Cafe Frischhut — Schmalznudel Cafe Scelta della redazione Cafe Confronta Institution Cult Bavarian Cafe Frischhut — Schmalznudel Gärtnerplatz $ Cult Bavarian fried-dough since 1973, on the Viktualienmarkt corner
Café Luitpold Cafe Scelta della redazione Cafe Confronta Grand Cafe 1888 Institution Patisserie Counter Café Luitpold Maxvorstadt $$$ Munich's grand café since 1888 — Vienna's register, Bavarian discipline
Café Altschwabing Cafe Cafe Confronta 1887 Literary History Neoclassical Café Altschwabing Maxvorstadt $$ Franz Marc and Thomas Mann's old table — 1887 literary café, restored
Café Glockenspiel Cafe Cafe Confronta View Marienplatz Carillon Café Glockenspiel Altstadt-Lehel $$ Sixth-floor café on Marienplatz — direct sightline to the carillon.
Café im Zebra (Museum Brandhorst) Cafe Cafe Confronta Museum Kunstareal Art Crowd Café im Zebra (Museum Brandhorst) Maxvorstadt $$ The Pinakothek-quarter museum café
Café Münchner Freiheit Cafe Cafe Confronta Konditorei Leopoldstrasse All Day Terrace Café Münchner Freiheit Schwabing $$ Leopoldstraße's 46-year-old patisserie
Conditorei Kreutzkamm Cafe Cafe Confronta Heritage Stollen Patisserie Conditorei Kreutzkamm Altstadt-Lehel $$ Dresden Stollen since 1825 — Munich's heritage cake counter, sixth generation.
Eiscafé Sarcletti Cafe Cafe Confronta 1879 Institution Sarcletti Family Italian Recipes Eiscafé Sarcletti Neuhausen $ Munich's oldest ice cream parlour — Sarcletti family on Nymphenburger Straße since 1879
Kaffee Espresso Kolonial Cafe Cafe Confronta Turkish Mocha Old School Kolonial Kaffee Espresso Kolonial Neuhausen $ Donnersberger old-school coffeehouse — Turkish mocha, Greek mocha, Viennese melange
Lost Weekend Cafe Cafe Confronta Bookstore Vegan Friendly Events Stage Lost Weekend Maxvorstadt $$ Bookstore-café-stage — the quieter heart of Schellingstraße
Mahlefitz Cafe Cafe Confronta Specialty Coffee Loring Roaster Scandinavian Mahlefitz Maxvorstadt $$ Scandinavian-inflected roastery on the Maxvorstadt-Neuhausen edge — one of two Loring roasters in Germany.
Man versus Machine — Maxvorstadt Cafe Cafe Confronta Specialty Coffee Since 2014 Light Roast Man versus Machine — Maxvorstadt Maxvorstadt $$ MVSM's flagship roastery café — light-roast specialty coffee since 2014.
Trachtenvogl Cafe Cafe Confronta Institution Vintage All Day Trachtenvogl Glockenbachviertel $$ 1950s Speisecafé in a former Tracht shop — the quarter's living room
Vits der Kaffee Cafe Cafe Confronta Specialty Coffee Since 2007 In House Roaster Vits der Kaffee Isarvorstadt-Gärtnerplatz $$ Munich's third-wave coffee pioneer, roasting on Rumfordstraße since 2007.