Plekken in Munich

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

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

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

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

The Englischer Garten postcard — earns the slot

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

Au-Isar cornerstone since the eighties — riverside brunch and rotating art

The Pinakothek-quarter museum café

An untouched 1955 café interior — Maxvorstadt time-capsule

Leopoldstraße's 46-year-old patisserie

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

Authentic Mexican tacos and quesadillas at Münchner Freiheit.

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

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

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.

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

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

King Max I's 1820 palm house, behind Nymphenburg Palace — fifth-generation innkeepers

Standing-only wine bar since the 1930s — Franconian whites, no chairs

Munich's largest schnitzel — the Maxvorstadt classic since 1995

The Knödel institution Munich locals actually book