Maxvorstadt has Munich's best concentration of museum cafes and neighbourhood coffee. The Café in der Pinakothek der Moderne does a good lunch; the attached to Lenbachhaus is pleasant for coffee between galleries. For a more local experience, the streets around Türkenstrasse, Amalienstrasse, and Schellingstrasse have a concentration of student cafes, bars, and cheap restaurants serving the university population.
The Schelling-Salon at Schellingstrasse 54 is worth a visit for the atmosphere alone — a traditional German café with billiard tables that dates to 1872, dark wood panelling, and a clientele mixing students, pensioners, and occasional tourists. The coffee is old-fashioned, the prices reasonable, and the games of billiards ongoing.