Café Griensteidl was a traditional Viennese café located at Michaelerplatz 2 across from St. Michael's Church and St. Michael's Gate at the Hofburg Palace in the Innere Stadt first district of Vienna, Austria. The café was founded in 1847 by former pharmacist Heinrich Griensteidl. In January 1897, the original building was demolished during the course of the renovation of Michaelerplatz. During the early twentieth century, the café was frequented by many artists, musicians, and writers, including Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Arthur Schnitzler, Arnold Schoenberg, Alexander Zemlinsky, Hermann Bahr, Friedrich Eckstein, Rudolf Steiner, Hugo Wolf, and Stefan Zweig.

In 1990, the café was reopened and became a popular location among the Viennese coffeehouse culture. As they could not afford the rising rents anymore, Griensteidl closed in June 2017.

Café Griensteidl

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List of restaurants in Vienna

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Café Griensteidl

Buildings and structures in Innere Stadt

Coffeehouses and cafés in Vienna

Coffeehouses and cafés in Austria

Buildings and structures in Vienna

1843 establishments in the Austrian Empire

2017 disestablishments in Austria

19th-century architecture in Austria

Café Griensteidl