Chicago Meatpackers: "Across from the stage entrance" Top 5 Page for this destination Chicago Meatpackers Tip by Nemorino

This is an American bar and restaurant with an unbeatable location, just across from the stage entrance and offices of the Frankfurt Opera -- the NEW Frankfurt Opera, of course, not the old one. In the photo you can also see the big box that holds the stage machinery at the top of the opera house.

So don't be surprised if I suggest meeting here for a bite to eat before we go to the opera. It's not because of the food so much as for the convenient location and friendly ambiance.

Second photo: The decor has an American Midwest Railroad theme, with lots of old railroad signs and artifacts and even a model train that runs around the restaurant up near the ceiling.

Third photo: Heinz (Madschick) and me at the Chicago Meatpackers. Photo by Christine (tini58de). After the meal, the three of us went across the street to the Frankfurt Opera and saw a matinee performance of Mozart's Magic Flute. Have a look at Christine's travelogue 2007: Magic at the Opera.

Favorite Dish: If I were just to give you my own opinion of the food it would sound somewhat lukewarm (the opinion, not the food) since I am not exactly the world's greatest connoisseur of American cuisine even though I come from there, LOL.

Fortunately I had an expert with me recently, namely VT member yooperprof (Chet), who now lives in Marquette, Michigan but originally comes from Kansas City, so he knows about spare ribs, and he says the spare ribs he had here were fine.

After eating here, Chet and I went across the street and saw a performance of the opera Macbeth, not by Verdi but by Ernest Bloch (1880-1959), a Swiss composer who once studied at Dr. Hoch's Conservatory here in Frankfurt. Bloch moved to the United States in 1916. He later became an American citizen and was a professor at the University of California in Berkeley.

Address: Untermainanlage 8
Comparison: less expensive than average
Directions: If your bicycle has a flat tire or something, you could take the tram 11 or 12 or the subway U1, U2, U3, U4 or U5 to Willy-Brandt-Platz. (But don't forget to get that flat tire fixed!)
Phone: (0 69) 23 16 59
Price: US$11-20
Rating: 3
Theme: American
Website: http://www.chicago-meatpackers.de