Café Sacher

The place where Franz Sacher created his famous chocolate torte in 1832 is one of Vienna’s legendary cafés on the ground floor of the Sacher hotel. Due to the Sacher’s popularity, a modern annex was added to the original red velvet–clad salon, but it’s worth waiting to be seated in the cozy old section. Coffee is served on a silver tray, and the moist Sacher-Torte, filled with a thin layer of apricot jam and coated with a shiny chocolate glaze, tastes particularly good here. The cake is served mit Schlag, with whipped cream.