Stroeck-Feierabend on Landstrasser Hauptstrasse in Vienna is the Stroeck family's slow-fermented organic spin-off, the bakery the Stroeck siblings run beyond the chain's main carte.
Tip: The dining-room kitchen runs all-day breakfast and a serious sandwich carte beyond the bread counter.
Address: Landstrasser Hauptstrasse 82, 1030 Wien, Vienna
Joseph Brot Landstrasse on Landstrasser Hauptstrasse in Vienna's 3rd district runs the bakery's full-service cafe, with hot dishes, granolas and the heritage-grain Joseph Laib on the shelves.
Tip: Open weekday breakfasts and lunch; the cinnamon Pulled Bread sells out by mid-morning.
Worth the queue: Joseph Laib
Joseph Brot on Naglergasse in Vienna's first district bakes Josef Weghaupt's Waldviertel heritage-grain sourdough by hand, no machines, the company's avant-garde Vienna address since 2009.
Tip: The cinnamon Pulled Bread is the bakery's most-bought breakfast bake; weekend mornings sell out by 11:00.
Worth the queue: Joseph Laib
Joseph Brot Landstrasse on Landstrasser Hauptstrasse in Vienna's 3rd district runs the bakery's full-service cafe, with hot dishes, granolas and the heritage-grain Joseph Laib on the shelves.
Tip: Open weekday breakfasts and lunch; the cinnamon Pulled Bread sells out by mid-morning.
Worth the queue: Joseph Laib
Paremi on Baeckerstrasse in Vienna's first district is Patricia and Remi's French boulangerie behind Stephansdom, the croissants, baguettes and eclairs made the way they were trained in France.
Tip: The fig-tree courtyard at the back is the room's only summer seating; arrive by 09:00 on weekend mornings.
Worth the queue: Pain au chocolat
Oefferl on Wollzeile in Vienna's first district bakes organic natural sourdough from the family bakery founded in 1968, the Wollzeile flagship the inner-city walk-in for the Niederoesterreich loaves.
Tip: Open until 19:00 weekdays; the bistro counter serves coffee and tartines through the afternoon.
Worth the queue: Oefferl Brot
Felzl on Helferstorferstrasse in Vienna's first district uses a natural sourdough starter rested 18 hours, the chain's pioneering new-wave Vienna bakery now with branches across half the inner districts.
Tip: The bread vending machine at the Schottenfeldgasse 88 branch refills overnight for after-hours pickup.
Worth the queue: Vienna sourdough loaf
Helmut Gragger's wood-fired sourdoughs on Berggasse in Vienna's Alsergrund are baked in a clay-tile oven, the bread by far the most distinctive crumb-on-crust in the city.
Tip: The Hausbrot loaf is the workhorse; the rye is the kitchen's most-defended bake.
Worth the queue: Wood-fired Hausbrot
