Sounds delicious. Can't wait to try some of the German fare.

Won't be eating there because they serve veal!

Calves are taken from their mothers right after birth. They are placed in a veal crate, a wooden restraining device that is the calf's permanent home until it is killed at 14 weeks old! The crate is so small (22" x 54") that the calves cannot turn around or ever lie down. Designed to prevent any movement, the crate does its job of atrophying the calves' muscles, thus producing tender "gourmet" veal. Because they are not allowed to drink cows milk, calves are fed a milk substitute intentionally lacking in iron and other essential nutrients. This diet keeps the animals anemic & creates the pale pink or white color desired in the finished product. Craving iron, the calves lick their urine & any metallic parts of their stalls. Farmers also withhold WATER from the animals, who, always thirsty, are driven to drink a large quantity of the high-fat liquid feed. The quality of this "food," laden with chemicals, lacking in fiber and other nutrients, diseased and processed, is another matter. The real issue is the calves' experience. During their 14 weeks of life they never see the sun or touch the Earth, they never see or taste the grass. Their anemic bodies crave proper sustenance. Their muscles ache for freedom & movement. They long for maternal care. They are kept in darkness. These babies have committed no crime, yet have been sentenced to a fate comparable to any Nazi concentration camp & then comes the slaughter ....

I, for one, am happy about all the new beer taps. The whole bar area has been upgraded nicely.

I didn't "ban" the whole restaurant, I will just chose to go someplace that does not serve veal, because they chose to serve it. That is reason enough for me. I am simply not comfortable eating, buying and using anything that comes as a result from animal cruelty. No, I do not drink cows milk, eat meat, wear leather, go to the circus. If you ask a doctor you will find there are plenty of other ways to get calcium. How do you think folks that are allergic to dairy live and get their calcium? According to the FDA there are acceptable levels of puss in all milk and it varies state by state. Humans are the only animal that drink the milk of another animal for no reason. It's all about money. If you read a little bit more about milk and it's affects on the human body maybe you would not feel the need to attack me just because I have a different choice than yours, an educated choice at that.

In all seriousness, avoiding eating at places that deal in "animal cruelty" where do you go out and eat?

"acceptable levels of puss"

What the heck ?

@Jamie: A dairy cow filters ten-thousand quarts of blood through her udder each day and uses dead white blood cells (somatic cells) to manufacture her milk. These dead cells are puscells. Dairy scientists are aware that when one quart of milk is tainted with 400 million or more pus cells, some 35% of the milking cows in the herd are infected with mastitis. Udders bleed, discharges, including bacteria and blood drip into the milk. MD number is - 351,000. The United States Department of Health and Human Services, along with the Public Health Service and Food and Drug Administration, has established a 280 page set of protocols that is collectively referred to as: The Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (P.M.O.) The foreword of this all-inclusive set of rules and regulations governing every quart of milk sold in America says: If the count is over 200,000 in your state, the milk is unfit to drink (by THEIR standards!) and the FDA should be contacted.

I'm smug because I choose differently? Whatever.

Sorry, maybe I misunderstood because you said then you guess I don't drink milk and was basically "depriving my children of calcium"...

As far as places to eat, the most healthy food is usually made at home and I can always chose a vegetarian restaurant. It's very hard to find in this area. I still have to eat in places that serve meat so I can eat with friends and co-workers. I just don't eat the meat. As far as the places that serve veal and foi gras, I will absolutely not give them my money as these two offerings are horrifically cruel and could be left off of a menu without effecting the business.

Not happy with this place... we took our family there for all you can eat crabs. The crabs were cooked from the night before and after about three crabs each, they RAN OUT!!! We had to practically beg to get a discounted check!! This was about three years ago, and a moment we will never forget... we had to go to another restaurant to finish our dinner!!

I would give them another chance. It's a nice restaurant.

Off-tangent: If you have certain foods you won't eat, have at it but please stop trying to shove your misplaced morality down everyone's throats.

Back on track - huge fan of German food with the old real place south of Annapolis so I'll look forward to going to Perry's.

We went about three years ago. The greeter seated us, but we were there for 45 minutes and no one showed up to take our order. Actually, even the greater disappeared. Needless to say, I'll never go back.

You are obviously paranoid about something - morality police? Are you immoral? Why do you have something against people learning about the TRUTH and then making their own decisions and not just following the crowd like you do? I think you are so upset with me because you don't like the facts. You read it, it bothers you. You know its a moral question about whether it's the right thing to do - to eat it or not - but you are not man enough to admit animal abuse & cruelty isn't right or fair. Follow the small crowd and eat a 14 week old calf laced with antibiotics, unnatural feed and urine for a diet. It's your choice, just like NOT eating it is mine. I'll sleep great tonight knowing I didn't participate in the abuse, torture and death of a defenseless 14 week old baby animal. I supposed you don't even know meat rots in your colon before it all comes out so I hope you get a nice stomach ache and great hardened arteries.

I just made a comment and provided my reason why. I never said I was perfect but I try to do as little harm as I possibly can. If I had a choice to live by boycotting every place that was involved in animal abuse I would. In this world right now, it is not possible. I just try every day to live up to my beliefs. More than I can say for most. I am done trying to defend myself to people with closed minds and who have distain for people trying to simply alleviate animal suffering, even in a small way. How does that hurt anybody? You don't believe in what I do. Fine. I didn't start by going off criticizing anybody. Have a nice day.

You won't go there because they serve veal. Interesting. Will you shop in a grocery store that sells veal?

I hate to say it, but I find this restaurant to be repulsive. We have been there only a handful of times. Each time the place has been filthy, coupled with broken screen windows and dust on the tables...seriously. The first time we ate there, the manicotti that I ordered was still frozen around the edges (why was it frozen at all?), and the "homemade" meatballs that I ordered were clearly those little frozen Mama Lucia's ones that you find at the grocery store. Our two other meals were much the same...very, very unimpressive. Now, I know we all like to be loyal to the local places, which is why I tried it three times, wanting it to be good. But, this place is simply a tired, old, washed out place with subpar food. What Perry's needs is some competition. If we actually had somewhere to eat other than Pachanga and the fifty chain pizza places and other small Italian places, maybe they would step up their game. It's a shame, as Perry's has a chance to be a great place, but they are resting on their laurels and history and the fact that we simply have no where else to go in Odenton for a decent meal.

John, Plants do not have a central nervous system and do not experience pain. THAT question there shows me exactly how far behind some people are! That was learned in like fourth grade. Get over your redneck self and read a book. Actually the article does mention veal as a choice. No, I do not shop at grocery stores that serve veal. The reason I discussed the origination of veal is because some people have no clue and if they knew, they would chose not to eat it, just as I did. That's why. I still don't understand why stating a a "personal choice as public as you did" causes any kind of backlash. Have you ever heard of personal choice? Of sharing your views with others? In the Unites States we are allowed free speech. Do you attack and criticize everyone that has an unfamiliar or differing opinion to their face or just on the internet? Why is it "hypocrite" to simply state I wont eat there because they chose to serve veal? They can choose not to serve veal. It is that simple. If there were more places in the area that I could eat or shop that provided me an alternative that would support 100% of my beliefs I would not waste my money any place else. I never stated in any of my words that I was doing anything other than not choosing this restaurant because they served VEAL. I did not say because they served all MEAT.

"I am done trying to defend myself..." ~2:52 pm on Thursday, September 27, 2012

Apparently not. LOL

(btw, walls of text are painful to read. Paragraphs go a long way toward readability. Jus' sayin')

I did not say I do not shop or eat at EVERY single place that has products that involves animal abuse. I said I try. In fact, I stated I do go to restaurants that serve meat, not veal, so I can still eat with friends, I do not spend my money on their meat.....and therefore do not "shove my beliefs down anybody's throat". It is not being a hypocrite to choose to not eat at a place because they serve veal or foi gras, any more than it would be a choice not to eat at a restaurant that has bad food, bad service, is dirty, or plays the music too loud. If I had said I wont eat there because of the music nobody would you be attacking me? NO. You would say ask them not to play it so loud. I expect nothing less than attacks or name calling - such as "smug, hypocrite, misplaced loyalty" from uneducated, closed minded individuals who have no respect for free speech, personal values & morals AND those who condone animal abuse by eating veal when they know how much suffering is involved for a 14 week old baby animal. Do you have a heart?

Until the unnecessary abuse of animals stops, I will voice my opinions since the animals cannot speak for themselves. I will also work to educate others, as I was educated, because it is the right thing to do. Only an educated person can make decisions. If most people experienced what I did, there would be no veal. I once ate meat and loved it, I never thought about where it came from, what happened to animals in order for me to get it..... the abuse, suffering so people could make money from it. I then went to a farm and saw with my own eyes, smelled and HEARD. I heard the screams of animals coming from veal crates and I heard the slaughtering. It changed my life. It physically made me ill and made my chest ache. We don't need to veal, it is nothing but torture and abuse period. You see here that there isn't a single post saying it NOT torture or abuse.

The facts are on my side. You all accept animal abuse for your veal, I don't, I won't. I get that some people don't care about animals, don't think they feel pain like we do, have emotions, or develop strong relationships, suffer in crates and cages, are "only" animals. That is what other countries say about their enemies. Why must we treat animals like an enemy? We learn more and more about animals all the time and those outdated and incorrect views have been proven incorrect. The facts again, are on my side. If you want to argue then give me the facts on how I am incorrect. I can listen without name calling. It will be up to the next generation to respect all living things and not accept abuse and torture as a way of life like previous generations do. I just wish I could be here to enjoy it. As far as this being the forum, I would not have added another comment unless people had not been so ignorant and gone ballistic for me simply stating the facts so others would know what they are actually buying and how it is "made" just like any other "product". Remember it's a free country and you don't have to read it or respond. If you don't like me letting folks know how you get your veal, to damn bad.

I can go into as much detail as I want to about veal and believe me, there is plenty of disgusting information I left out. You would rather close your mind to the truth, to the atrocities than allow me to write about it. I said I do not shop at stores that sell veal. Obviously, if you eat veal you do not agree with my point of view which is not to eat it. If you making statements about plants screaming in pain then yes, I will safely say you are uneducated.

If you attack somebody for having different views than you, then yes, I can safely say you have no respect for my morals and values, because they are different than yours. Anything I say is a rant bc I am a woman but your long lectures aren't rants right? I believe it began with simply facts and not a "rant", until I got attacked and had to explain myself since you twist my words to fit your beliefs and shove your words down my throat.

It absolutely is cruelty to keep any animal in any cage and it does stop millions of people of eating meat every day.

Cardiologist William C. Roberts hails from the famed cattle state of Texas, but he says this without hesitation: Humans aren't physiologically designed to eat meat. "I think the evidence is pretty clear. If you look at various characteristics of carnivores versus herbivores, it doesn't take a genius to see where humans line up," says Roberts, editor in chief of The American Journal of Cardiology and medical director of the Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. © Stephen Kroninger

As further evidence, Roberts cites the carnivore's short intestinal tract, which reaches about three times its body length. An herbivore's intestines are 12 times its body length, and humans are closer to herbivores, he says. Roberts rattles off other similarities between human beings and herbivores. Both get vitamin C from their diets (carnivores make it internally). Both sip water, not lap it up with their tongues. Both cool their bodies by perspiring (carnivores pant).

Human beings and herbivorous animals have little mouths in relation to their head sizes, unlike carnivores, whose big mouths are all the better for "seizing, killing and dismembering prey," argues nutrition specialist Dr. Milton R. Mills, associate director of preventive medicine for the Washington, D.C.-based Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). People and herbivores extensively chew their food, he says, whereas swallowing food whole is the preferred method of carnivores and omnivores.

Yes, you are entitled to your opinion but it does not make you the posting police either.

As long as we are using google:
Like the hard-core carnivores, we have fairly simple digestive systems well suited to the consumption of animal protein, which breaks down quickly. Contrary to what your magazine article says, the human small intestine, at 23 feet, is a little under eight times body length (assuming a mouth-to-anus "body length" of three feet). This is about midway between cats (three times body length), dogs (3-1/2 times), and other well-known meat eaters on the one hand and plant eaters such as cattle (20 to 1) and horses (12 to 1) on the other. This tends to support the idea that we are omnivores.
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Herbivores also have a variety of specialized digestive organs capable of breaking down cellulose, the main component of plant tissue. Humans find cellulose totally indigestible, and even plant eaters have to take their time with it. If you were a ruminant (cud eater), for instance, you might have a stomach with four compartments, enabling you to cough up last night's alfalfa and chew on it all over again.
Or you might have an enlarged cecum, a sac attached to the intestines, where rabbits and such store food until their intestinal bacteria have time to do their stuff. Digestion in such cases takes place by a process of fermentation — bacteria actually "eat" the cellulose and the host animal consumes what results, namely bacteria dung. The story is roughly the same with teeth. We're equipped with an all-purpose set of ivories equally suited to liver and onions

No more attention for you Brian, I am working on FB getting a foster pup up here tonight. She is set for heart stick death in North Carolina at 5 pm so times wasting...

Black Lab girl. Just need to get her a transport up here and I can foster her until adoption :o) Waiting to hear back now from the shelter, a rescue in NC must pull her and I have one that said they would.

@ Michelle W: While I do not know for sure, and neither do you, what kind of veal will Perry's serve during Oktoberfest? As you surely know, there are some farmers out there that raise their veal very humanely, just as with (or better than) other meat products out there.

Again, I do not know for sure what Perry's will or won't serve, but you should ask before you come here and assume it is the veal you oppose. It very well could be rose (or pasture-raised) veal.

You are obviously entitled to your beliefs and morals and choices. This is the same for me for electing not to eat Chick-fil-A because I, a devout Atheist, strongly oppose their strong Christian foundation. But as you say many times above, you should get the facts before you make up your mind.

@Jason, it is still a baby cow, not even an adult, which is one factor I consider about veal.... and I've not heard of a truly humane way to do it, maybe just a little better by being pasture raised? That would make the meat more tough and so would eating grass so I don't know much about that. I do not eat any meat anyway. I too elect not to give my money to Chick-fil-A but if I even give the details of that it will cause another dispute. I have to work on something that makes me happy, saving a pup from a heart stick death today by 5 pm. Thanks for the thought, it was an interesting way to look at it.

@Jason, that is fantastic news!! Now when I ask restaurants not to serve it and they insist, I can ask them to at least chose the Strauss Brands, which is a bit more expensive, but less cruel. I appreciate your feedback and maybe before I die I will see the end of the veal crate in the US. :o)