Herr Kächele Maultaschen und mehr

The yellow and black sign above the entrance displays a portrait of Herr Kächele, a cartoon figure with a wide mustache holding a wooden spoon. This shop serves maultaschen, the folded Swabian pasta squares traditionally filled with meat and spinach. When the factory workers of Stuttgart needed a portable, hearty meal during the nineteenth century, they relied on these dough pockets. This shop grew from a local butcher's commitment to preserving that specific, labor-intensive recipe when industrial convenience started to take over the local market.