Suppenkuche

Pros: Spätzle!
Cons: Somewhat out of the way, for me anyway

We'd heard such good things about Suppenküche from friends that I'm at a loss to explain why it took us so long to eat there. Actually, it's probably my fault. It's a German restaurant, known for its beer. I don't drink beer, so that was no ...

Pros: Excellent preparation, hearty food, friendly staff, excellent beer and wine list. Sunday Brunch.
Cons: Not open for lunch.

Long before SUPPENKUCHE existed, when I first came to San Francisco, there were a few German restaurants. SPECKMANN'S and SCHROEDER'S were the best known. Given my family background, I came to German food with reluctance, Italian usually by chance...

Pros: The Spitsles
Cons: A Little Loud

Which came first: Phil Hartman's SNL character "The Anal Retentive Chef" or that lady with the perfectly coiffed hair and four inch nails with the cooking show on Saturday afternoons? You know who she is. She wears a denim chef's jacket and uses lots...

Pros: Good food, Great beers.
Cons: Dim candle lighting and crowded.

Finding a good german restaurant is hard nowadays. Finding one that will go easy on your wallet is harder to do. In San Francisco, there is Suppenkuche, a friendly intimate place you can come to enjoy a meal with friends. The restaurant is still the same...

Pros: inexpensive, tasty food
Cons: can be hard to get a table on weekends, loud

7/20 Update: A sign on the door when I arrived informed me that Saturday brunch would no longer be served. This is a major bummer since their brunch was delivered great taste and value for the price...

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A few weeks ago,...

Pros: Fabulous German food!!! Great soup!!
Cons: Very difficult to get in.

In a city that is somehow seriously lacking good German food, Suppenkuchen is a haven for schnitzel-lovers. This restaurant won me over immediately with its bier-haus decor: hard wood floors with simple wood benches and tables that force you to sit with...

Pros: Good variety of delicious German foods and beer
Cons: somewhat pricey, uncomfortable shared tables, staff is rude

Ate here with a group of 6 friends on a Thursday night. Had a good time drinking beer and waiting for our party to arrive until the bartender told us that we were lucky it was a slow night because they should have given away our table by now. ...

Pros: great food
Cons: crowded

What a relief to have a surefire place to go to gather with friends for any and every occasion. Finally, there is a place that gets it. It's about the food and the drinks. The rest matters, but not as much. You just gather around big unfinished...