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Following twenty years of farmer's markets selling locally grown vegetables, native fruits, and local honey Linda created Marianne's Kitchen in Shoreview, MN, an oasis of good food, conversation and laughter in a suburban food desert. Operating from 2011-2017 the cafe offered home made soups, fresh bread baked daily, great sandwiches and treats and a complete line of gluten-free soups, pickled products, jams, jellies, salsas and locally sourced soups, honey and grains.

The Marianne's Kitchen of sharing, conversation, and learning continues with ongoing commentary, food reviews and food finds as we grow, cook and eat our food and sample local restaurants.

Saturday, June 9, 2018

Waldmann 1857

Walman 1857 Brewery Wurstery
Waldmann 1857

Waldmann 1857 Brewery and Wurstery

John was back in town late this evening, so we needed an uncomplicated dinner plan.   Good night to try the Waldmann 1857 off West 7th Street in St. Paul.

Walman 1857 Brewery Wurstery
Waldmann Brewery & Wurstery
What a pleasant space...an historic building, the oldest brewery in the Twin Cities, founded by Anton Waldmann in 1857 and re-opened by Tom Shroeder in 2017.  We were seated in the renovated upstairs. The painted floor, wood stove piped into the chimney in the center of the room, vintage 19th century steamboat chairs and divided light windows and soft colors make you feel a if you've settled in at a neighbor's home.  

Be prepared, the room is a little chattery.  If your neighbors are loud or shrill (we had both) there's a lot of sound echoing off the low angled ceilings.

Waldmann 1857 Menu

The menu includes salads, wurst baskets, wurst plates, and planks to share.   The special of the night was pork shoulder topped with pesto  on spaetzle with fresh asparagus.   With that as our 'main course' to share, we added a curry wurst basket and some bock beer to round out the meal...quite a tasty brew.

Time for my wandering to find the kitchen and see what's going on. The kitchen has an open window onto the hallway, so great visibility.  The staff was working away industriously, and I'm going to ignore the one guy who was taking a big bite out of a snack in the middle of the kitchen...it was late and I'll forgive him his slight indiscretion since everything else looked pretty a-ok to me.

I arrived back upstairs a few moments before dinner arrived.   It's such a pleasant room...I told John I could just move in.  Our beautifully plated entree arrived and a cute green basket with the wurst---reminiscent of our baskets at Marianne's.

Waldmann Food Was Fab!

Waldmann 1857 Pork Shoulder
The spicing on the pork was perfect and the pesto on top added to the flavor dimensions with each bite.   We would have preferred nice warm spaetzle (this was just shy of lukewarm) but it was beautiful and flavorful, accompanied by perfectly prepared asparagus.   The curry brat was accompanied by a house mustard, served on an absolutely delightful roll from
Brake Bread.   

Walman 1857 Brewery Wurstery
Walmann Wurst
The brat was experiential eating----plain with just a bite of bun it was tender and flavorful.   Add a smear of the mustard, full of mustard seeds, and the same brat was transformed into a totally different flavor explosion.   We recommend alternating bites...one plain, the next with mustard......it's like two brats in one.

Walman 1857 Brewery WursteryWooden tables, mismatched chairs (lots of captains' chairs), a small whale oil (parrafin) lamp surrounded by a cylinder hurricane...all fit the place and enhanced the experience.

Conclusion:  Waldmann 1857

Charming, efficient service; reasonable prices...no fault to be found with any part of the experience (well, maybe the screechy neighbors)


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