A hybrid café-bar-bookshop on Gumpendorfer Straße that helped define the relaxed, slightly retro mood of modern Mariahilf. The room is furnished with second-hand 1950s-70s furniture — all of it, like the books and records on the shelves, for sale — and the result feels like drinking in a friend's eclectic living room.
It works as a café by day and a bar by night, with brunch at weekends, a small menu and a literary, design-conscious crowd. Browse the shelves, order a wine or a coffee, and settle in. A good antidote to Vienna's more formal coffeehouse tradition.