Where Viennese Locals Read the Paper Over a Melange
While Café Central, Café Demel, and Café Sacher are iconic, visit them before 09:00 on a weekday. For an equally authentic 19th-century or 1950s Ringstraße interior without a line, head to Café Sperl (Gumpendorfer Straße, with original 1880 billiard tables and Sperl-Schnitte cake), Café Prückel (1950s Oswald Haerdtl design opposite Stadtpark), Café Korb (home to Vienna's crispest Apfelstrudel), or wood-stove-warmed Café Jelinek in Mariahilf.