The Standard Biergarten

A neighborhood staple, The Standard Grill is classic New York meets new American cuisine. The front cafe, bar and street-side bistro is clean and bright with white oak and tile decor and features fresh oysters, speciality cocktails and charcuterie. The main dining room is cozy, old-world with red leather banquets, barrel vaulted ceilings, and a floor paved in copper pennies. Michelin-starred...

The beer garden's award-winning Austrian chef, Kurt Gutenbrunner (Blaue Gans, Wallse), brings authenticity to the menu.

Score a liter of beer for just $7--a steal in the usually overpriced Meatpacking District.

"Not the most traditional" beer garden, this "high-end", open-air setup beneath the High Line is a "chic" reinvention of the genre, where "pretty people from fashion and tech" chug Teutonic brews, scarf "giant pretzels" and have a whack at Ping-Pong; considered a "must-go during the summer", it's liable to be "crazy crowded" and "hazardous to your ears."

In addition to the Standard Grill, New York's most purposely seedy hotel offers the Biergarten, where patrons can drinks brews and German fare in a people-watcher's paradise.

Standard Hotel makes a third splash with sprawling biergarten action. White plastic furniture keeps pretense in check, as does menu's focus on draughts and sausages. Bitburger pils, weisswurst, bratwurst, currywurst. Pretzel wenches dressed in the dirndl equivalent of a tuxedo t-shirt. Under-the-Highline roost good for checking out Standard Grill and MePa traffic. Plenty of seats (could fit...

The Standard Biergarten serves traditional German fare under the canopy of The High Line – open air in the summer, glass enclosed in the winter. When in Los Angeles, check out the sister Biergarten on The Rooftop of The Standard, Downtown LA.