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COMMANDER LT COL MICHAEL BAILEY BEST OF AWARDS BUSINESS OPERATIONS MANAGER EUROPE HARRY M. ELEY OF PUBLISHING & MEDIA DESIGN, DIRECTOR MARIE WOODS THE PUBLISHING & MEDIA DESIGN, MANAGER BEST HEATHER BAIER PUBLISHING & MEDIA DESIGN, WRITER/EDITOR ELIZABETH JONES SHEREECE SPAIN he Stripes Best of Germany 2018 recognizes the PUBLISHING & MEDIA DESIGN, GRAPHIC DESIGNER businesses, organizations and destinations that CARRIE FARRELL ERIC SKINNER have made our readers feel at home in Germany. You BRANDON WORKMAN dished on the good, the great and the best. We feel ANDREA VARGAS T REVENUE MANAGER privileged to share this information with Stripes readers. DOUG DOUGHERTY MULTIMEDIA ADVERTISING, CONSULTANT How it works — We’ve highlighted the top choices that SEAN ADAMS received the highest number of votes for every catego- HEIDI BAYFIELD TOM KEYS ry (such as Asian or furniture store) in each CLAUDIA STIER JEFF TEESELINK community. Those with the most votes were ADVERTISING COORDINATOR highlighted as winners. When AL GREEN KRISTI KIMMEL possible, we also listed run- MEMBER SERVICES MANAGER ners-up. If we could not iden- CHERYL BOUJNIDA tify a winner for a category, MARKETING COORDINATOR JERRY ALLISON we didn’t give an award. ADVERTISING OFFICE **** Represents a four-time winner. Unit 29480, APO, AE 09211 Postfach 1980, 67607 Kaiserslautern, Germany +49(0)631-3615-9000 COVER DESIGN BY •••••••••••••••••••••••••ERIC SKINNER

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Keep reading to discover the best of the best —tempting travel, excellent eateries, standout servic- es and much more. For addresses and websites, check the Winners’ Directory on page 12.

The Best of Germany 2018 promotion is a result of feedback received from , Kaiserslaut- ern, Rhein Main- and Stuttgart military community members. Readers submitted online ballots. For each region and category, entries that received the most votes were declared winners and are featured in this publication. Top pick awards were given to entries with the most votes in each section and region. If winners could not be determined in a given category, awards were not given.

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4 BAVARIABAVARIA

6 KAISERSLAUTERNKAISERSLAUTERN

8 RHEINRHEIN MAINMAIN

10 STUTTGARTSTUTTGART OF THE BEST BAVARIA

Auto Repair FOOD & DRINK Winner: Schneider’s Auto Shop Runners-up: Auto Hefner In Vilseck, Fred’s American Restaurant Auto - Grafenwoehr TRAVEL Winner: Roadside Diner Runner-up: Zum Südlager Burger Amusement Park Winner: Europa Park Dental Runner-up: Legoland Asian Restaurant Winner: Zahnart Dr. Markus Schmid Winner: Tea Garden China-Restaurant Runner-up: Hohenfels Dental Clinic Runner-up: Sai Nam Castle Winner: Schloss Neuschwanstein Doctor Runner-up: Linderhof Palace Mexican Restaurant Winner: Grafenwoehr Clinic Winner: Tortuga Runner-up: Dr. Jürgen Nickl, OB/GYN, Weiden Runner-up: Crazy Nate’s () Pool Christmas Market Italian Restaurant Winner: Freizeitzentrum Weiden Winner: Nuremberg Christmas Market Winner: Pizzeria Santa Lucia Runner-up: Grafenwoehr Pool Runner-up: Guteneck Christmas Market Runner-up: Osteria Italiana Festival German Restaurant Winner: Oktoberfest Winner: Hotel Restaurant Böhm Runner-up: Volksfest Runners-up: Gasthof Hammer, Schinder- SHOPPING hannes Weiden Auto Dealership Travel Agency Winner: Sato Winner: Military Auto Source (MAS) Runner-up: US Flights 24 Bar//Brewery Restaurant Runners-up: Autohaus Graser BMW & MINI Winner: Yanni’s Bar & Grill Military Sales, Grafenwoehr, Memphis Auto Runners-up: Cheers, Winkler Bräu, BarCode, Classics, Ed’s, Liebesbier Electronics Store Winner: Nuremberg Runners-up: Leipzig, Munich, Berlin Winner: Media Markt Special Occasion Restaurant Runner-up: Exchange AAFES Winner: Angus Steakhouse Runner-up: Green Bull Furniture Store Winner: Poco Café Runner-up: IKEA Winner: Starbucks Grocery Store Ice Cream Winner: EDEKA Winner: Pinguino Eis Runner-up: Lidl Runner-up: Eiscafé Firenze Home Improvement Store Winner: OBI LEISURE/SERVICE Motorcycle Dealership Winner: Military Auto Source (MAS) Runner-up: Harley-Davidson Military Bank/Credit Union Autosource Winner: Service Credit Union Runner-up: Community Bank

4 5 OF THE BEST KAISERSLAUTERN

Dental Castle Winner: Ramstein Dental Care Winner: Castle FOOD & DRINK Runner-up: American Dentistry Runner-up: Burg Eltz American Restaurant Doctor Christmas Market Winner: Chili’s Grill & Bar Winners: Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Winner: Nuremberg Christmas Market Runner-up: Sam Kullman’s Diner (LRMC), American Medical Center Runners-up: Heidelberg, Christ- Runner-up: Ramstein Air Base mas Markets Asian Restaurant Winner: Mr. Lian Festival Runner-up: Zimtblüte Asian Food Pool Winner: Bad Dürkheim Winner: Freizeitbad AZUR Runner-up: Oktoberfest Mexican Restaurant Runner-up: Monte Mare Winner: Mexicana Runner-up: Primavera Travel Agency Winner: RTT Travel Italian Restaurant Runner-up: ABC Travel Winner: Trattoria Da Salvatore SHOPPING Runners-up: Vapiano, Il Pirata Zoo Auto Dealership Winners: Zoological Garden, Zoo Winner: Torpedo Military Sales, Ramstein Kaiserslautern German Restaurant Runners-up: Pentagon Car Sales, Used Car Winner: Big Emma’s Runner-up: Neunkirchen Zoo Guys Runner-up: Brauhaus am Markt Electronics Store Bar/Pub/Brewery Restaurant Winner: SATURN Winner: Oscar’s Runner-up: Media Markt Runner-up: Brauhaus am Markt Furniture Store Special Occasion Restaurant Winner: IKEA Winner: Mr. Lian Runner-up: Möbel Martin Runners-up: Metaxa, “21” Bistro & Restaurant Grocery Store Café Winner: Globus Winner: Barbarossa Bäckerei Runner-up: EDEKA Ice Cream Winner: Venezia Home Improvement Store Winner: OBI Runner-up: Eiscafé Dolomiti Runner-up: Toom Motorcycle Dealership Winner: Harley-Davidson Military Program LEISURE/SERVICE Runner-up: Military Auto Source (MAS) Bank/Credit Union Winner: Service Credit Union Runner-up: Community Bank TRAVEL Auto Repair Winner: Pulaski Auto Shop Amusement Park Winner: Europa Park Runner-up: Micha’s Autoservice Runner-up: Legoland

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Castle Auto Repair Winner: Burg Eltz FOOD & DRINK Winner: Wiesbaden Auto Skills Center (MWR) Runner-up: Heidelberg Castle American Restaurant Dental Christmas Market Winners: Chillers – California Lifestyle Bar & Winner: Wiesbaden Dental Care Winner: Wiesbaden Christmas Market Grill, Das Burger Runners-up: , Frankfurt Square, Runner-up: Yours American Sports Bar Doctor Rüdesheim Christmas Markets Winners: Wiesbaden Health Clinic, Dr. med. Asian Restaurant Rudolph Weber Festival Winner: Mayflower Winner: Wilhelmstrasse Fest Runner-up: Good Morning Vietnam, Sushili- Pool Runner-up: Wiesbaden Wine Fest cious, Jit’s Thai Kitchen Winner: Opelbad Travel Agency Mexican Restaurant Winner: Sato Winner: Hacienda Mexican Restaurant Runners-up: Mexico Lindo Zoo Winner: Opel Zoo Italian Restaurant SHOPPING Runner-up: Frankfurt Zoological Garden Winner: Ristorante Comeback Runners-up: Little Italy Restaurant, Vapiano Auto Dealership Winner: Military Auto Source (MAS) German Restaurant Runner-up: Mercedes Winner: Paulaner Wiesbaden Runner-up: Brauhaus Kastel Electronics Store Winner: Media Markt Bar/Pub/Brewery Restaurant Runner-up: Exchange AAFES Winner: Pub Scotch ‘n’ Soda Runners-up: Yours American Sports Bar Furniture Store Winner: IKEA Special Occasion Restaurant Runner-up: Mann Mobilia XXXL Winners: Paulaner Wiesbaden, Rathaus Keller Grocery Store Café Winner: Globus Winner: Maldaner Runner-up: Aldi Ice Cream Home Improvement Store Winner: Eiscafé Rialto Winner: Globus Runner-up: Latte Art Café Runner-up: Hornbach

LEISURE/SERVICE TRAVEL Bank/Credit Union Amusement Park Winner: Community Bank Winner: Europa Park Runner-up: Andrews Federal Credit Union

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Auto Repair Winners: Autohaus Braun GmbH, Leonberg, FOOD & DRINK Panzer Car Care Center TRAVELT American Restaurant Dental Amusement PPark Winners: Meatery, Corners, Ehrbar Burger Winner: Dr. Charles A. Smith Winner:n Legoland Boeblingen Runner-up: EuEuropa Park Runner-up: Triple B - Beef Burger Brothers Doctor Castle Asian Restaurant Winner: Artze 42 Winner: HohenzollernnC Castle Winner: Thai-Restaurant Rainbow Garden Runner-up: Dr. Dirk Wessner, Dermatology Runner-up: Lichtensteinh Castlet Runner-up: Origami Pool Christmas MaMarkett Mexican Restaurant Winner: Badezentrum Sindelfingen Winner: Esslingen Christmas MaMarket Winners: Chili’s Grill & Bar, Joe Peña’s Runner-up: Sport- und Badezentrum Runner-up: Stuttgart Christmasi Market Runners-up: Blau Agave, Cantina Filderado Festival Italian Restaurant Winner: Cannstatter Volksfest Winner: Ratskeller da Vittorio Runner-up: Frühlingsfest Spring Festival Runner-up: Osteria de Maria Travel Agency German Restaurant SHOPPING Winner: Sato Winner: Schönbuch Brauhaus Runner-up: L’Tur Reisen Stuttgart Flughafen Runner-up: Onkle Otto Auto Dealership Winners: Military Auto Source (MAS), Wacken- Zoo Bar/Pub/Brewery Restaurant hut Mercedes Nagold Winner: Zoological-Botanical Garden Stuttgart Winner: The Auld Rogue Irish Pub Electronics Store Runner-up: Runners-up: Wichtel – Böblingen, Brauhaus Winner: Media Markt Boeblingen, Biddy Early’s, Schönbuch Brauhaus Runner-up: SATURN Special Occasion Restaurant Furniture Store Winner: Gruener Thurn Greek Restaurant Winner: IKEA Runner-up: XXXL Gamerdinger Café Winner: Sehne Café Grocery Store Winner: Real Runner-up: EDEKA Home Improvement Store Winner: OBI LEISURE/SERVICE Runner-up: Hornbach Bank/Credit Union Motorcycle Dealership Winner: Service Credit Union Winner: Harley Davidson Motor World Runner-up: Community Bank Runners-up: Military Auto Source (MAS), Louise

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11 Winners’ Directory

Oktoberfest Tortuga BAVARIA Theresienwiese, Theresienhöhe, Schulstraße 18, 92655 Grafenwöhr 80339 München (Munich) www.facebook.com/1tortuga Angus Steakhouse www.oktoberfest.de Kürmreuther Straße 57, 92249 Vilseck Yanni’s Bar & Grill www.facebook.com/angus.steakhouse.sorghof Pinguino Eis Marktplatz 33, 92655 Grafenwöhr Alte Amberger Straße 25, 92655 Grafenwöhr www.yannisbar.de EDEKA Benzstraße 3, 91522 Ansbach Pizzeria Santa Lucia Zahnart Dr. Markus Schmid Bahnhofstraße 16, 92655 Grafenwoehr Am Sudhaus 2, 92655 Grafenwöhr Wörthstraße 9, 92637 Weiden in der Amberger Str. 2, 92249 Vilseck Oberpfalz www.edeka.de Poco www.dentist-weiden.com Dr.-Martin-Luther-Straße 37 Europa Park 92637 Weiden KAISERSLAUTERN Europa-Park-Straße 2, 77977 Rust www.poco.de/standorte/poco-einrichtungs- www.europapark.de markt-weiden Bad Dürkheim Freizeitzentrum Weiden Roadside Diner Dürkheimer Wurstmarkt Raiffeisenstraße 7, 92637 Weiden in der Im Gewerbepark 1, 92655 Brühlwiesen, 67098 Bad Dürkheim Oberpfalz Grafenwöhr www.bad-duerkheim.com www.freizeitzentrum-weiden.de www.roadside-diner.com Barbarossa Bäckerei Grafenwoehr Clinic Sato Travel www.barbarossa-baeckerei.de Bldg 445, 92655 Grafenwöhr Building 244 www.rhce.amedd.army.mil/grafenwoehr/ Grafenwoehr, 92655 Germany Big Emma’s www.bavaria.army.mil Reichswaldstraße 1C, 66877 Ramstein- Hotel Restaurant Böhm Miesenbach Neue Amberger Straße 39, 92655 Grafenwöhr Schloss Neuschwanstein www.bigemma-ramstein.com www.hotelboehm.de Alpseestraße, 87645 Schwangau www.neuschwanstein.de Cantina Mexicana Media Markt Kaiserstrasse 117 Regenburgerstraße 61, 92637 Weiden Schneider’s Auto Shop 67661 Kaiserslautern-Einsiedlerhof www.mediamarkt.de Conrad Röntgen Str. 30 www.cantina-mexicana.com/ 92637 Weiden Military Auto Source (MAS) www.schneiders-auto-service.de/ Chili’s Grill & Bar www.militaryautosource.com Bldg. 2140, Ramstein-Miesenbach Service Credit Union www.86fss.com Nuremberg Christmas Market Bldg. 5823, Ansbach www.christkindlesmarkt.de/en/ Bldg. 9901, Garmisch-Partenkirchen Europa Park Bldg. 148, Grafenwöhr Europa-Park-Straße 2, 77977 Rust Bldg. 335, Hohenfels www.europapark.de Tiergarten Nürnberg Bldg. 224, Vilseck Am Tiergarten 30 www.servicecu.org Frankfurt Zoological Garden D-90480 Nürnberg Bernhard-Grzimek-Allee 1, www.tiergarten.nuernberg.de/en/home.html Starbucks 60316 Frankfurt am Main Bldg. 700, Grafenwoehr www.zoo-frankfurt.de/ OBI www.starbucks.de Eschenbacher Str. 7, 92690 Pressath Freizeitbad AZUR www.obi.de Tea Garden China-Restaurant Schernauer Straße 50, 66877 Ramstein- Bahnhofstraße 59, 92655 Grafenwöhr Miesenbach www.teagarden-restaurant.com www.freizeitbad-azur.de

12 Globus Bldg. 2762, Kapaun Hacienda Mexican Restaurant Merkurstraße 57, 67663 Kaiserslautern Bldg. 3226, Kleber Kaserne Rheingaustraße 152, 65203 Wiesbaden www.globus.de Bldg. 3336, (KMCC), Ramstein www.hacienda-.de Bldg. 2410, Ramstein Harley-Davidson Military Program Bldg. 147, Sembach IKEA www.militaryautosource.com Bldg. 174, Spangdahlem Am Wandersmann 2-4, www.servicecu.org 65719 Hofheim am Taunus Heidelberg Castle www.ikea.com/de/de www.heidelberg.de Torpedo Military Sales, Ramstein www.torpedomilitarysales.com/ Maldaner IKEA Marktstraße 34, 65183 Wiesbaden Opelkreisel 3, 67663 Kaiserslautern Trattoria Da Salvatore www.Maldaner1859.de/ www.ikea.com/de Fleischackerloch 1, 66849 Landstuhl www.pizzeria-salvatore.com Mayflower Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) Uthmannstraße 8, 55246 Wiesbaden Geb 3377, 66849 Landstuhl Venezia www.mayflower-akk.de/ www.rhce.amedd.army.mil/landstuhl/ Landstuhler Str. 25, 66877 Ramstein- Miesenbach Media Markt Mr. Lian Neben dem Mühlweg 4b, 65474 Bischofsheim Schillerplatz 9, 67655 Kaiserslautern Zoo Kaiserslautern Am Main-Taunus-Zentrum 1, 65843 Sulzbach Weilerbacher Str. 91, 67661 Kaiserslautern Zum Tierpark 10, 67661 Kaiserslautern Äppelallee 69, 65203 Wiesbaden www.mr-lian.de/ www.Zoo-kaiserslautern.com Hasengartenstraße 25, 65189 Wiesbaden www.mediamarkt.de Nuremberg Christmas Market www.christkindlesmarkt.de/en/ RHEIN MAIN Military Auto Source (MAS) Washingtonstraße 75, 65189 Wiesbaden OBI Burg Eltz www.militaryautosource.com Opelkreisel 16, 67663 Kaiserslautern 56294 Wierschem www.obi.de www.burg-eltz.de/en Opelbad Neroberg 2, 65193 Wiesbaden Oscar’s Chillers – California Lifestyle Bar & Grill www.wiesbaden.de Parkstraße 46, 67655 Kaiserslautern Bahnhofsplatz 1, 65189 Wiesbaden www.oskar-restaurant.de www.chillers-wiesbaden.com Opel Zoo Am Opel-Zoo 3, (ehemals Königsteiner Stras- Pulaski Auto Shop Community Bank se 35), 61476 Kronberg im Taunus 2859, 67661 Kaiserslautern www.dodcommunitybank.com www.opel-zoo.de

Ramstein Dental Care Das Burger Paulaner Wiesbaden Poststrasse 1, 66877 Ramstein-Miesenbach Grabenstraße 16, 65183 Wiesbaden Wilhelmstraße 60, 65183 Wiesbaden www.ramsteindental.com www.das-burger.com www.paulaner-wiesbaden.de/en/

RTT Travel Eiscafé Rialto Rathaus Keller KMC Center, Building 3336, 66877 Ramstein- Marktstraße 8, 65183 Wiesbaden Schloßpl. 6, 65183 Wiesbaden Miesenbach Rathausstraße 82, 65203 Wiesbaden www.rtttravel.com www.rialtoeiscafe.de Ristorante Comeback Goldgasse 13, 65183 Wiesbaden SATURN Europa Park www.ristorante-comeback.de Merkurstraße 62-64, 67663 Kaiserslautern Europa-Park-Straße 2, 77977 Rust www.saturn.de www.europapark.de Sato www.cwtsatotravel.com/ Service Credit Union Globus Bldg. 8669, Ostring 2, 65205 Wiesbaden www.globus.de

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Chili’s Grill & Bar 70469 Stuttgart-Feuerbach Scotch ‘n’ Soda Schwabenpl. 3, 70563 Stuttgart www.mediamarkt.de Goldgasse 9, 65183 Wiesbaden www.chillis-mexikanisch-essen.de www.scotchnsoda.me Corners Military Auto Source (MAS) Wiesbaden Auto Skills Center (MWR) Wilhelmstraße 1, 70372 Stuttgart Hauptstraße 189B, 70563 Stuttgart Rennbahnstraße 41, 65205 Wiesbaden Bad Cannstatt OBI Wiesbaden Christmas Market Dr. Charles A. Smith www.obi.de/baumarkt/markt-finder/ www.wiesbaden.de/microsite/weihnachten-en Böblingen Dental Forum 1 Building 1st Floor Ratskeller da Vittorio Wiesbaden Dental Care Charles-Lindbergh Straße 11 Rathauspl. 1, 71063 Sindelfingen Bahnstraße 14, 65205 Wiesbaden 71034 Böblingen www.Ratskeller-davittorio.de www.Wiesbadendental.com/ www.boeblingendental.com/imprint Ehrbar Burger Boeblingen Real Wiesbaden Health Clinic, Lauchstraße 1, 71032 Böblingen www.real.de/markt/filderstadt/ Dr. med. Rudolph Weber Ehrbar-bb.de/ Flugplatz Erbenheim 1040, 65205 Wiesbaden Esslingen Christmas Market Sato www.rhce.amedd.army.mil/wiesbaden/index. www.esslingen-marketing.de/en/ www.cwtsatotravel.com/ cfm Gruener Thurn Greek Restaurant Schönbuch Brauhaus Wilhelmstrasse Fest Turmstraße 9, 71032 Böblingen Lange Straße 20, 71032 Böblingen www.wiesbaden.de/en/living-in-wiesbaden/ www.Gruener-turm.de festivities-markets/festivities/street-festival- Sehne Café wilhelmstrasse Harley Davidson Motor World www.sehne.de/ Graf-Zeppelin-Platz 1, 71034 Böblingen www.motorworld.de/ Service Credit Union STUTTGART Bldg. 2915, Panzer Kaserne Hohenzollern Castle Bldg. 2325, Patch Barracks AAFES Auto 72379 Burg Hohenzollern www.servicecu.org Geb. 2903 www.burg-hohenzollern.com/ Panzer Kaserne Thai-Restaurant Rainbow Garden Boeblingen, DEU 71032 IKEA Postpl. 8, 71032 Böblingen www.aafescarcare.com Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Straße 2, 71063 Sindelfingen Wackenhut Mercedes Nagold Artze 42 www.ikea.com/de Altensteiger Str. 47 - 49, 72202 Nagold Poststraße 42, 71032 Böblingen www.wackenhut.de/ www.aerzte42.de/en Joe Peña’s Kriegsbergstraße 15, 70174 Stuttgart Wilhelma Zoological-Botanical The Auld Rogue Irish Pub www.joe-penas-stuttagrt.com/ Garden Stuttgart Hauptstraße 57, 70563 Stuttgart Wilhelma 13, 70376 Stuttgart www.theauldrogue.com Legoland www.wilhelma.de Legoland-Allee 1, 89312 Günzburg Autohaus Braun GmbH, Leonberg www.legoland.de/en Berliner Str. 53, 71229 Leonberg Meatery Badezentrum Sindelfingen Kronprinzstraße 24, 70173 Stuttgart Hohenzollernstraße 23, 71067 Sindelfingen www.Meatery.de/ www.Badezentrum.de/ Media Markt Cannstatter Volksfest Arnulf-Klett-Platz 1-3, 70173 Stuttgart Cannstatter Wasen, Mercedesstraße 50, Schwabengalerie, Schwabenplatz, 70563 70372 Stuttgart Stuttgart www.cannstatter-volksfest.de/ Heilbronner Straße 393-397,

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