Places in Munich

The university's Wirtshaus since the 1920s, Schwabing-Maxvorstadt seam

Munich's oldest beer garden, 1812, 5,000 seats under the chestnuts

Ayinger brewery's first own Wirtshaus, Mariahilfplatz, wooden barrels, Mühlbach garden

Munich's first proper tapas bar, on Amalienstraße since 1995.

The Englischer Garten postcard, earns the slot

Franz Marc and Thomas Mann's old table, 1887 literary café, restored

Au-Isar cornerstone since the eighties, riverside brunch and rotating art

The Pinakothek-quarter museum café

An untouched 1955 café interior, Maxvorstadt time-capsule

Leopoldstraße's 46-year-old patisserie

Bogenhausen's reliable Lebanese, full mezze table, halal grill, late hours.

Authentic Mexican tacos and quesadillas at Münchner Freiheit.

The largest beer garden in the world, 8,000 seats under chestnuts, since 1791

Munich's serious Afghan kitchen since 2001; cardamom, lamb, and pumpkin borani.

Bookstore-café-stage, the quieter heart of Schellingstraße

Scandinavian-inflected roastery on the Maxvorstadt-Neuhausen edge, one of two Loring roasters in Germany.

MVSM's flagship roastery café, light-roast specialty coffee since 2014.

Bavarian Wirtshaus on the palace canal, deeded by Elector Karl Albrecht in 1730

Schwabing Lebanese with the proper meze register, near Münchner Freiheit.

King Max I's 1820 palm house, behind Nymphenburg Palace, fifth-generation innkeepers

Standing-only wine bar since the 1930s, Franconian whites, no chairs

Munich's largest schnitzel, the Maxvorstadt classic since 1995

The Knödel institution Munich locals actually book