German€€sachsenhausenSun-Thu 17:00-00:00; Fri-Sat 17:00-01:00
Ebbelwoi Unser is the young Sachsenhausen tavern on Abtsgäßchen where Frankfurt regulars actually drink, open evenings until midnight or later.
Signature: Handkäs mit Musik, Grüne Soße
Order: The classic plate of Handkäs mit Musik before anything from the grill
Tip: The name is a pun on the Lord's Prayer; it runs later than the old guard, so end a tavern crawl here rather than start.
German€€bornheimTue-Sat 17:00-23:00, kitchen until 22:00
Gasthaus Zur Sonne has stood at the top of Frankfurt's Berger Straße for over 250 years, a half-timbered Bornheim tavern with a big chestnut garden.
Signature: Handkäs mit Musik, Frankfurter Schnitzel
Order: Frankfurter Schnitzel with the seven-herb Grie Soß, then Apfelstrudel
Tip: The courtyard behind the half-timbered house is Bornheim's best summer room; the heated barn takes over in winter.
German€€bornheimMon and Wed-Fri 17:00-00:00; Sat 14:00-00:00; Sun 12:00-22:00; closed Tue
Apfelwein Solzer presses its own apple wine in Bornheim, Frankfurt, in a house the Solzer family has run in the fifth generation since 1893.
Signature: Frankfurter Schnitzel, Handkäs mit Musik
Order: A Schoppen of the self-pressed apfelwein with schnitzel and fried potatoes
Tip: The 300-seat summer garden hides behind the Berger Straße front; the old pressing house room is the one to ask for.
German€€seckbachMon and Wed-Sat 17:00-23:00; Sun and holidays 12:00-22:00; closed Tue
Zum Rad has pressed its own apfelwein in the village lanes of Seckbach since 1806, a Frankfurt tavern courtyard most visitors never manage to find.
Signature: Grüne Soße
Order: The house-pressed apfelwein alongside Grüne Soße with boiled eggs
Tip: Take the U4 to Seckbacher Landstraße and walk ten minutes into the old village; the courtyard is worth the detour alone.
German€€sachsenhausenWed-Fri 17:00-23:00; Sat-Sun 12:00-23:00; closed Mon-Tue
Zur Buchscheer has pressed sharp, full-bodied apfelwein on site in Frankfurt's Sachsenhausen since 1876, in a garden well off the pub-crawl route.
Signature: Handkäs mit Musik, Rippchen mit Kraut
Order: The house apfelwein, pressed in the yard every autumn, with Rippchen
Tip: It sits in residential Sachsenhausen-Süd, fifteen minutes from the tavern strip, which is exactly why the pours stay honest.
German€€sachsenhausenMon-Fri 17:00-00:00; Sat-Sun 12:00-00:00
Lorsbacher Thal in Frankfurt's Große Rittergasse has run since 1803 and keeps an apfelwein list of over 300 entries, aged in wooden barrels below.
Signature: Handkäs mit Musik, Grüne Soße
Order: A tasting flight from the 300-entry apfelwein cellar list
Tip: This is where apfelwein gets the wine treatment; ask the host to pick three contrasting pours before you commit to a Bembel.