Venues similar to Ayinger in der Au

The original Hofbräu, 1,400-seat chestnut beer garden, locals' Hofbräu

The Knödel institution Munich locals actually book

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

The honest Augustiner, brewery canteen, not the tourist Dom version

The Schneider Weisse mothership, 1872, Weisswurst until noon, Aventinus all night

The Salvator origin, Bavarian Brauhaus on the brewery's home hill

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

The Englischer Garten postcard, earns the slot

Old-Munich Wirtshaus on the Viktualienmarkt edge

Holzplatz hideaway for fresh pasta and Roman pinsa

Munich's largest schnitzel, the Maxvorstadt classic since 1995

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

Munich's largest living room, Augustiner Wirtshaus in the heart of Westend

Bavarian Wirtshaus + Augustiner Biergarten beside the Bavaria statue

Authentic Mexican tacos and quesadillas at Münchner Freiheit.