Schnitzel, Tafelspitz, steak frites
Brasseries & Classics
The institutions: Borchardt’s schnitzel, Plachutta’s Tafelspitz, Brasserie Lipp, The Wolseley, the Kronenhalle and a farmhouse in St. Moritz from 1658. Where cities eat their classics.
Every great city has a room where the menu has not changed in decades because it does not need to. These are the brasseries, grand cafés and classic houses where politicians, artists and families share the same dishes their grandparents ordered. The cooking is honest, the service is a profession and the bill is a relief after a week of tasting menus.
BrasserieIconBerlin · Mitte
Borchardt
The schnitzel of the republic
BrasserieIconHamburg · Elbchaussee
Landhaus Scherrer
Northern German classics since 1976
BrasserieIconMunich · Bogenhausen
Käfer-Schänke
Munich society’s dining room
BrasserieIconDüsseldorf · Pempelfort
Le Flair
French bistro cooking, Rhineland warmth
BrasserieHotspotDüsseldorf · Altstadt
Phoenix
Brasserie glamour in the Dreischeibenhaus
BrasserieIconFrankfurt · Westend
Erno’s Bistro
The bankers’ bistro since 1974
BrasserieIconSylt · Kampen
Gogärtchen
Kampen’s living room since 1961
BrasserieIconVienna · Innere Stadt
Plachutta Wollzeile
Tafelspitz in copper pots
BrasserieIconVienna · Innere Stadt
Figlmüller
The schnitzel that hangs over the plate
BrasserieIconZurich · Bellevue
Kronenhalle
Picassos on the wall, Geschnetzeltes on the plate
BrasserieIconZurich · Paradeplatz
Zeughauskeller
Sausages in a 15th-century armoury
BrasserieIconSt. Moritz · Dorf
Chesa Veglia
A farmhouse from 1658
BrasserieIconParis · Saint-Germain
Brasserie Lipp
Saint-Germain’s political theatre
BrasserieIconLondon · Piccadilly
The Wolseley
The grand café on Piccadilly
BrasserieHotspotMarbella · Puente Romano
BiBo Marbella
Dani García’s brasserie under the palms
BrasserieHotspotMálaga · Centro
Balausta
Andalusian classics in a palace
BrasserieIconMálaga · Centro
El Pimpi
The bodega under the Alcazaba
BrasserieIconNew York · SoHo
Balthazar
The SoHo brasserie that never dated
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