The lingering aroma of sauerbraten and scandal
| The old Bear needs a new tenant |
For decades, this unassuming storefront at 7815 Wornall Road was the home of the Berliner Bear, a popular German restaurant owned and operated by Joel and Nettie Womack — and, years later, by their son Bill. They served very good sausages, potato salad and apple strudel. The popularity of German food has always waxed and waned in Kansas City, despite the city’s historically large German-American population. Berliner Bear was, until the Rheinland Restaurant opened in Independence, one of the few places in the metro that still served sauerbraten and weinerschnitzel.
