Café Restaurant Residenz

48°11′8″N 16°18′49.5″E / 48.18556°N 16.313750°E / 48.18556; 16.313750

Café Restaurant Residenz is a classical Viennese coffee house which is located in the eastern wing of Schloss Schönbrunn in the 13th Viennese district.

History

During the emperor’s time, the rooms of the café were more of a “police kitchen”. The place was used to provide the guards of Schloss Schönbrunn with food. In 1948, the guards were granted permission to use the place as a restaurant; it was leased several times later on.

The café has been run by the Querfeld family since 1998. Its name, “Café Restaurant Residenz”, refers to emperor Franz Joseph I, who declared Schloss Schönbrunn his main residence.^[1] The name “Café Restaurant Residenz” was chosen in honor of Emperor Franz Joseph I, who declared Schönbrunn Palace to be his year-round residence in 1904.^[2]

Details

Strudel Show

The daily strudel show is held in the Schaubackstube (bakery) underneath the Café Residenz every full hour. After the 20-minute show, every participant receives the “Original Viennese Apple Strudel Recipe”.^[3]

Apple Strudel Seminar

The apple strudel seminar is also organized in the bakehouse of Café Residenz. Under the guidance of an experienced pastry chef, each participant of the seminar creates his or her own apple strudel and receives a diploma including the original recipe as a reward.^[3]

Trivia

Café Residenz can also be used for punch welcomes on the terrace, buffets, Christmas parties or dinners for up to 300 people. The piano is played in the Great Coffeehouse Saloon every Saturday and Sunday from 2 until 4 pm.^[4]

References

^ "History of the Café Residenz". Archived from the original on September 27, 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
^ "Die Café Residenz Story". www.cafe-residenz.at (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-15.
^ ^a ^b "Apfelstrudelshow" (in German). Retrieved December 3, 2014.
^ "Weihnachtsfeiern im Café Residenz" (in German). Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved December 3, 2014.

Literature

Hans Veigl: Wiener Kaffeehausführer. Kremayr und Scheriau, Wien 2001, ISBN 978-3-218-00587-6.
Stadtbekannt.at: Kaffee in Wien. Holzbaum Verlag, Wien 2014, ISBN 978-3-902-98014-4.

External links

Café Restaurant Residenz Website

[1] "History of the Café Residenz". Archived from the original on September 27, 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2014.

[2] "Die Café Residenz Story". www.cafe-residenz.at (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-15.

[apfelstrudelshow-3] "Apfelstrudelshow" (in German). Retrieved December 3, 2014.

[4] "Weihnachtsfeiern im Café Residenz" (in German). Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved December 3, 2014.

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