Plekken in Munich

50 Top Pizza's #1 in Germany — destination Neapolitan in the Hofstatt quarter.

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

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

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

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

Sixth-floor café on Marienplatz — direct sightline to the carillon.

The Pinakothek-quarter museum café

An untouched 1955 café interior — Maxvorstadt time-capsule

Munich's oldest café since 1775 — Italian roots, Hofgarten terrace.

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

Dresden Stollen since 1825 — Munich's heritage cake counter, sixth generation.

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

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

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

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

Munich's largest schnitzel — the Maxvorstadt classic since 1995

Old-Munich Wirtshaus on the Viktualienmarkt edge