5Kleines Cafe
Places near Vienna’s main attraction, the Stephansdom, must be taken with a grain of salt, but the Kleines Café is no tourist trap. The inside is truly small – hence "kleines" – and features an idiosyncratic 1970s design by the prominent Austrian architect Hermann Czech. In the vein of his idol, Adolf Loos, Czech used inventive space-maximizing solutions, such as the mirror panels behind the leather booths split by vertical marble partitions. Dim, cozy, and positively strange.
The Kleines Cafe is packed at all times, but try to score a seat from which you can observe the crowd. In the evenings, when tourists have retired, the stylish, longtime regulars often appear. Price points reflect the central location.
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