Locali affini a Ayinger in der Au

The original Hofbräu — 1,400-seat chestnut beer garden, locals' Hofbräu

The university's Wirtshaus since the 1920s — Schwabing-Maxvorstadt seam

The Knödel institution Munich locals actually book

The Westendstraße taverna — Greek-owned, Greek-run, no concession to anyone

The largest beer garden in the world — 8,000 seats under chestnuts, since 1791

The honest Augustiner — brewery canteen, not the tourist Dom version

The Schneider Weisse mothership, 1872 — Weisswurst until noon, Aventinus all night

The Salvator origin — Bavarian Brauhaus on the brewery's home hill

Munich's oldest beer garden, 1812 — 5,000 seats under the chestnuts

The Englischer Garten postcard — earns the slot

Old-Munich Wirtshaus on the Viktualienmarkt edge

Beechwood-grilled Nürnberger sausages on a tin plate, off the market

Holzplatz hideaway for fresh pasta and Roman pinsa

Israeli-German owners, Munich's best hummus on Metzstrasse

Munich's largest schnitzel — the Maxvorstadt classic since 1995

Bavarian Wirtshaus on the palace canal — deeded by Elector Karl Albrecht in 1730

Munich's largest living room — Augustiner Wirtshaus in the heart of Westend

Bavarian Wirtshaus + Augustiner Biergarten beside the Bavaria statue

Munich's serious Afghan kitchen since 2001; cardamom, lamb, and pumpkin borani.

Authentic Mexican tacos and quesadillas at Münchner Freiheit.