Venues similar to Man versus Machine, Maxvorstadt

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

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

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

Family-run café-Wirtshaus above Theresienwiese, best breakfast in the Westend

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

Leopoldstraße's 46-year-old patisserie

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

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

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

Cult Bavarian fried-dough since 1973, on the Viktualienmarkt corner

Munich's oldest ice cream parlour, Sarcletti family on Nymphenburger Straße since 1879

Donnersberger old-school coffeehouse, Turkish mocha, Greek mocha, Viennese melange