HOLIDAY

We have many seasonal specialties available for purchase throughout December.

German Christmas Cookies
We make a variety of traditional German cookies for the holidays including Lebkuchen, Springerle, Pfeffernüsse and Stollen. You won't find better handmade cookies anywhere! Each of our eight varieties of cookie is available by the dozen; mixed dozens are also available. Stollen are available as 1LB or 2LB loaves.
Check out our Springerle cookie making demonstrations! At 3:00 p.m. each day that the Christmas market is open, we will show you how to make these exquisite cookies! The demonstration is free and open to the public.
Download our Holiday Treats Brochure (.pdf)

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. Meals include bread, side dishes and dessert. We’ll have everything ready to pick up at your convenience.
Download the Holiday Meals To Go brochure (.pdf)

Friday, December 4, 2009
Live Music!
6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Hank Thunander on accordion

Saturday, December 5, 2009
Live Music!
6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Nancy Lovegrin on accordion

Sunday, December 6, 2009
St. Nicholas Day
Our Soles4Souls kids’ shoe drive begins!
The tradition says that if you put your shoes out at night, St. Nicholas will leave treats for the good little girls and boys. We are asking you to bring new or gently used children’s shoes to the restaurant for a Soles4Souls shoe drive. The shoes will be donated to the Harriet Tubman women’s shelter and you will get a treat for being good! Can't make it on December 6? Shoe drive will continue all month.

Friday, December 11, 2009
Live Music!
6:30 – 9:00 p.m. Jim ten Bensel & Ron Kalman, accordion
Tonight we are holding a benefit for our neighbor, Washburn Center for Children! In honor of Marcy Tollefson, who is retiring from Washburn after 27 years, we are donating 25% of our food sales all day today to Washburn Center for Children. With over 125 years as a non-profit agency serving children and families in Minnesota, Washburn Center for Children is the leader in helping children with social, emotional and behavioral mental health problems and their families. All of their services are designed to develop skills, resolve problems and connect with resources to help the child be more successful at home, in school and in the community. Join us and help support the important work that Washburn does for Minnesota families!

Christmas Market
Enjoy our model Christmas Market out in the beer garden then come in to our banquet space for a real Christmas Market. Local artists, handmade crafts, German imports – you're sure to find an affordable treasure for the perfect gift! The Market will be open from 12:00 – 6:00 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, December 12 & 13, 19 & 20.
Springerle demonstrations at 3:00 p.m. each day the market is open!
Storytelling for kids at 4:00 p.m. each Market Saturday!
Of course, the Black Forest Inn will be selling stuff too - t-shirts, mugs, gift certificates, coffee beans, mustard, red cabbage and anything else you can think of to give as a gift!

Are you curious about the artists and what they're selling? We have over fifteen different artists attending the market. Their work ranges from woodturning to stained glass to upcycled lingerie. There will be cards, jewelry, photographs, sculpture and more! Here are links to some of their websites, so you can see a sampling of their work.
www.coppercreationsbyberyl.com
www.flickr.com/photos/waist2wrist/sets/72157616648613312/detail/
www.talismandala.com
www.maggiesullivan.net
www.jeaneengauthier.com
www.crazycatsdesign.com
www.kellybrookedesigns.com
www.lollycopter.com
www.vadnaiswoodworking.com

Saturday, December 12, 2009
Christmas Market
12:00 noon – 6:00 p.m. in our banquet space
3:00 p.m. Springerle demonstration in the Market
4:00 p.m. Storytelling for kids in the Market
Live Music!
6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Mark Stillman on accordion

Sunday, December 13, 2009
Christmas Market
12:00 – 6:00 p.m. in our banquet space
3:00 p.m. Springerle demonstration in the Market

Friday, December 18, 2009
Live Music!
6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Skeets Langley on Accordion

Saturday, December 19, 2009
Christmas Market !
12:00 – 6:00 p.m. in our banquet space
3:00 p.m. Springerle demonstration in the Market
4:00 p.m. Storytelling for kids in the Market
Live Music!
6:30 – 9:00 p.m. Skeets Langley on Accordion

Sunday, December 20, 2009
Christmas Market !
12:00 – 6:00 p.m. in our banquet space
3:00 p.m. Springerle demonstration in the Market

Winter Solstice
Monday, December 21, 2009
In honor of the darkest day of the year, we will have all our dark beers on special!

Christmas
Thursday & Friday, December 24 & 25, 2009
We will be closed all day for both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

The Twelve Days of Christmas Begin!

Join us starting December 26 for a little surprise each of the 12 days of Christmas. It might be food, or maybe a drink. It might be sweet, or maybe savory. It might be something else all together. But don’t forget, it ends on the Twelfth Night, Tuesday, January 5!

Saturday, December 26, 2009
Live Music!
6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Skeets Langley on Accordion

Holiday menu cover contest
» view contest guidelines
» see the 2009 winner!

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

New Years Eve Party
Join us December 31 for a Gypsy themed New Year’s Eve party. We'll have great accordion music from Mark Stillman, Tatyana will lead the gypsy dancer, there will be tarot readings, elixirs, good luck talismans 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.

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

Saturday, January 2, 2010
Live Music!
6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Hank Thunander on Accordion

Twelfth Night Of Christmas
Tuesday, January 5, 2010