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04/25/03 from The Oregonian's Diner Guide
Pretend you were blessed with a doting German grandmother. The home-style
cooking lovingly overflowing from her warm kitchen would taste like this.
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04/23/04 from The Oregonian's Diner Guide
For decades, the culinary mainstream has flowed toward the Mediterranean, with French, Italian and Spanish influences ever more prominent. Against this trend, the Berlin Inn has stood triumphantly defiant as a celebration of fine German food since the mother-and-daughter team of Marianne and Karen Brauer opened it more than 10 years ago. If you're among the legions for whom German food is a culinary punch line to be delivered in an Ahhhnold accent, eat here and be silenced.
We were voted Portlands Best Outdoor Dining in 2004 by AOL's City Guide
and are in the top 8 again this year(2005), also voted City's top dog dining
patio
And no one should be allowed to leave without first enjoying a luscious dessert from the in-house bakery. The outdoor beer garden is an especially wonderful spot in which to spend a mild summer evening.
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"Good food, excellent German beer selection, charming beer garden, mouth-watering
desserts, and good coffee too. My two complaints: Everything on the menu looked
so good I couldn't decide and they close at 9:00pm. Don't Germans stay up
late?" - jfw
Wednesday, September 1, 2004
We would gladly refer our friends to this restaurant and return ourselves.
We found it to be romantic, homey, cozy, and a great hidden secret in the
heart of Portland." " - fjm
Friday, March 8, 2002
Willamette Week 1999
This bastion of Old World cooking occupies a charming converted house in an unpretentious neighborhood. In keeping with that simple ethos, the steaming platters that emerge from the kitchen bear rib-sticking food, just like someone's grandmother used to make.
Below you will find a couple written by our good friend Caleb (the dog)
My humans are still talking about how great the food was. They had soups, salads, sandwiches, all very well prepared from scratch. After dinner he brought out this dessert tray. I think everyone at the table started drooling then. I'm not great with numbers but I think I counted about 10 different desserts.
The Berlin Inn in Portland, Oregon who not only offers mouth watering German morsels for the two-legged diners but a special doggie menu as well (the Germans have always maintained a "dog-friendly" attitude toward dining).
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08/08/2002 Portland Mercury
That's only about half true. Only a few dishes on the menu at the Berlin Inn
are smothered in gravy, and they use Canola oil wherever possible. Density?
My beef roulade was only about 1.5" x 3", but weighed over 10 pounds.
It took me three days to eat the leftovers. But you know what? It was really
delicious, even the fifth time around.
by Paul Leschen
04/24/03 Portland Mercury (spring eatin' guide)
This small but cute, high-walled patio set back from Powell is a great place to enjoy the Berlin's späzle (a required treat); it has a supple texture unlike any pasta and is specially suited to soak up the thick, full-flavored gravies that come with the sauerbraten and schnitzels. Veggies, don't fear the Germans, try the Berlin's eggplant schnitzel or vegetable-stuffed potato pancakes. Also, dogs are allowed at outside tables--ask about their Patio Pooch menu! And check out their hearty breakfast on Sat and Sun, 10-2:30.