Plekken in Maxvorstadt

Munich's grand café since 1888, Vienna's register, Bavarian discipline

Jan Hartwig's three-Michelin-star laboratory in Maxvorstadt

1898 game institution; Bavarian hunting fare under Hubert Buckl.

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

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

Franz Marc and Thomas Mann's old table, 1887 literary café, restored

The Pinakothek-quarter museum café

An untouched 1955 café interior, Maxvorstadt time-capsule

Bookstore-café-stage, the quieter heart of Schellingstraße

Scandinavian-inflected roastery on the Maxvorstadt-Neuhausen edge, one of two Loring roasters in Germany.

MVSM's flagship roastery café, light-roast specialty coffee since 2014.

Mediterranean glamour on Wittelsbacher Platz, Riviera-meets-Italy in Maxvorstadt.

Chef Jianguo Zhang's Sichuan fine dining; Munich's first serious Chinese room.

Munich's largest schnitzel, the Maxvorstadt classic since 1995

Tatami sushi and seasonal kaiseki tucked inside the Amalienpassage.

Olga Polizzi's botanical garden five-star in Maxvorstadt