Has anyone tried this one? Sorry I can't remember the name of it. It is on Anna Drive.
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Where on anna dr.
If you turn onto Anna from Florence Blvd., you go past all the optical and medical buildings and as you are going up the hill, it is on the left. I believe it is in the same complex where the yogurt place used to be.
Where is Anna drive on Florence Blvd? What is it close to?
Right next to Shoney's, where the new traffic signal is.
German food & German beer is awesome. Girst House in Nashville is one of my favorite places. I had no idea a German restaurant started in Florence, but next time I'm there I'll look for it.
My husband and I had lunch there a couple of weeks ago, and most of the food was delicious! I ordered a chicken dish that had a wine sauce and mushrooms, along with pan-fried potatoes and spaetzle. The chicken was the most tender, flavorful chicken I've ever eaten, and I can't wait to go back and order it again (sorry, I can't remember the name of the dish).
The one item I was less than thrilled about was the spaetzle; it tasted very starchy and didn't have much flavor. I had spaetzle once before at Epcot, and although the dish is supposed to be a little bland, it had a firmer texture. Still, the rest of the food was so good we'll definitely be back. We shared a slice of German chocolate cake, but next time I'm ordering a slice of the Black Forest cake all for myself!
The one item I was less than thrilled about was the spaetzle; it tasted very starchy and didn't have much flavor. I had spaetzle once before at Epcot, and although the dish is supposed to be a little bland, it had a firmer texture. Still, the rest of the food was so good we'll definitely be back. We shared a slice of German chocolate cake, but next time I'm ordering a slice of the Black Forest cake all for myself!
There USED to be a good German restaurant in Columbus, GA. My dad was fond of it when he was stationed at Ft. Benning in the early '70s.
Do they have a website? If they don't, they should!
quote:Originally posted by FatNoMo:
Do they have a website? If they don't, they should!
It's www.myspace.com/hannelores but it doesn't give any updated info on the restaurant. There's no menu or anything like that. Maybe they'll update it soon (hint hint to Hannelore's).
Note: Music begins to play as soon as the page loads, so make sure you've got the sound turned down/off if you don't want to be blasted by horns!
never ate at a german place so i should try it sometime. as far as beer goes i don't care for becks but i love the dutch heineken.
My family went there last week, they were excellent! The staff was extremely friendly to my 18 month old son. The food was delicious and it was very clean and inviting! I give it a double thumbs up!!!
Hi all! This is Chris C. a Co Owner and founder of Hannelore's.Let me give a bit of info about myself and my staff and also my Mother Susan Hannelore Caron.
Susan (My Mom) was born and raised in Berlin,Germany where she met my father,a service man, married and she became a citizen,I've worked in the food business for 17 years.I grew up with a wide variety of dishes German being the main stream so all this food is second nature to me.
Unfortunately my father passed away and Mother moved to be closer with her family.All her life she has cooked German dishes for a large group of people with great compliments.So we merged my restaurant experience with her Homemade Recipes.Took a small loan and began work.
Its been a long process to get it open but we are here and if you all enjoy the food and provide support we are here to stay.
My biggest concentration was to keep the recipes as authentic as possible with the ingredients available without any shortcuts,and providing the customer with the service they deserve.
We wanted that OK i am at moms house feel.Which i think we have brought to our small corner.
Alot of corporations are all about the dollar sign at the end of the day,We are about how many people can we make happy and full each day,because if you can accomplish that everything else will fall into place.
I feel privileged to bring this food to the shoals and I hope everyone enjoys it as I have growing up.
I have a very knowledgeable staff thats taken me time to bring up to my standards,But am completely confident in their abilities.
Jason English a friend and co-owner has extensive knowledge in the food business and has helped a great deal in this venture so feel free to contact Jason or myself on any questions about the Restaurant.256-712-1782
Our site is now updated(complete with menu for the previous post hehe) www.myspace.com/hannelores
We have some new pictures with a happy guestroom.
Thank you for this topic in the forums and come on over to 215 Ana Drive and give our Menu a shot.Hope to see ya'll soon!
Chris
Susan (My Mom) was born and raised in Berlin,Germany where she met my father,a service man, married and she became a citizen,I've worked in the food business for 17 years.I grew up with a wide variety of dishes German being the main stream so all this food is second nature to me.
Unfortunately my father passed away and Mother moved to be closer with her family.All her life she has cooked German dishes for a large group of people with great compliments.So we merged my restaurant experience with her Homemade Recipes.Took a small loan and began work.
Its been a long process to get it open but we are here and if you all enjoy the food and provide support we are here to stay.
My biggest concentration was to keep the recipes as authentic as possible with the ingredients available without any shortcuts,and providing the customer with the service they deserve.
We wanted that OK i am at moms house feel.Which i think we have brought to our small corner.
Alot of corporations are all about the dollar sign at the end of the day,We are about how many people can we make happy and full each day,because if you can accomplish that everything else will fall into place.
I feel privileged to bring this food to the shoals and I hope everyone enjoys it as I have growing up.
I have a very knowledgeable staff thats taken me time to bring up to my standards,But am completely confident in their abilities.
Jason English a friend and co-owner has extensive knowledge in the food business and has helped a great deal in this venture so feel free to contact Jason or myself on any questions about the Restaurant.256-712-1782
Our site is now updated(complete with menu for the previous post hehe) www.myspace.com/hannelores
We have some new pictures with a happy guestroom.
Thank you for this topic in the forums and come on over to 215 Ana Drive and give our Menu a shot.Hope to see ya'll soon!
Chris
Next time I'm in town I'll make a point of stopping by to try it out. I don't have much experience with authentic German food, but I love trying new things. Do you have German beers as well?
Sure do! Here's a link to a similiar topic that has some info about the food,beer and wine. http://forums.timesdaily.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/4151062206/m/5881034816
Right now we offer Spaten,Becks,Becks Dark,Bavaria,Warstiener,Warstiener Dunkel,St.Pauli Girl,Dinkel Acker, and for the ones that like the Hefe Wiesse,we offer Tucher's,and Weihenstephaner.
We also carry Bud and Miller light for the people that cant handle the stronger beers.
We also have several beers forthcoming
Hoegaarten,Lowenbrau and Paulaner.
In addition to this list we offer a variety of German Riesling wines such as Auslese,Spatlese, Piesporter,and Liebfraumilch.
Right now we offer Spaten,Becks,Becks Dark,Bavaria,Warstiener,Warstiener Dunkel,St.Pauli Girl,Dinkel Acker, and for the ones that like the Hefe Wiesse,we offer Tucher's,and Weihenstephaner.
We also carry Bud and Miller light for the people that cant handle the stronger beers.
We also have several beers forthcoming
Hoegaarten,Lowenbrau and Paulaner.
In addition to this list we offer a variety of German Riesling wines such as Auslese,Spatlese, Piesporter,and Liebfraumilch.
LIVING PROOF YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL TO EXPERIENCE THE REAL STUFF...
I have eaten at numerous German Restaurants throughout the US...and have tasted some of the best...and I can say this without hesitation...!!! IF YA WANT TO KNOW AT LEAST FOR ONE TIME IN YOUR LIFE WHAT REAL DOWN HOME GERMAN FOOD TASTE LIKE...THEN YOU BETTER RUN NOT WALK TO THIS PLACE...When the word gets out about this LITTLE JEWEL that has for whatever reason ended up in the SHOALS..there's going to be a waiting line and RESERVATION LIST a mile long...as Emeril Lagasse says on on THE FOOD CHANNEL they have most certainly kicked the FOOD QUALITY BAR up several notches for the Shoals Area.
We arrived their Saturday Night around 7:30PM... Compared to other restaurants in the area the place is small with 12 tables..but the decor along with the "I am in somebody's house" warmth of the place, it is what the doctor ordered for a laid back dining experience...(if you noticed I said dining and not eating out)
The music is totally German which has a lively beat that added that final touch to a picture perfect German setting...
We were seated next to the wall in a position where we could watch the Kitchen Staff at work...it was like watching a dance as the dishes came out rapidly and on time...
I ordered the TUCHER German beer and my partner ordered one of the German white wine's from an extensive list.
Open up the menu, and it is a German Food Lovers Wish List...after perviewing for a while...I decided on the house special which was the Potato Crushed Tilapia served with a Creamy Dill Sauce...my choice of sides was the Spaetzle (small German like dumplings in a broth) and the Steam Vegetables....($9.95) My Partner settled on the Hannelore Pork Schnitzel which is tenderized Pork stuffed with Jarlsberg cheese and ham...her choices of sides was Pan Fried Potatoes and Red Cabbage...($12.95) We wanted to experience as much as we could so we went ahead an ordered a Gypsy Chicken smothered in Peppers and Onions...with sides of Wurst Salad and Baby Brussel Sprouts ($7.95)...with the intentions of doggie bagging that one home...
As a compliment dish the waitress brought out with the.... fresh out of the oven dark Pumpernickel bread( ya ain't gonna eat just one), a bowl of Cucumber Salad.(This is a medium size dish with thinly shaved fresh cucumbers in a sour cream sauce) Let me tell you, there was one folk fight over the last bit of that dish...
Along with the Entree's comes a salad...I ordered the house salad with homemade ranch dressing and my partner order the house salad with the house vinegarette dressing...We had just finished these when the waitress showed up and laid before me one of the most delicate looking piece's of lightly saute' fish I have seen in quite sometime...it was surrounded by the side dishes...and covered with the dill sauce...My sidekick's dish was a large piece of lightly saute'd Pork surrounded by the side dishes...All I can say about those dishes is it was love at FIRST BITE..
By then we had just about stretched our waist bands to the point of popping, when one of the Kitchen Magicians came out and was talking to some of the tables...as we talked with him, we discovered that he was one of the Chef's at the Old Emerald Coast Restaurant on Cox Creek Parkway and a Chef in the old Louisiana Restaurant that had a reputation for years as being one of the best. Between He and Chris they have 35 years of kitchen experience, and they make the best of that experience...Jason was telling me about the young lady I saw working over the stove...she was quick and keeping up with the rapid pace of the orders as they came it...I don't know her name...but she is definitely an asset to the finished product they put out...as we continued talking he started telling us bout the desserts being freshly made that day, which was the apple streduel, cheese streduel, and as he was telling us about the Black Forrest Cake with Blackberry wine soaked Cheeries...that was the clincher...another order went in for the Black Forrest and Cheese Streduel...Now! when I see piece of cake...I am talking about a piece of cake...The chocolate cake mixed with the white sweeten creamy frosting between the layers...lays on your tongue like sweet honey...then the taste buds are struck with the black berry wine cherries wrapping their tiny little flavor all around your palette...and you think...if they don't have this in heaven...I ain't going.....
Needless to say we didn't even get to the cheese dessert as there was no more space left...It was doggie bagged home along with a portion of the Gypsy Chicken...
When I got the bill....it hit me...that we had just had one of the finest meals the Shoals can offer and the total with a $10.00 tip was less than $60.00...
So! folks if you want to dine out...and eat without having to shout at each other....then this is the place for you...
I have eaten at numerous German Restaurants throughout the US...and have tasted some of the best...and I can say this without hesitation...!!! IF YA WANT TO KNOW AT LEAST FOR ONE TIME IN YOUR LIFE WHAT REAL DOWN HOME GERMAN FOOD TASTE LIKE...THEN YOU BETTER RUN NOT WALK TO THIS PLACE...When the word gets out about this LITTLE JEWEL that has for whatever reason ended up in the SHOALS..there's going to be a waiting line and RESERVATION LIST a mile long...as Emeril Lagasse says on on THE FOOD CHANNEL they have most certainly kicked the FOOD QUALITY BAR up several notches for the Shoals Area.
We arrived their Saturday Night around 7:30PM... Compared to other restaurants in the area the place is small with 12 tables..but the decor along with the "I am in somebody's house" warmth of the place, it is what the doctor ordered for a laid back dining experience...(if you noticed I said dining and not eating out)
The music is totally German which has a lively beat that added that final touch to a picture perfect German setting...
We were seated next to the wall in a position where we could watch the Kitchen Staff at work...it was like watching a dance as the dishes came out rapidly and on time...
I ordered the TUCHER German beer and my partner ordered one of the German white wine's from an extensive list.
Open up the menu, and it is a German Food Lovers Wish List...after perviewing for a while...I decided on the house special which was the Potato Crushed Tilapia served with a Creamy Dill Sauce...my choice of sides was the Spaetzle (small German like dumplings in a broth) and the Steam Vegetables....($9.95) My Partner settled on the Hannelore Pork Schnitzel which is tenderized Pork stuffed with Jarlsberg cheese and ham...her choices of sides was Pan Fried Potatoes and Red Cabbage...($12.95) We wanted to experience as much as we could so we went ahead an ordered a Gypsy Chicken smothered in Peppers and Onions...with sides of Wurst Salad and Baby Brussel Sprouts ($7.95)...with the intentions of doggie bagging that one home...
As a compliment dish the waitress brought out with the.... fresh out of the oven dark Pumpernickel bread( ya ain't gonna eat just one), a bowl of Cucumber Salad.(This is a medium size dish with thinly shaved fresh cucumbers in a sour cream sauce) Let me tell you, there was one folk fight over the last bit of that dish...
Along with the Entree's comes a salad...I ordered the house salad with homemade ranch dressing and my partner order the house salad with the house vinegarette dressing...We had just finished these when the waitress showed up and laid before me one of the most delicate looking piece's of lightly saute' fish I have seen in quite sometime...it was surrounded by the side dishes...and covered with the dill sauce...My sidekick's dish was a large piece of lightly saute'd Pork surrounded by the side dishes...All I can say about those dishes is it was love at FIRST BITE..
By then we had just about stretched our waist bands to the point of popping, when one of the Kitchen Magicians came out and was talking to some of the tables...as we talked with him, we discovered that he was one of the Chef's at the Old Emerald Coast Restaurant on Cox Creek Parkway and a Chef in the old Louisiana Restaurant that had a reputation for years as being one of the best. Between He and Chris they have 35 years of kitchen experience, and they make the best of that experience...Jason was telling me about the young lady I saw working over the stove...she was quick and keeping up with the rapid pace of the orders as they came it...I don't know her name...but she is definitely an asset to the finished product they put out...as we continued talking he started telling us bout the desserts being freshly made that day, which was the apple streduel, cheese streduel, and as he was telling us about the Black Forrest Cake with Blackberry wine soaked Cheeries...that was the clincher...another order went in for the Black Forrest and Cheese Streduel...Now! when I see piece of cake...I am talking about a piece of cake...The chocolate cake mixed with the white sweeten creamy frosting between the layers...lays on your tongue like sweet honey...then the taste buds are struck with the black berry wine cherries wrapping their tiny little flavor all around your palette...and you think...if they don't have this in heaven...I ain't going.....
Needless to say we didn't even get to the cheese dessert as there was no more space left...It was doggie bagged home along with a portion of the Gypsy Chicken...
When I got the bill....it hit me...that we had just had one of the finest meals the Shoals can offer and the total with a $10.00 tip was less than $60.00...
So! folks if you want to dine out...and eat without having to shout at each other....then this is the place for you...
My daughter and her husband ate there and they loved loved it and she is very hard to please.lol
Hannelore's is no serving lunch on Sunday's!
11-3pm
THx
11-3pm
THx
Best of luck with the new gast house!
There's one here in LA called The Red Lion, where all the Germans congregate. It's the bomb.
Heck, growing up in Sheffield, I never knew I was eating German food.... pork chops and mashed potatoes? It's comfort food.
DF
There's one here in LA called The Red Lion, where all the Germans congregate. It's the bomb.
Heck, growing up in Sheffield, I never knew I was eating German food.... pork chops and mashed potatoes? It's comfort food.
DF
OK, I'm a skeptic and a picky eater, but a friend of mine took me to lunch at Hannelore's the other day and IT WAS WONDERFUL! The service was great -- friendly but not overkill. The food was delicious. I'm not big on saurkraut, but theirs has a sweet taste to it not too vinegary. And the potatoes were ALMORST BUT NOT QUITE as good as the fried taters my mamaw made. I had Bratwurst (sp?) -- kept it to something I was familiar with and there was too much to eat even for 2 meals.
I would highly recommend trying this place out. The only bad thing is there is not a lot of parking in the lot -- can't fix that though.
Two thumbs up!!!
I would highly recommend trying this place out. The only bad thing is there is not a lot of parking in the lot -- can't fix that though.
Two thumbs up!!!
Humm...never knew about this german Restaurant until now.
Will have to stop by. I have never ate German food but I am game to try anything at least once.
Will have to stop by. I have never ate German food but I am game to try anything at least once.
quote:Originally posted by freebird102704:
Humm...never knew about this german Restaurant until now.
Will have to stop by. I have never ate German food but I am game to try anything at least once.
Don't go on Monday! They're closed on Mondays. ;(
After reading all this over the weekend I got hungry and vowed to eat lunch at this place first chance I got. I drove there for lunch and they are closed on Monday. Dang.
I will give it another try later this week.
quote:We also carry Bud and Miller light for the people that cant handle the stronger beers.
lol reminds me of this sceen from beerfest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opieKQ9oDCc
oh yeah my girlfriend drunk some Rudi Wiest Riesling a while back, very good wine.
quote:Originally posted by GoFish:
I will give it another try later this week.
Just reporting back: I did eat lunch there earlier this week and it was excellent. The fried potatoes were a little salty but the Something-Shnitzle was delicious.
New Revised Menu.And now Open Sundays.
We have added some Items to the Menu and overhauled it.
These Items are now available.
Kassler Rippchen-Smoked Chops with an apple gravy.
Goulash- Stewed beef tips in a Tomato base gravy on noodles.
Rahm Schnitzel-Our Schnitzel topped with a homemade creamy wine sauce.
check out the menu at http://www.myspace.com/hannelores
Come see us for a fine dining experience at 215 D ANA Dr Florence,AL
Chris C
We have added some Items to the Menu and overhauled it.
These Items are now available.
Kassler Rippchen-Smoked Chops with an apple gravy.
Goulash- Stewed beef tips in a Tomato base gravy on noodles.
Rahm Schnitzel-Our Schnitzel topped with a homemade creamy wine sauce.
check out the menu at http://www.myspace.com/hannelores
Come see us for a fine dining experience at 215 D ANA Dr Florence,AL
Chris C
German food sounds like it wouldn't taste good. But I think it's all excellent. Had a German neighbor once and I'd show up around mealtimes....
OOOOH! Try the German wines. First time I ever got tipsy was when I drank wine a friend of mine had brought back from Germany. It sneaks up on you! And you definitely cannot go to a restaurant and drink a huge margarita afterward. Then you have to high-step to get to the bathroom. Or so I've been told.
Me and my family ate there recently and everything was as good as all these posts say.
You don't even have to know anything about German food to enjoy it. very very good.
We will be back.
You don't even have to know anything about German food to enjoy it. very very good.
We will be back.
Thanks, Chris, for bringing what seems to be a unique dining experience and a very welcome new restaurant to the Shoals area. I hope for the wife and I to try it sometime when were in town.
My husband & I had dinner there a few weeks ago. Loved the food. Real German Chocolate Cake. It was WONDERFUL!!! & the fried potatoes were sooooo good.