Zum Schwarzen Kameel

Zum Schwarzen Kameel, 'The Black Camel', has operated on Bognergasse continuously since 1618, making it among the oldest continuously running food establishments in Europe. Beethoven sourced his groceries here; the painter Hans Makart kept a tab in the nineteenth century. The current configuration is three rooms in one: a delicatessen counter at the front (open-faced sandwiches, charcuterie, smoked salmon by the slice), the Art Nouveau dining room in the middle (paneled walls, original 1903 Adolf Loos-era fittings), and the stand-up bar that anchors the lobby and works as the after-work meeting point for the surrounding banking and legal quarter. The kitchen does the classics, Wiener Schnitzel, Beef Tafelspitz, the open-faced rye sandwiches at the standing counter, without modernising any of them.