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Zur Andau

Zur Andau is a pub at Gaustraße 77 near Schillerplatz in Mainz, Germany. It serves regional food and drinks and publishes information about events and its pub quiz on its website.

Zur Andau: key facts

Type of business
Pub
Address
Gaustraße 77, 55116 Mainz, Germany
Legal operator
Zur Andau Gaststättenbetrieb Krauß e.K.
Website languages
German and English; pub quiz registration in German
Contact
+49 6131 231 586 · info@zur-andau.de

Zur Andau: food, drinks and events

Food and drinks

Zur Andau serves Bitburger beer, regional wines, house-made spirits and popular dishes.

Zur Andau is a Bitburger specialty pub and serves only beers from the Bitburger brewery group. Beers on tap are Bitburger Pils, Bitburger Radler, Benediktiner Helles, Köstritzer Kellerbier and naturally cloudy Benediktiner Weißbier. It also offers a large selection of popular alcohol-free beers, including Bitburger 0.0% Herb, Bitburger 0.0% Radler, Benediktiner Helles alkoholfrei and Benediktiner Weißbier alkoholfrei. The wines come from Rheinhessen and the Palatinate.

Food includes typical Mainz snacks such as Spundekäs with pretzels, Handkäs mit Musik (sour milk cheese with onions), Fleischwurst and Mettbrote (bread topped with seasoned raw minced pork). Other popular pub dishes include fries, Flammkuchen, soups, currywurst and schnitzel. The meat products come from Frankenberger, a well-known traditional butcher in Mainz. Vegetarian and vegan dishes are also available.

Events and entertainment

Football / Soccer

From Monday through Saturday, the pub shows every Bundesliga match and all Champions League, Europa League and Conference League matches involving German teams. It also shows every match involving the German national football team and a selection of major international matches. The pub is especially popular with supporters of local Bundesliga club Mainz 05 and shows all of the team's matches.

Pub quiz

The pub holds a monthly pub quiz in cooperation with the local arts and culture association kunsTück e.V. The quiz is hosted exclusively in German.

Mainz Fastnacht (Carnival)

The pub is a very popular local venue during Mainz Fastnacht (Carnival). Located directly on Schillerplatz, one of the main sites of Mainz's street carnival, it is especially busy during this period.

Current opening hours, weekly menu, food menu, event dates and registration status are available on the relevant pages of this website.

Opening hours, menu and current events

Zur Andau: pub, pub quiz and operator

Zur Andau (colloquially also called "Andau" or "die Andau") refers to the pub in Mainz. The pub quiz is an event at the pub and has a separate information and registration page, available in German. The legal operator named in the imprint is Zur Andau Gaststättenbetrieb Krauß e.K.

Pub quiz information and registration · Imprint and legal operator

Zur Andau: sources and current information

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