The places in Frankfurt the guidebooks miss. locals-only counters, after-hours rooms and the spots tourists walk past.

Food tour in Frankfurt

Food Tour to 3-4 Local Food Spots

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Off the beaten plate

10 places

Zur Buchscheer

Order The house pressing with Handkäs mit Musik

Zur Buchscheer pours self-pressed apfelwein under garden trees in Frankfurt's quiet south, the tavern locals protect from the crawl routes each night.

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Zum Rad

Order The in-house pressing with Grüne Soße and eggs

Zum Rad has pressed apfelwein in Seckbach's village lanes since 1806, the Frankfurt tavern garden that rewards the longest detour in the city.

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Gref-Völsings

Order Rindswurst in a roll with mustard, eaten on the pavement

Gref-Völsings' Braterei window serves Frankfurt's original Rindswurst where it was invented in 1894, four hours a day, weekdays only and gone by 15:00.

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Carte Blanche

Order The surprise menu is the only order; state allergies when booking

Carte Blanche cooks a €118 six-course surprise menu on Egenolffstraße in Frankfurt's Nordend, a Michelin Guide room that publishes no menu at all.

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Wunderbar

Order Coffee and the daily kitchen board after a lap of the Altstadt

Wunderbar anchors Höchst's half-timbered old town, the all-day cafe of the Frankfurt district that visitors keep failing to discover, to their loss.

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Eis Christina

Order Two scoops in a cone; the fruit sorbets are the connoisseur pick

Eis Christina is the gelato counter Frankfurt argues least about, an unassuming Nordend shopfront with queues since the analogue era of city life.

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Café im Liebieghaus

Order Cake of the day at a garden table between the sculptures

The Liebieghaus café serves cake among marble statues in a walled villa garden on Frankfurt's museum bank, in plain sight and unseen by the crowds.

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Balalaika

Order A late beer or vodka while the room sings along

Balalaika is Sachsenhausen's candlelit music bar on Schifferstraße, where Frankfurt night owls squeeze in for live songs after the taverns shut.

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