Ludwig’s Garten R.I.P.
Well, if you’ve visited the Sansom Street German tavern in the past 2 months, this will come as no surprise. Ludwig’s finally called it quits following the sale of the property. (Nice report from Kirsten Henri at FooBooz.) Though the barstaff insisted to me on at least 3 occasions since Dec. 1st that it wasn’t closing, it was pretty obvious the end was near. For one thing, you could hardly find a German beer on tap.
It’s doubtful the new joint will be German, which means there are absolutely no authentic Bavarian restaurants in Philly any longer. Look, I don’t expect lederhosen on the bartenders, but some smart tavern owner better start pouring Schneider Aventinus and Spaten Optmator or I’m going to go postal.
February 10th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Complete bummer. Almost every “boys night out” when my out of town friends visited either began or ended at Ludwig’s. I too will miss the Aventinus. A bunch of places have bottles (had one at Jose Pistolas on Monday) but on tap was just so damn good.
February 11th, 2008 at 8:24 am
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