Food and drinks

Drinks (besides coffee)

At the beginning in the Viennese coffeehouses specialties were offered like cocao, tea, chocolate, mineral water, liquor and wine. The wine was transported by of wagon to the coffeehouse. The delivery often lasted a whole day, sometimes even two or more days. The delivery resulted by the way in the "Wiener Eimer" (Viennese pail), this corresponded to 56,6 liters. The Veltliner was the mostly offered sort: Rotweisser (red-whites), Rote (reds) and Braune (browns).

Food

Small snacks were offered. That was sandwich, sausages or egg dishes. The coffeehouse offered also fresh pastry, about Salzstangerl (with salt), Weckerl, Muerbe, Laberl, Brioche or Butterkipferl (butterbakery). Not to forgetl the so-called Kaisersemmerl (Kaiser-roll) and the Hausbrot (bread). A Mohnstriezel (with poppy) also was a standard-offer. The cafes-pastry shops, emerged in the 19th century, had an abundant offer of pastry, whereby Millirahmstrudel (with milk and curds), Topfenstrudel (with curds) and Apfelstrudel (with apples) are to be mentioned. Nowadays tradionelly in coffeehouses beside these food also offered typical Viennese food like Viennese Schnitzel, Schweinsbraten (from a pig) and salads.

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