Zum Schwarzen Kameel

Zum Schwarzen Kameel — 'The Black Camel' — has operated on Bognergasse continuously since 1618, making it among the oldest continuously running food establishments in Europe. Beethoven sourced his groceries here; the painter Hans Makart kept a tab in the nineteenth century. The current configuration is three rooms in one: a delicatessen counter at the front (open-faced sandwiches, charcuterie, smoked salmon by the slice), the Art Nouveau dining room in the middle (paneled walls, original 1903 Adolf Loos-era fittings), and the stand-up bar that anchors the lobby and works as the after-work meeting point for the surrounding banking and legal quarter. The kitchen does the classics — Wiener Schnitzel, Beef Tafelspitz, the open-faced rye sandwiches at the standing counter — without modernising any of them.