This is a suitable facade for a cafe, yes. Yes it is. One could get used to cafeing in cafes of this ilk. I’m thinking that this is operated by the Querfeld family, the founders of Cafe Landtmann; at any rate, it’s part of their group, which also includes Cafe Mozart and a few other […]
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Konditorei Oberlaa, Vienna
Getting back to the whole ‘cafe’ thing, and more particularly the Konditorei or confectionery aspect of it, here’s Oberlaa. We saw this place on our first night, opposite the Christmas tree seller in Neuer Markt (and I love creatively misinterpreting German, so this makes me wonder where der Older Markt is). Then it turned out […]
Weibel’s Wirsthaus, Vienna
Tell me the truth, is this not the wurst exterior you’ve ever seen? No, I thought not. Festive too. And I make light of the fact that it’s a ‘wirsthaus’, not a ‘wursthaus’, which had me confused and expecting lots of sausage. In fact, it’s a well-rated traditional fine-dining sort of restaurant that’s part of […]
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Cafe Prückel, Vienna
Morning dawned, and we kinda slept through it. Going to sleep at a reasonable hour only to wake up at 12:30 with der jettischelaggen will do that – we got back to sleep and kept it up until 9. Then a bit of time in der gymnasium to work off the intended Topfenstreudel, and it […]
Reinthaler’s Beisl, Vienna
Thusly we kicked off a week of…wiener jokes! Sure, my cover story in suggesting a Christmas trip to Austria was ‘romantic Europe’ and ‘Krissakesmarkts’ and the like, but you know why I wanted to go to Wien – to make Wiener jokes. Not a joke is the hearty, satisfying nature of the cuisine here. You […]