Locali affini a Hofbräukeller am Wiener Platz

Munich's largest schnitzel, the Maxvorstadt classic since 1995

Bavarian Wirtshaus + Augustiner Biergarten beside the Bavaria statue

Bogenhausen's reliable Lebanese, full mezze table, halal grill, late hours.

Ayinger brewery's first own Wirtshaus, Mariahilfplatz, wooden barrels, Mühlbach garden

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

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

Reichenbachstrasse dive, red walls, dim lights, hipster shrine

Provence in Munich since 1997, wisteria-clad façade off Johannisplatz

Two stars upstairs at Munich's 320-year-old delicatessen.

The Bavarian classic across from the Opera, two floors of it.

The Käfer family's 1930 Bogenhausen institution, gourmet rooms above the delicatessen

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

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

The Knödel institution Munich locals actually book

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