The Hofbräuhaus am Platzl dates back to 1589, totally overhauled into its current appeance in 1897, and rebuilt ending in 1958 after it was almost totally destroyed in World War II. It´s the city´s most popular draw after the Oktoberfest. As the song goes - written just 88 years ago -  "In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus, eine, zwei, g´suffa!" (" A Hofbräuhaus stands in Munich - one, two, three, down the hatch!¨") -


David Paul Appell