Bites Nearby: Richter's Chalet

Each week, Dearborn Patch editors and readers will pick a great restaurant either in town or nearby whose cuisine is considered to reign supreme.

Here's this week's choice: 

Overview: A warm and inviting establishment, Richter's Chalet serves authentic German cuisine.  Perfect for novices as well as conniseurs of German food, Richter's is a destination in a town rife with Middle Eastern restaurants.

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Daily Specials: The menu lists all of the daily specials first.  While there are no German specials on the list, the Ground Round Wellington is a particulary decadent take on the classic hamburger.  A patty is wrapped in butter dough and blanketed in gravy.  Comfort food at its most basic.  Each daily special includes of slice of the pie of the day.

German Fare: All of the heavy hitters of classical German cuisine are on the menu.  Lunch portions are available from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.  Mostly meat and starch, there are very few vegetarian items on the menu.  Potato pancakes and Quiche Alpine are a couple of veggie choices.

For those who desire meat, Richter's has you covered.  Try the rindsroulade, a choice round steak, rolled and stuffed with bacon, rice and onion.  Served with a special sauce, meat wrapped around bacon stuffing is proof of the existence of a higher power.  Sausages and schnitzels are all on the menu, too.

 Sure there are menu items other than German dishes, but they don't require much more than a mention.  Meatloaf, chicken tenders and hamburgers, among others, are there for those who aren't in the mood for German.

Steak and Seafood: Worth mentioning is the wide selection of steaks and fish.  T-Bone, sirloin, haddock, flounder, and scallops are all available as well as other meat and seafood options.  Fisherman's Bounty has perch, scallops, shrimp, frog legs and haddock. Sure, it's all fried, but a great deal at $12.95.

All dinners served with a choice of soup, salad, or coleslaw; potato, vegetable and homemade bread and butter.

Dessert: Do not under any circumstances leave Richter's without indulging in dessert. The Schwarzaelder Kirsch Torte, Apple strudel, or Hazelnut Raspberry Tort are all excellent and none cost more than $4.

Signature Dish: German Chef Special is Beef Wellington.  The most expensive item on the menu at $19.95, Beef Wellington is filet wrapped in butter dough and topped with a mushroom cap.  

Richter's Chalet

Address: 23920 Michigan Ave.

Hours: Tuesday through Thursday 11:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m., Friday 11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m, Saturday 12:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Sunday 12:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Lunch served 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Cost: $$