Restaurants in Leipzig
Europe's Second-Oldest Coffeehouse
Ever since 1696, Coffe Baum, Kleine Fleischergasse 4 (tel. 0341/9610060; www.coffe-baum.de), has entertained the artistic luminaries of Leipzig, including Wagner, Schumann, and Liszt. Reportedly, even the Emperor Napoleon dropped in for a "cuppa." Still going strong after all these years, the cafe dispenses its traditional Kaffe und Kuchen (coffee and cake). Many patrons come just for the desserts, including a buttermilk strawberry mousse on mango foam with frozen apricots in chocolate. You can also order full meals here, with main dishes costing 20€ to 23€.Typical dishes include shoulder of suckling pig with savoy cabbage and potato dumplings or braised leg of lamb in a mint and garlic sauce. Upstairs is a museum with displays of the history of Saxon coffee. Hours are daily 10am to 7pm.
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Apels Garten
Its name commemorates the site of a 400-year-old garden, no longer in existence. Today, you'll find a modern mid-1980s building with a conservatively decorated street-level restaurant known for its home-style German food. Specialties include Leipzig-style onion soup or wild-duck soup…$Around Town - Saxon
Auerbachs Keller
This is the famous restaurant and tavern where Goethe staged the debate between Faust and Mephistopheles in his play Faust. The cellar dates from 1530 and has a series of 16th-century murals representing the Faust legend. The chefs prepare mainly regional Saxon dishes, along with…$$$Around Town - International
B10
One of Leipzig’s hippest restaurants is helmed by Paul Berry, an Australian chef who sailed the high seas for 15 years, cooking for such celebs as Lenny Kravitz and Hillary Clinton. Having settled down in Leipzig, he now woos discerning diners with healthy, eclectic, and delicious…$$Around Town - Chinese
Chinabrenner
The name translates as “China burner” and indeed, if you’re not careful what you order, you’ll risk setting your tastebuds on fire. This hot restaurant in a converted metal foundry near the Spinnerei art complex is well worth the pilgrimage for its excellent and authentic Chinese…$$Around Town - Continental
Stadtpfeiffer
The most prestigious and best-recommended restaurant in Leipzig occupies a glass-ringed dining room that seems to pour golden light out into the angular, concrete-and-glass urban landscape it occupies. As such, it's a welcome spot of warmth and humanity in an otherwise…$$$Around Town - Thuringian
Thüringer Hof
Martin Luther used to dine here -- that's how old this mellow place is. It's been serving hearty regional fare since 1454. Goethe used to drop in, as did the composer Robert Schumann. By 1865 it became known as the Thüringer Hof and had 1,200 seats, making it one of the most famous…$Around Town - Saxon
Zill's Tunnel
This is one of the city's most atmospheric restaurants, serving tasty and reasonably priced food, including massive quantities of regionally brewed beer, to hungry diners and drinkers. The restaurant is not a real tunnel, though its barrel-ceilinged ground floor tavern suggests that.…$Around Town
