Venues
The following is a very personal, completely subjective list of places where you can go to for having something to eat or to drink. It is a random compilation of restaurants, bars, etc. where our greeters like to go to. We do not get any benefits from listing these places.
General advice: For dinner book your table well in advance, especially on weekends.
Dinner – local cuisine
Die Wilderin – in the Old Town.
Very good quality at a reasonable price. International cuisine focusing on local products. Due to the tight seating it is rather noisy in there.
As this restaurant is recommended in many “best of” lists it can be difficult to find a free table.
Anich – still in the center
This restaurant focuses on local dishes. The menu is simple and typical for a Tyrolean tavern. Prices are moderate.
Blum – Vegetarian just outside the center
Very good quality at a reasonable price. International cuisine.
Die Brennerei – Traditional at the southern edge of town
Good stuff, local cuisine. The owners produce one of the best “Schnaps” in the region.
Lunch
Many restaurants offer a “menu of the day”, in German: “Mittagsmenü”. Usually you get that during weekdays between 11:30 and 14:00. It is intended to provide working people with a quick and nourishing meal at a reasonable price. Check if a sign outside the restaurant shows such an offer.
Fast food
You find the internationally well known chains spread all over the city. They are popular among the locals, too.
We have one alternative, though:
Almost all grocery stores and supermarkets have a deli inside. A section that sells many different types of sausage, ham and cheese. There you can get a so called “Wurstsemmel” – a bread roll with sausage in it. You ask for a roll and tell the salesperson to add whatever you want: sausage, cheese, ham, pickles. If you want just cheese, that’s fine, too ( it’s then called a “Käsesemmel”, though).
Another thing is the “Fleischkäs-Semmel”. That is warm meat loaf in a bread roll. Add ketchup or mustard if you like.
In the evening a few sausage stalls are opening and are offering a quick bite until late. They are located in front of the Golden Roof and next to St. Anna’s column.
Cafés
Our greeters’ favorites are:
Leopold (Address: Leopoldstraße 31), also offers a menu of the day
Brennpunkt (Address: Viaduktbögen 46), they roast their own coffee
Cafe Zentral (Address: Gilmstraße 5) big cafe, Viennese style, also offers meals
Bakeries and Pastry shops
The German term for Pastry shop is “Konditorei”
Konditorei Großgasteiger (Address: Schneeburggasse 3)
Cafe Konditorei Kasperhof at the western edge of town; open on weekends only