5 places for coffee in Vienna, chosen by Klára and checked by the editors.
Mariahilf
Coffee house built in 1880 to plans by the Ringstrasse architects Gross and Jelinek, with its marble tables, Thonet chairs and billiard tables still in place.
KláraMarble tables and Thonet chairs. A room from 1880.
Innere Stadt
Coffee house opened in 1899; its original interior was Adolf Loos's first major commission (the present interior dates from a 2003 remodel). It runs regular readings.
KláraRight by the Karlsplatz station exit. Where Loos's first big job was.
Innere Stadt
Ringstrasse coffee house since 1903, opposite the MAK. The front rooms keep Oswald Haerdtl's 1950s redesign.
KláraA short walk from the Postsparkasse. The 1950s interior survives.
Wieden
A coffee house opened in 1910, with its Jugendstil interior, green velvet banquettes and a billiard table.
KláraWalkable from the Hauptbahnhof. The 1910 room is still there.
Neubau
Specialty coffee roaster; this branch has its roaster on site, in view of the room, and sells beans.
KláraThe roaster sits in plain view.
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