Currywurst appears as a signature dish in 2 Germany cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Currywurst · Berlin
Currywurst is the post-war Berlin Imbiss invention: a sliced bratwurst doused in spiced ketchup, dusted with curry powder, served with a paper plate, a wooden fork and a side of pommes.
Currywurst was invented in Berlin in 1949 by Herta Heuwer at her Imbiss at the corner of Kantstrasse and Kaiser-Friedrich-Strasse in Charlottenburg. Heuwer obtained ketchup and curry powder from British soldiers, mixed her own spiced sauce and ladled it over a sliced grilled sausage. The dish was patented in 1959 (under the name Chillup) but the form had already spread across West Berlin. Konnopke's Imbiss at the Eberswalder Strasse U-Bahn arch has cooked currywurst since 1960, claiming East Berlin's earliest version. The German Currywurst Museum operated from 2009 to 2018 on Schuetzenstrasse. The dish remains the city's most consumed street food: an estimated 70 million currywurst are eaten in Berlin each year.
Where to eat in Berlin:
- Curry 36
- Konnopke's Imbiss
- Curry 61
Currywurst · Munich
Sliced bratwurst topped with curry-spiced tomato sauce, served with fries or a roll. The classic Munich after-midnight street snack.
Currywurst was invented in Berlin in 1949 by Herta Heuwer; the Munich version arrived in the post-war years and became a staple of the city's late-night Imbiss scene by the 1970s. Bergwolf in Glockenbachviertel is the city's most-cited counter, with weekend hours until 04:00 and a vegan option on the carte since 2010.
Where to eat in Munich:
- Bergwolf
- Vinzenzmurr Marienplatz
- Wurststandl Teltschik