Thread:MichseSS/@comment-29954643-20180318070415/@comment-31164748-20180318080328

In Germany a Ratskeller is usually a restaurant in the cellar (Keller) of the city hall (Rathaus) where they serve German home-style cooking. The literal translation would be "council's cellar". They're not really a place hang out, but since most of our city halls are old buildings oftentimes with vaulted cellars they have a nice atmosphere.