We were walking around the oldest part of Vienna when we more or less stumbled on a long, long line to get into a restaurant. This was surprising, in part because it was early in the afternoon and lunch hour figured to be over. But it looked like tourists were in the line, so the place figured to have some history attached.
Sure enough, the Cafe Central qualifies.
The place opened in 1876, and it quickly became a meeting point for some eventually famous people. The patrons included Adolf Hitler and Leon Trotsky for starters. Heck in 1913, Josef Tito, Sigmund Freud and Josef Stalin could have been there at the same time.
The establishment closed at the end of World War II, but it reopened in 1975 - although in a slightly different location within the Palais Ferstal. The place received a facelift in 1986.
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