Puff, Die Bar
In German, puff means brothel and that was in fact this establishment's former claim to fame. Right off Gumpendorferstrasse on the way to the Naschmarkt, guests enter a foyer with a coat check leading to a pink-lit bar area. There is seating along the bar or in the cute booths across from it, with funky adaptations of kitchenware as decoration. The mood is deliciously low-key—Puff Bar doesn't pretend to be exclusive or particularly posh. The coat check is unmanned and free, cocktails start at €6.50, and prosecco, a drink that would empty wallets in any other "house with red doors," costs a mere €2.30 per glass. Even the beer is funky—a large Traunsteiner (a small brand from Munich) is tapped into casual stemless wine glasses and at €3.90, no one will go broke chatting up the odd Vienna socialite.
In German, puff means brothel and that was in fact this establishment's former claim to fame. Right off Gumpendorferstrasse on the way to the Naschmarkt, guests enter a foyer with a coat check leading to a pink-lit bar area. There is seating along the bar or in the cute booths across from it, with funky adaptations of kitchenware as decoration. The mood is deliciously low-key—Puff Bar doesn't pretend to be exclusive or particularly posh. The coat check is unmanned and free, cocktails start at €6.50, and prosecco, a drink that would empty wallets in any other "house with red doors," costs a mere €2.30 per glass. Even the beer is funky—a large Traunsteiner (a small brand from Munich) is tapped into casual stemless wine glasses and at €3.90, no one will go broke chatting up the odd Vienna socialite.
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