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Wine barLeopoldstadt
Vinifero Weinbar (Wine bar) in Vienna: Open evenings only Tuesday to Saturday from 17:00; the Thursday weekly tasting is the room's most-booked seat.
Why locals goTiny natural-wine bar tucked on the Karmeliterplatz courtyard side of the 2nd district, most foot traffic walks past on Taborstrasse without noticing.
TipOpen evenings only Tuesday to Saturday from 17:00; the Thursday weekly tasting is the room's most-booked seat.
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CafeWieden
Cafe Goldegg is a cafe room in Wieden. The pool tables on the back wall are bookable by the hour; the daily Mittagsmenue is the insider lunch.
Why locals goArt Nouveau room with green-velvet booths, pool tables and railway-worker history in 4th-district Wieden, far from the Innere Stadt cafe tourist circuit.
TipThe pool tables on the back wall are bookable by the hour; the daily Mittagsmenue is the insider lunch.
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CafeJosefstadt
POC People on Caffeine on Schloesselgasse in Vienna's Josefstadt is a tiny specialty-coffee shop in a deconsecrated funeral parlour of a 1727 chapel.
Why locals goTiny specialty-coffee shop in a deconsecrated funeral parlour of the Dreifaltigkeitskirche, easy to walk past without noticing on a quiet Josefstadt side street.
TipLook for the chapel windows above the doorway; closed Sundays and Mondays.
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VienneseBrigittenau
Am Nordpol 3 is a viennese room in Brigittenau. A 15-minute walk from Schottenring U-Bahn; come for the Schnitzel and the painted-art walls.
Why locals goBohemian-Viennese tavern in 20th-district Brigittenau on the far side of Augarten, well off the tourist Schnitzel-room circuit but a daily-locals fixture.
TipA 15-minute walk from Schottenring U-Bahn; come for the Schnitzel and the painted-art walls.
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VienneseWieden
Gasthaus Wolf is tucked on a wieden side street with no signage from the main artery, locals book and tourists rarely find this serious-offal beisl in 1040.
Why locals goTucked on a Wieden side street with no signage from the main artery, locals book and tourists rarely find this serious-offal Beisl in 1040.
TipDinner only, Monday to Friday from 18:00; the Beuschel and offal carte is the regulars' default order.
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VienneseAlsergrund
Pramerl & the Wolf on Pramergasse in Vienna's 9th is Wolfgang Zankl-Sertl's 24-cover Michelin-star dining room in a corner cafe space, Wed to Sat evenings.
Why locals goWolfgang Zankl-Sertl's 24-cover Michelin-star dining room sits in a corner cafe space, unknown to most Innere Stadt visitors who never cross into the 9th.
TipOpen Wednesday to Saturday evenings only; weeknights are easier to book than Saturdays.