Lately, it’s been getting harder each year to get into the holiday spirit.
I keep looking for experiences that will make me feel like I did as a kid about Christmas. The experiences I look for usually have a traditional feel that remind me of home and family.
This year, the Black Forest Inn is hitting all my traditional Christmas buttons.
Handmade cookies, a Christmas market with gifts from local artisans and of course, the great German food I drive from the suburbs for. On top of everything else, if I don’t want to cook for my holiday party, I can get Black Forest Inn Meals To Go.
Rouladen, here I come!
Christmas Market – Check out the Black Forest Inn’s model Christmas market outside in the beer garden, and then come inside to the banquet space for a real Christmas market! Local artists, handmade crafts and products including fiber arts, jewelry, jams and jellies, soaps and lotions, cookies and bread, books, candles and more! You’re sure to find an affordable treasure for the perfect gift!
The Christmas market will be open from 12:00 – 6:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, December 14 & 15
• Springerle demonstrations at 3:00 p.m. each day!
• Live music during the market!
• Of course, the Black Forest Inn will be selling stuff too – t-shirts, mugs, gift certificates, coffee beans, mustard, cookies, marzipan and anything else you can think of to give as a gift!
German Christmas Cookies – Find traditional German cookies for the holidays including Lebkuchen, Springerle, Pfeffernüsse and Stollen. You won’t find better handmade cookies anywhere! Each of the eight varieties of cookies is available by the dozen; mixed dozens are also available. Stollen is available in 1 lb loaves. (Click here for Holiday Treats brochure)
Check out the Springerle cookie making demonstrations! At 3:00 p.m. each day that the Christmas market is open, they will show you how to make these exquisite cookies! The demonstration is free and open to the public. Also, they are selling Springerle molds! Stop in to see the available designs.
– Download the Holiday Treats Brochure here
Holiday Meals To Go – Complete meals for groups that you can pick up at your convenience! Black Forest Inn is 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 here
Holiday Menu Cover Contest
– View contest guidelines here
– See previous contest winners here
Winter Solstice
Join us as we celebrate the darkest day of the year with a special on all our dark beers! That should cheer you up!
Holiday Events Schedule
Friday, December 6, 2013
St. Nicholas Day! A miter hat would go very nicely with your winter coat. Come on down and make your own (paper) miter hat and share some little treats.
Saturday, December 7, 2013
Live music!
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Christmas market! All day in their banquet space, come shop the variety of local artisans, craftspeople and collectors. Browse jewelry, textiles, paper, soaps and lotions, books, artwork, and, of course, Black Forest Christmas cookies and other treats. It’s bursting at the seams with affordable treasures to give as gifts or to keep just for you!
Live music!
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Christmas market! All day in our banquet space!
Saturday, December 21, 2013 – Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice – In honor of the darkest day of the year, all their dark beers will be on special.
Christmas market! All day in their banquet space, come shop the variety of local artisans, craftspeople and collectors. Browse jewelry, textiles, paper, soaps and lotions, books, artwork, and, of course, Black Forest Christmas cookies and other treats. It’s bursting at the seams with affordable treasures to give as gifts or to keep just for you!
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Christmas market! All day in our banquet space!
Tuesday & Wednesday, December 24 & 25, 2013 – Christmas
We will be closed for both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013 – New Year’s Eve
Celebratory food specials, drink specials and Goulash soup for everyone after midnight!
Wednesday, January 1, 2014 – New Year’s Day
We will be closed New Year’s Day.