4Cafe Monic
One of the hidden jewels of Vienna's District 6 (Mariahilf), Cafe Monic is an updated dive bar, one that makes no attempt to bring attention to itself. The outside of the building is covered in graffiti, the inside dim, with plenty of nooks and crannies. It’s the kind of bar where neither a Campari soda, nor the house lager feels out of place. The crowd comprises alternative-leaning locals in their twenties and thirties who come here for date nights and weekday drinks. Open late every day of the week.
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