Part of a series of restaurant recommendations offered in The Stranger’s 2017 Guide to Food and Drink (International Edition).
Rhein Haus
Twentysomethings jostle for position around this prefab German beer hall’s sprawling main bar. Inoffensive pick-up lines and mini bottles of Underberg are swiftly dispensed amid the fusillade of cheers and high fives erupting from five pristine indoor bocce courts. If navigating this weekend-warrior melee isn’t your bag, come earlier for the sausage party on the Capitol Hill hotspot’s menu. The array of dressed-up wursts provide sustenance for day-drinkin’, ball-tossin’ sessions when large groups can more comfortably guzzle beer by the liter. With 10,000 square feet, three bars, and two hulking fireplaces, the nouveau brew lodge dazzles like a luxury apartment building’s party room during Oktoberfest, with about as much soul. —Michael Rietmulder