Brotzeit Lokal

Brotzeit Lokal is out of the way on the so-called Oakland Riviera—a relatively warm, calm section of the Oakland Estuary. Out on a boat? Pull up here and dock at one of their seven reserved spots for some authentic German beer and food. Like Biergarten, it’s Bavarian, but the focus here is on hard-to-find taps, many of which you won’t see anywhere else on this side of the Mississippi. The food is locally sourced, farm-to-table stuff, and they make their own sausages. Brotzeit also throws traditional German events like Kolshfest, Mayfest and Oktoberfest, and on the weekends you’ll find beer garden games like wiener dog races, hammerschlagen, cornhole and stein hoisting. Not bad for an old boathouse.