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at the sophisticated Loos Bar. feature Austrian wines. Weinbar
For sumptuous elegance there Coburg in Palais Coburg offers
is nothing like the Blaue Bar a fine range by the glass as does
inside the venerable Hotel Sacher. Wein & Co, which has several
For a taste of old-fashioned branches around the city.
1950s nightclub glamour, Eden
Bar is the place to go.
Austrian Beers
A large number of beers are
Austrian Wines in Vienna
produced in Austria, with the
Today, Austria produces some light-bodied Märzen the most
world-class wines, from whites common. There is also Weissbier
such as Grüner Veltliner and (wheat beer), and even an
The elegant interior of the sophisticated Riesling from the Wachau and alcohol-free beer, Null Komma
Blaue Bar Kamptal regions, to reds– Josef, which is made by Vienna’s
including Blaufränkisch from Ottakringer brewery. Also
Vienna’s Bars Mittelburgenland and Zweigelt produced by this brewery is
Vienna has an exciting bar scene, from Neusiedlersee – and the soft Gold Fassl brand, plus
with numerous modern bars luscious dessert wines (in a pilsner and an unfiltered
serving as buzzing alternatives styles such as Eiswein and Zwickl beer.
to the more traditional establish- Trockenbeerenauslese) from The cosy, vaulted-ceiling
ments. Fabulous views of the around the towns of Illmitz Bierhof serves these and other
Stephansdom, plus fine mixed and Rust. fine Austrian beers. Most order
drinks, can be had at the rooftop Vienna, a wine-growing area either a Seidl (0.3 litre glass) or
Skybar on the pedestrian in its own right, produces the half-litre Krügel, but there is
Kärntner Strasse. Cocktails, excellent Gemischte Satz, a also the tiny 0.2 litre Pfiff, which
including tasty martinis, are traditional dry white varietal is a must served with the single-
served just down the street blend. Most bars in Vienna face sandwiches at Trześniewski.
DIRECTORY
Cafés Café Leopold Bars Wein & Co
Hawelka Jasomirgottstrasse 3–5,
Café Bräunerhof Dorotheergasse 6, 1010 Bierhof 1010 Vienna.
Stallburggasse 2, Vienna. Tel (01) 512 82 30. Naglergasse 13, 1010 Tel 05 07 06-3122 (bar);
1010 Vienna. Map 2 B4. Vienna. Tel (01) 533 44 28. 05 07 06-3121 (shop).
Tel (01) 512 38 93. Map 2 B4. Map 2 C4. (One of several
Map 2 B4. Café Museum branches)
Friedrichstrasse 6, 1010 Blaue Bar im
Café Central Vienna. Sacher Hotel Weinbar Coburg
Palais Ferstel, Tel (01) 214 00 620. Philharmonikerstrasse 4, Coburgbastei 4, 1010
Herrengasse 14, Map 4 C1. 1010 Vienna. Vienna.
1010 Vienna. Tel (01) 514 56 842. Tel (01) 518 18 130.
Tel (01) 533 37 24/61. Café Prückel Map 2 B5. Map 2 D5.
Map 2 B3. Stubenring 24, 1010
Vienna. Eden Bar Wiener Rathauskeller
Café Demel Tel (01) 512 61 15. Liliengasse 2, 1010 Rathausplatz 1,
Kohlmarkt 14, 1010 Map 2 D4. Vienna. 1010 Vienna.
Vienna. Tel (01) 512 74 50. Tel (01) 50 876-1001.
Tel (01) 535 17 17-0. Café Schwarzenberg Map 2 C4. Map 1 C3.
Map 2 B4. Kärntner Ring 17, 1010 Loos Bar
Vienna.
Café Diglas Tel (01) 512 89 98. Kärntner Durchgang 10,
Wollzeile 10, Map 4 D1. 1010 Vienna.
1010 Vienna. Tel (01) 512 32 83.
Tel (01) 512 57 65. Café Sperl Map 2 C4.
Map 2 C4. Gumpendorferstrasse 11, Skybar
1060 Wien.
Café Dommayer Tel (01) 586 41 58 Kärntner Strasse 19,
Dommayergasse 1, 1010 Vienna.
1130 Vienna. Kleines Café Tel (01) 513 171 20.
Tel (01) 877 54 650. Franziskanerplatz 3, 1010 Map 2 C4.
Vienna. Map 2 C4
Café Frauenhuber Trześniewski
Himmelpfortgasse 6, Landtmann Café Dorotheergasse 1, 1010
1010 Vienna. Universitätsring 4, 1010 Vienna.
Tel (01) 512 53 53. Vienna. Tel (01) 241 001 00. Tel (01) 512 32 91.
Map 2 C4. Map 2 A3. Map 2 B4.

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