Coffee to go Cafés in Linz
A cosy meeting place for artists, authors and bon vivants has been lovingly created. According to several baristas, the coffee is among the best in the steel city and the homemade cakes couldn't be bettered by grandma. A feel-good place for everyone.
Wiener Straße is a vibrant street where global life takes place. And right in the centre is the busy and popular café Die Bohne. Reservations are compulsory, good range of coffee specialities such as flat white. Breakfast with Brandl pastries.
For more than a decade, "Friedl" has been the meeting place for flâneurs with a penchant for exceptional coffee and tempting pastries. Because they taste so good, Elke offers cake workshops and lets people look over her shoulder.
Short and hot roasting is out of the question for quality advocate Kurt Traxl. In contrast to industrial roasting methods, the Mühlviertel native gives the beans time and teases out the best flavours. Very good: the house roast "Kurt", subtle acidity, full-bodied.
The glockenspiel on the main square rings three times, and every time they visit the café, guests think to themselves: this is the right place, this is where coffee house culture is still lived. In winter, Michael Breitfuß runs the best chestnut hut in Linz on Taubenmarkt.
Long before home roasting became hip Bernd Himmetsberger was already roasting coffee beans from selected small farmers and paying a fair price for them. And he still does this today. The quality is top, as are the breakfast options and the homemade cakes.
You don't have to describe the Traxlmayr, you already know it. But if you don't here are a few key facts. Family business since 1847, old Viennese coffee house, idyllic garden, meeting place for politicians and entrepreneurs, 112(!) newspapers to choose from. Any questions?
When you say Linzer Torte, you think of the Jindrak patisserie, which sends the sweet landmark all over the world. The various doughnuts are just as delicious, although in tasting sessions it is never clear whether the one with confit or the one with vanilla tastes better.
The café is a fixture in the Urfahr neighbourhood. Young people and pensioners alike meet here. You can either sit in the café and have pastries from Konditorei Preining brought to your table or you can pack Linzer Torte and the like to take home.
