squirt on you or others as you bite in!
All of their sausages are great so I suggest you try all of them. Also try their black beer it will make people who don't drink beer, DRINK BEER! lol
Great food, great food! Amber is the best, get the brat it's to die for!
All the sausages are amazing. For sides, I love the pretzels and potato salad
Stacey NeuhausJuly 25, 2013Get a Shiner and try the sausage special. Lobster and Shrimp sausage tonight on vanilla buttered bun with fill aioli.
Alison RMay 28, 2011They have 2 types of veggie sausages! Perfect with the very spicy mustard. The sauerkraut and pickles are great and so are the pretzels!
Leberkäse, jerk lamb and debreziner are great sausages. Hofbräu is the one that comes by the litre.
käsekrainer (Viennese sausage w/ cheese) is my favorite. the liptauer w/ pretzel bread is to die for.- The only real Austrian bar (as opposed to restaurant) in NYC. ...And don't call it German!
Chris KRAugust 10, 2013Good stuff! Simple concept. Bartender fine once he stops being so cool. I'll be back
Robin WellingtonApril 24, 2011They have one of the best selections of proper schnaps that I've seen in Brooklyn! Little glasses, but a lovely treat.
NY Mets Katie ❤️⚾️✈️February 19, 2012Richard Pryor movie, Scrabble board game, Jameson shots, Vegan sausage, Usher, Kei$ha, and awesome bartenders!
Carolina MirandaApril 4, 2012If there's two or more of you, get a sample platter to share -- and don't forget the spicy mustard. Whoa!
Veggie Chorizo and a Gösser, best vegan bar food you can get in the slope IMO
Qi is the best bartender around. But her a shot of Jameson and tip her lots.
Qi is the shiiiiiiiiiiit!!! Crazy and cool at the same time, like a psychotic snowwoman.
Holy delish batman! Tastes like the bratwurst I had in Germany. Cheap too!
FYI: it's customary to buy Fatty Precious a side of landjaeger.
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Jake's Handcrafted / Der Kommissar
559 5th Ave (btwn 15th & 16th St.)
Brooklyn, NY 11215
United States
Brooklyn, NY 11215
United States
(718) 788-0789
Features
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Yes (incl. American Express)
Outdoor Seating
Yes
Music
Live Music
Food & Drink
Menus
Brunch, Happy Hour
Drinks
Beer, Full Bar, Cocktails
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