Patch Notes // latest change 2026
EPCOT · Walt Disney World
Restaurant · opened 1982 · EPCOT · 4 changes on record
After the COVID-19 closure, Biergarten reopened in July 2020 with a modified family-style, table-service menu (platters brought to each table) replacing its signature self-serve buffet.
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Biergarten Restaurant opened on October 1, 1982 as one of EPCOT's opening-day dining locations, anchoring the Germany pavilion in World Showcase with an all-you-care-to-enjoy Bavarian buffet and a live Oktoberfest oom-pah band.
That's every change on the record at Biergarten Restaurant since 1982.
The spotters in our Discord catch the next one first — and the record only grows when someone notices.
Per the documented record, Biergarten Restaurant at EPCOT opened on Oct 1, 1982.
The latest documented change (documented Jul 2020): After the COVID-19 closure, Biergarten reopened in July 2020 with a modified family-style, table-service menu (platters brought to each table) replacing its signature self-serve buffet.
4 documented changes, dating back to 1982 — the fan-kept restaurant changelog nobody else keeps.
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