It's been a while since I dropped in, and I'm shocked that my laptop remembered the password.
As a recovering former business owner, I'm the beer director for both Pints&union and Common Haus Hall, which are owned by Joe Phillips.
To me, Gasthaus is sui generis. It cannot be replaced, period, and I think we're all sounding off as one in the hope that someone takes over. I've been to Germany often, and Gasthaus has always been as good or better than the majority of places I've eaten there (allowing for more regional variation in Germany cuisine than most Americans think).
At Common Haus, we haven't made any claims to be an "authentic" German restaurant. We're German-inspired, although we have a fantastic chef (Jonathan Exum, late of Jack Fry's), and the menu is being kept relatively simple in the beginning. Like everyone else, we're trying to find enough workers to expand operating hours.
I think the beer selection at Common Haus is first-rate, but of course I'm biased. With the exception of a single IPA as a concession to modernity, the drafts are center-of-the-target German stylistically, whether imported or brewed by local/regional craft brewers.
I've found the Gasthaus discussions here and elsewhere fascinating. There's an interesting discussion about authenticity and tradition waiting to occur. Perhaps Robin can convene a panel.
The salient point, which I believe Mrs. Greipel referenced in the LEO article, is the relative rarity these days of Germans coming to America and opening an eatery. Immigration patterns have obviously changed. At Common Haus we've observed that our customers make fewer comparisons with actual German food in Germany, presumably having not traveled there, as with their grandmother's handed-down recipes, or to other German-inspired American restaurants (Jasper's Schnitzelbank, et al).
So, I'd say we're riffing off classic concepts at Common Haus, and leave it at this. Here's the web site:
https://www.commonhaushall.com/
Roger A. Baylor
Beer Director at Pints&union (New Albany) and Common Haus Hall (Jeffersonville)
Digital Editor at Food & Dining Magazine
New Albany, Indiana