Theme Park Jause
Tomorrow is the last day of the “Wiesn-Fest,” Vienna’s poor-man version of Oktoberfest, and the entrance to the Prater amusement park is full... Read more →
InterCont Ribs
I am sure there are people who fly to Vienna late in the evening, stop at InterContinental, have some short but important meeting the next morning,... Read more →
Stone God’s Snack
Vienna is a city of many Heurigers. Different Heurigers. There are the Heurigers of the 19th district: mostly beautiful and pleasant at off-peak... Read more →
The Discovery of Klosterneuburg
The town of Klosterneuburg always puzzled me by being totally associated with wine – its monastery said to be the oldest wine estate in Austria –... Read more →
Brettl-what?
It started in a rather surreal fashion. “May I have a beer and a Brettljause, please?” I asked the girl behind the counter, having waited for... Read more →
Film Festival’s Jause
This must be the first Brettljause that I am eating at a place that is officially closed. I didn’t know Weinfach when it was still operational, but... Read more →
Josef’s Spain
Josef’s Genießerei is an anomaly. Located in Essling, on the outskirts of Vienna’s 22nd district, it could be expected to be a dark, smelly, and... Read more →
The Rax-Jause
I must have visited Waxriegelhaus at least three or four times in the past, with the path that starts just behind this hut being one of the easier... Read more →
Rain, Snow and the Graukäs
It’s not an Austrian Brettljause in its classic sense, but it’s not the Marende of South Tyrol either. It’s something in between. It’s also... Read more →
The House of Speck
For whatever reason, I really like Innsbruck. Despite having a historical center that one can explore in under five minutes, overly touristic and not... Read more →
A Jause by the Road
The last time I ate something called “Pongauer Brettljause,” it was in one of Brandauer’s restaurants in Vienna: good for beer, average... Read more →
The King of Stammersdorf Enhanced Edition
Despite serving some of Vienna’s best wines and having one of Vienna’s nicest courtyards, Wieninger in Stammersdorf was quite average when it... Read more →