This German restaurant and bar, located on Second Avenue near 86th Street, is in Yorkville on the East Side. Yorkville at one time was heavily populated with German immigrants.
I went during off hours, sat at the bar, and talked a bit in German (to people, I mean, not just myself). The space was inviting, and Heidelberg seems to have remained kind of an institution among locals.
Address:
Heidelberg Restaurant
1648 Second Avenue
(between 85th and 86th streets)
New York, NY 10028
Phone:
212-628-2332