This past week, we headed up to Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino mountains for three days, also spending some time in Lake Arrowhead with relatives. Over the years, Big Bear has acquired a reputation for German food and beer not only by having a couple of German restaurants, but also by having a very popular Oktoberfest celebration (which I have yet to experience).
At any rate, we rented a cabin-style house for three days and set out to find any German restaurants still remaining. It appears that at the moment, there is only one German place in town, the German Deli on Big Bear Blvd. It is currently only open to 3 pm, so dinner was out of the question. We dropped in for lunch. The menu has no schnitzels, basically just various types of sausages. (There is also a deli counter).
Cutting to the chase, I first ordered a bottle of Flensburger, which is marketed in the US with the old-style flip tops. After that, it was a Weltenburger Fest Bier, Maerzen (can). Both were quite good.
For you German history buffs, Flensburger comes from the town of Flensburg on the Danish border. Flensburg was the site of the Doenitz post-Hitler government for several days after Hitler's suicide in Berlin. Several of the Nazi leaders convened in Flensburg where they negotiated the final surrender of Germany to the allies.
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