Veal and pork sausage poached in water, served with sweet mustard, a Brezn and a Weissbier. Eaten before noon by tradition. Munich's pre-noon ritual since 1857.
Invented by Munich butcher Sepp Moser on 22 February 1857 at the Gasthaus Zum Ewigen Licht near Marienplatz, supposedly when he ran out of pig casings for Bratwurst and improvised with thinner veal casings. The white colour comes from poaching rather than grilling. The pre-noon-only tradition stems from the original lack of refrigeration: sausages made at dawn had to be eaten before the church bells rang midday.
4 editor picks for Weisswurst in Munich, ranked by editorial score. All Munich signature dishes · Weisswurst across every city.
Wurststandl Teltschik ★ 4.5
altstadt-lehel · Viktualienmarkt 3, 80331 München
Wurststandl Teltschik at Munich's Viktualienmarkt serves Weisswurst and Schweinswürstl from a bar-table stand; Bavarian charm and a 4.7-star reputation for sausages.
Schneider Bräuhaus ★ 4.3
altstadt-lehel · Tal 7, 80331 München
Weisses Bräuhaus on Tal is the Schneider Weisse flagship in Munich's Altstadt, in business since 1872; this is one of the city's strongest pre-noon Weisswurst rooms.
Augustiner-Stammhaus ★ 4.2
altstadt-lehel · Neuhauser Strasse 27, 80331 München
Augustiner-Stammhaus on Munich's Neuhauser Strasse, in business since 1829, is the city's oldest Augustiner room; ask for the 1897 Muschelsaal hall.
Hofbräuhaus am Platzl ★ 3.8
altstadt-lehel · Platzl 9, 80331 München
Hofbräuhaus on Platzl has poured Hofbräu beer in Munich's Altstadt since 1589; the ground-floor Schwemme hall seats 1,000, the upstairs Festsaal handles groups.