Viktualienmarkt Food and Beer

The Weisses Bräuhaus at the corner of Tal and Sparkassenstraße wears a painted facade of soft yellow, topped by an ornate, steep-pitched roof that dates back to the reconstruction following the Second World War. Duke Maximilian the First…

The green tile facade of Metzgerei Schäbitz stands out on the corner of Dreifaltigkeitsplatz with its gold lettering and curved glass displays. While much of Munich modernized, this shop kept its focus on the craft of the master butcher.…

The Tölzer Kasladen features a narrow storefront crowded with shelves of yellow, grey, and blue-veined wheels of mountain cheese. This shop acts as a direct outlet for dairy farmers from the Bad Tölz region in the Bavarian Alps. In the…

A tall, blue-and-white striped pole rises from the center of the Viktualienmarkt, topped with a wreath and carved wooden figures. This is the Maibaum, a traditional Maypole. Each figure represents a different craft or trade, from the…

The Viktualienmarkt beer garden sits under the shade of mature chestnut trees, marked by a massive, central maypole painted in the traditional blue and white stripes of Bavaria. This space began in eighteen hundred and seven when King…

The Der Pschorr building features a high, vaulted ceiling and large glass windows that overlook the Viktualienmarkt. This beer hall traces its name to the Pschorr family, who rose to prominence in the eighteenth century by marrying into…

The scent of hot lard and frying dough pulls people off the sidewalk at Cafe Frischhut. It is a tiny, bright yellow shop where the windows are always fogged by steam from massive vats of oil. Karl and Resi Münch took over the space in…