Zum Rad is a german restaurant in Seckbach, Frankfurt.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Grüne Soße
Must 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.
Address: Leonhardsgasse 2, 60389 Frankfurt am Main
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.
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.
Apfelwein Dax on Willemerstraße keeps Sachsenhausen tavern hours seven days a week, feeding Frankfurt schnitzel and Grüne Soße until late evening.
Signature: Frankfurter Schnitzel, Grüne Soße
Order: Schnitzel with green sauce; last kitchen orders at 21:45
Tip: Open daily from noon, rare among the taverns, so it catches the Sunday and Monday gaps the older houses leave.
Bornheimer Ratskeller holds a 2026 Bib Gourmand for regional cooking from named Hessen producers, in a leafy corner of Frankfurt's Bornheim.
Signature: Grüne Soße
Order: Whatever the seasonal producer menu leads with; asparagus in spring
Tip: Falstaff named it Gasthaus of the Year 2026, so book; the garden under the Kettelerallee trees seats far more than the room.
YALDY pairs Bib Gourmand small plates with natural wine and cocktails on Moselstraße, the laid-back modern face of Frankfurt's Bahnhofsviertel.
Order: Three or four shared plates from the seasonal slate, plus a natural wine
Tip: Co-owner Andrei Lipan picks the wine list; sit at the bar late, the kitchen keeps going after most of the city stops.
Ramen Jun ladles Frankfurt's benchmark bowls near the Messe in the Westend, with a second shop, Ramen Jun Red, on Fahrgasse in the Altstadt.
Order: The tonkotsu bowl with extra chashu; queues move fast
Tip: Last orders are 21:00, earlier than the room suggests; the Fahrgasse branch runs later hours if you miss the cutoff.
