I lived in Munich for a while and got around. I'd dispute both
characterizations. Maybe more so at the beer halls, but even then there is
variation from one to another.

I lived there for a year and a half and saw very little difference
between bierhalle, bier stuebl or restaurant. The homecooked foods
from my friends was at times very good but again not amazing. About the
best place
I had food was near where I lived around the corner from Bonnerplatz.
Other than putting it simply any place that would serve traditional
Bavarian Knoedel is nearly vetoed. Most non-Bavarians would consider it
repulsive in taste (or lack thereof) and especially its spongy, gummy,
rubber texture. On the otherhand, Knoedel from Baden-Baden were quite
good but altogether another food.

And Bavarian food can be quite good. Yeah, it
tends to be more on the hearty side, but there's still a lot of variety there.

there's more variety among the kebab joints (many of which are quite
good) than the bavarian food.

As is the case in pretty much every city on the planet, you need to get out
of the touristy quarters to really get a good experience for what the real
' food, real atmosphere, etc. is like.

I definitely did and whether i was in the Altstadt, Trudering,
Wiehenstephan or Pfaffenhofen, it was really not that drastically different.

Of course the Hofbräuhaus

In the year and a half I lived there plus another 8 trips there, I was
proudly never inside that nor their feltzelt. There was a good Irish
bar across the street called the Slutty Whore (or was it the Gauway
Hooker ;-) ) that got torched for insurance purposes.

There is no song on earth I despise more than the first one you mentioned.
I've had good fortune the past few years to go to the right tents (again,
the ones that are more locals-focused) and not heard that piece of
excrement.

Really? I have been in all 12 tents (Not including HB) at one time or
another and have always heard it and way too often at that. And thanks
for not mentioning those tents as I dont' want tourists in them when I
return. ;-)

Gerald

I lived in Munich for a while and got around. I'd dispute both
characterizations. Maybe more so at the beer halls, but even then there is
variation from one to another.

I lived there for a year and a half and saw very little difference
between bierhalle, bier stuebl or restaurant. The homecooked foods
from my friends was at times very good but again not amazing. About the
best place
I had food was near where I lived around the corner from Bonnerplatz.
Other than putting it simply any place that would serve traditional
Bavarian Knoedel is nearly vetoed. Most non-Bavarians would consider it
repulsive in taste (or lack thereof) and especially its spongy, gummy,
rubber texture. On the otherhand, Knoedel from Baden-Baden were quite
good but altogether another food.

And Bavarian food can be quite good. Yeah, it
tends to be more on the hearty side, but there's still a lot of variety there.

there's more variety among the kebab joints (many of which are quite
good) than the bavarian food.

As is the case in pretty much every city on the planet, you need to get out
of the touristy quarters to really get a good experience for what the real
' food, real atmosphere, etc. is like.

I definitely did and whether i was in the Altstadt, Trudering,
Wiehenstephan or Pfaffenhofen, it was really not that drastically different.

Of course the Hofbräuhaus

In the year and a half I lived there plus another 8 trips there, I was
proudly never inside that nor their feltzelt. There was a good Irish
bar across the street called the Slutty Whore (or was it the Gauway
Hooker ;-) ) that got torched for insurance purposes.

There is no song on earth I despise more than the first one you mentioned.
I've had good fortune the past few years to go to the right tents (again,
the ones that are more locals-focused) and not heard that piece of
excrement.

Really? I have been in all 12 tents (Not including HB) at one time or
another and have always heard it and way too often at that. And thanks
for not mentioning those tents as I dont' want tourists in them when I
return. ;-)

Gerald