Plekken in Vienna

The Innere Stadt kaffeehaus since 1876 — vaulted ceilings, Trotsky's chess table.

Mariahilf kaffeehaus since 1880 — UNESCO-listed interior, billiard tables intact.

K.u.K. Hofzuckerbäcker since 1786 — the imperial court's pastry confectioner.

Innere Stadt institution since 1618 — Beethoven's grocer, now the Bognergasse brunch.

Hotel Sacher's fine-dining flagship — modern Viennese, Staatsoper-side.

Innere Stadt post-war intellectual kaffeehaus — Dorotheergasse, the night-Buchteln.

Ringstraße kaffeehaus since 1873 — the Burgtheater room, Freud's regular table.

Stubenring kaffeehaus since 1903 — the 1950s interior intact, the live piano three nights.

Sachertorte's owner of record since 1832 — inside Hotel Sacher, opposite the Staatsoper.

The schnitzel that overhangs the plate since 1905 — Wollzeile, the original house.

Innere Stadt Wirtshaus — the boiled-beef-and-horseradish kitchen for the audience without four hours.

Landstraße natural-wine bar with one of central Europe's deepest Austrian growers list.

Innere Stadt cocktail room since 1995 — the night-after-the-opera anchor.

Adolf Loos's 1908 marble-and-mahogany cocktail bar — the smallest landmark in the 1.

Mariahilf natural-wine bistro — Austrian growers, six-course chef's menu, open kitchen.

Steirereck's casual sister downstairs — the 120-cheese cellar and the Frühstück.

Haya Molcho's Israeli-Mediterranean original since 2009 — Naschmarkt corner table.

The Tafelspitz address since 1993 — Ewald Plachutta's defining boiled-beef room.

Leopoldstadt Beisl with the Otto Zitko ink-scribbled ceiling — modern-Viennese mainstay.

Israeli-Levantine kitchen on the Naschmarkt's eastern row — the Saturday-lunch standby.

One Michelin star + Green Star — Europe's leading vegetarian fine-dining room.

The Tian kitchen's casual sister — vegetarian bistro on Spittelberg's cobbled corner.

Neubau corner kitchen — the Saint Ulrich square's all-day Mediterranean bistro.