Oktoberfest begins in Munich at noon on Saturday!  As you may already know, at the Cambridge House in Granby we are on our own schedule.  Our meal specials will be available on a limited basis every day from Friday, September 20th until at least October 5th. Flights of our Oktoberfest beer selections will be available starting this Friday.  Hooker Oktoberfest went on this evening and our very own Oktoberfest should go on tap Friday if our chiller is willing.

  

We have some special Oktoberfest beers to tap for the occasion in addition to the great German inspired specials planned to

  

So make plans to stop on in and see if we have an appropriate Oktoberfest beer selection for your palate to pair with the menu posted to the left, that Mike and Mike have developed. Of course this is subject to refinements and improvements.  The kitchen has been working hard on these and will continue as this is not fast food.  It take time and ambition to accomplish, but we think it is worth the extra effort and it will be great!

  

Wish you had some delicious old fasioned German inspired food? 

Just call to make a reservation and stop on in and get some!

  

I know you will enjoy our Oktoberfest specials and of course the beers too!

  

Our regular menu items will also be available if you are not so adventurous, as will all our other beers and few guest taps.

 

Oktoberfest traditionally starts in the third weekend in September and ends the first sunday of October.

 

What is Oktoberfest?

It all began with the Royal Wedding on 12 October 1810.

 

Crown Prince Ludwig, later to become King Ludwig I, was married to Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen on 12 October 1810. The citizens of Munich were invited to attend the festivities held on the fields in front of the city gates to celebrate the happy royal event. The fields were renamed Theresienwiese ("Theres'a Fields") to honor the Crown Princess, although the locals have since abbreviated the name simply to "Wiesn". Horse races in the presence of the royal family marked the close of the event that was celebrated as a festival for the whole of Bavaria. The decision to repeat the horse races in subsequest years gave rise to the tradition of Oktoberfest.

 

The Oktoberfest continues in 1811

In 1811, an added feature to the horse races was the first Agricultural Show, designed to boost Bavarian agriculture. The horse races, which were the oldest - and at one time - the most popular event of the festival are no longer held today. But the Agricultural Show is still held every three years during the Oktoberfest on the southern part of the festival grounds.

 

More and more things to see and do

In the first few decades, the choices of amusements were sparse. In 1818, the first carousel and two swings were set up. Vistitors were able to quench their thirst at small beer stands, which grew rapidly in number. In 1896 the beer stands were replaced by the first beer tents and halls set up by the enterprising landlords with the backing of the breweries. The remainder of the festival site was taken up by a fun-fair. The range of carousels offered was already increasing rapidly in the 1870's as the fairground trade continued to grow and develope in Germany.

 

 

180th Oktoberfest in 2013

 
(21 September - 6 October 2013)

Today, the Oktoberfest in Munich is the largest festival in the world, with an international flavor characteristic of the 20th century.

At the foot of the Bavaria Statue, adjacent to the Huge Oktoberfest grounds there are also carousels, roller coasters and all the spectacular fun for the enjoyment and excitement of visitors of all ages.

 

The festivities are accompanied by a program of events, including the Grand Entry of the Oktoberfest Landlords and Breweries, the Costume and Riflemen's Procession, and a concert involving all the brass bands represented at the "Wiesn".

The Oktoberfest celebrated its 200th Anniversery in 2010, only Wars and cholera epidemics have briefely interrupted the yearly beer celebration.  Which why there have only been 180 celebrations yet it is the 203rd Anniversary.

 

(http://ofest.com/history.html)

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