Please join us for these upcoming
Holiday and Event celebrations

Independence Day
Saturday, July 4, 2009
We will be closed all day, July 4, for Independence Day.

Weinfest!
Thursday, July 23 – Saturday, August 1, 2009
Wine samplers! Featured wines! Food specials! Prizes!
Check back for menu and details.

National Bratwurst Day
Monday, August 3, 2009
Join us on National Bratwurst Day for Brat Specials, Brat Prizes and Brat Trivia! Live music!

National Bratwurst Day
menu cover contest
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» see the 2008 winner!

Labor Day
Monday, September 7, 2009
We will be closed all day for Labor Day.

Oktoberfest, 2009
Friday, September 25 – Sunday, October 4, 2009

10 DAYS OF OKTOBERFEST

Alphorns! Accordions! Food specials! Photo Opportunities! Prizes!
The Return of David Hasselhoff Night! Mustard! Beer! Beer! Beer!
Each day will be a different Deutsch-tastic celebration.
Check back for more information!

Oktoberfest menu cover contest
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» see the 2008 winner!

Congratulations to our 2008 Oktoberfest prize winners!

Matt Buchanan, winner of a private Summit Brewery Tour for 12 people

Jason Hodge, winner of a Schells Brewery tour, a night's stay at the Holiday Inn New Ulm and a gas card

Jodi Williams, winner of the Grand Prize bike from Franziskaner.

» Take a look at our slideshow and see all the fun we had during the 2008 Oktober-festivities!

Holiday, 2008

Holiday menu cover contest
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» see previous winners!

We have many seasonal specialties available for purchase throughout December.

Holiday Meals To Go
Complete meals for groups that you can pick up at your convenience! We are offering seasonal specialties like Goose as well as Black Forest favorites like Rouladen, Roast Pork and Bratwurst. Additionally, we have many German seasonal treats available for purchase throughout December. Call or stop by for Stollen, Springerle, Lebkuchen, Pfeffernuss and more!
Download the Holiday Meals To Go brochure (.pdf)
Download our Holiday Treats Brochure (.pdf)

Christmas Market
Enjoy our model Christmas Market out in the beer garden then come in to our banquet space for a real Christmas Market. Shop for gifts, Christmas decorations or buy a mug of cocoa or hot wine and "window" shop. We'll have artists, crafts people, stocking stuffers, and, of course, the Black Forest Inn will be selling stuff too. Our new Christmas Cookie cook booklet will be for sale, along with t-shirts, mugs, gift certificates, coffee beans, mustard, red cabbage and anything else you can think of to give as a gift!

New Years Eve Party
Join us December 31 for a Gypsy-themed New Year’s Eve party. We'll have great accordion music, dancers, tarot readings and more! Enjoy dinner anytime – but after midnight we'll treat you to a little bowl of goulash soup before you head home in the cold, new year.

We will make a donation from tonight’s sales to Heifer International’s Roma projects in Romania and Slovakia. We encourage our guests to join us in supporting this great organization and their project to empower the Roma people of eastern Europe.

Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 26, 2009
We will be closed all day for Thanksgiving.

Live Music in December! Check back for dates and times

Thursday & Friday, December 24 & 25, 2009
Closed for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

Thursday, December 31, 2009
Gypsy-themed New Year's Eve Party
Live Music! Tarot Readings!
Goulash Soup after Midnight!

New Year's Day
Friday, January 1, 2010
We will be closed all day New Year's Day

Fasching (Mardi Gras)
Friday – Tuesday, February 12 – 16th, 2010

Fasching menu cover contest
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» see previous winners!

Valentine's Day
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Live music! Beer & Chocolate! Photo opportunities!
Have a picture taken of you and your sweetie with a giant pretzel!
We were named Best Restaurant for Romance in the 2006 City Pages Best of the Twin Cities!

Fat Tuesday
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Krapfen (deep fried jelly doughnuts) and other food specials!
Maybe even a costume or two…! Live Music!

Lent, 2010
There will be a few food specials for those who are observing the dietary restrictions of Lent (and, of course, anyone else who wants fish on Fridays!)

Easter
Sunday, April 4, 2010
We will be closed all day for Easter

Dining Out for Life
Thursday, April 29, 2010
We will be donating 15% of our breakfast, lunch and dinner sales to the Aliveness Project, a community center for people living with HIV/AIDS.

Art in Bloom
April 29 - May 2, 2010
This annual favorite show at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts always brings lots of people to the neighborhood.

Mother’s Day
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Mothers are special today but everyone is welcome! We’ll have live music, fun games & prizes and a few special food items to help honor our mothers.

Black Forest Inn Anniversary
Saturday, May 15, 2010
We’ll be 45 years old today! Join us for music and treats to celebrate!
Enter our Anniversary menu cover contest!

Anniversary menu cover contest
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» see previous winners!

Spargelfest!
May 21 – 30, 2010
A celebration of the noble asparagus! We will offer many special asparagus menu items and even a few asparagus drinks! Check back for our Spargelfest menu! Join us as we welcome one of the first delicious fresh foods of spring. Enter our Spargelfest menu cover contest!

Spargelfest menu cover contest
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» see previous winners!

Memorial Day
Monday, May 31, 2010
We will be closed all day for Memorial Day

RINGTONES!

Take home some of the music you've heard performed at The Black Forest Inn, with a custom ringtone for your cell phone! Choose from Alphorn ringtones, performed by Marvin McCoy and Steve Ecklund, or the accordion music of Hank Thunander!

To hear each ringtone, click on the play button - to download a ringtone to your cell phone (your phone will need to be web-enabled!), click on the corresponding link, and a text message will be sent to your cell phone, with the URL to the actual ringtone - it's that easy!

Alphorns no. 1 Send ringtone

Alphorns no. 2 Send ringtone

Alphorns no. 3 Send ringtone

Italian Nights Send ringtone

Monte Carlo Schottische Send ringtone

Check back often to see what new ringtones we've created!