Locali affini a Lemar

Award-winning Afghan kitchen since 2001 — Innenstadt branch on Brunnstraße

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

Modern Vietnamese with Asian-fusion flourishes in Glockenbach.

The Englischer Garten postcard — earns the slot

Authentic Mexican tacos and quesadillas at Münchner Freiheit.

Munich's first proper tapas bar, on Amalienstraße since 1995.

Schwabing Lebanese with the proper meze register, near Münchner Freiheit.

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 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

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

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

Munich's largest schnitzel — the Maxvorstadt classic since 1995

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