Venues similar to Cafe Westend

The Westendstraße taverna, Greek-owned, Greek-run, no concession to anyone

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

1950s Speisecafé in a former Tracht shop, the quarter's living room

An untouched 1955 café interior, Maxvorstadt time-capsule

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

Bookstore-café-stage, the quieter heart of Schellingstraße

The Pinakothek-quarter museum café

Leopoldstraße's 46-year-old patisserie

Dresden Stollen since 1825, Munich's heritage cake counter, sixth generation.

Munich's oldest café since 1775, Italian roots, Hofgarten terrace.

Sixth-floor café on Marienplatz, direct sightline to the carillon.

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

Munich's third-wave coffee pioneer, roasting on Rumfordstraße since 2007.

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

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

1897 Belle Époque café with daily live music, protected room in Hotel Mariandl

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

Modern Vietnamese with Asian-fusion flourishes in Glockenbach.

Award-winning Afghan kitchen since 2001, Innenstadt branch on Brunnstraße

Munich's grand café since 1888, Vienna's register, Bavarian discipline