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Sholz Garten

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In 1893 the Sholz Garten hosted a celebration for the University of Texas football team for its first undefeated season.

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Best time of day:

Evening

What everyone knows

Its a beer garden (garten) with some amazing Bavarian pretzels. So Beer, Pretzels. Yes please.

What they don't tell you

As the oldest restaurant and beer garten in Texas, Scholz has been a standard in the Austin community for over 150 years.

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Do it like a local

October Fest is a thing here! Christmas celebrations are great and the German/American Appreciation center will teach you German for free ;). Wunderbar!

For the History Buffs

Here are some Deets.

1866 German immigrant and Civil War August Scholz opened up Scholz Garten.
Bought and sold a number of times
1908 The Austin Saengerrunde (a German singing group) and built a bowling alley (german version is called Kegeln) and its one of the oldest operating bowling centers in the US.
Hosting important dignitaries, sports teams, festivals its become an absolute staple of Austin's Culture.

Uncountable cool people (German and not) have visited here.

more deets here

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