Where is the specialty coffee in Munich's Glockenbachviertel?

Müllerstraße has Man Versus Machine at number 23, which roasts on site and brews by Aeropress, siphon, V60 and Kalita, and The Barn at number 38, which serves coffee roasted in Berlin. Vits roasts and pours at Rumfordstraße 49, and Sweet Spot brews filter coffee at Reichenbachstraße 38.

Which cafés in Munich's Glockenbachviertel are open late?

Café Bar Loretta at Müllerstraße 50 is open until 03:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, and Café am Beethovenplatz until 01:00 every night. The Baader Café, open since 1985, has live music from Wednesday to Saturday and takes cash only, with no reservations.

What was the Glockenbachviertel in Munich before it became a café quarter?

The Isarvorstadt was planned in the 19th century. Before that, rafts from the uplands landed on the Isar bank and the city streams powered tanneries, bleaching works and mills. From the late 1950s the Gärtnerplatz and Glockenbach streets became the center of Munich's gay scene and its nightlife.

Cafés in Glockenbach & Isarvorstadt, Munich: Hours and Map

The Isarvorstadt and the neighboring Ludwigsvorstadt were laid out on the drawing board in the 19th century. Before that, rafts from the Bavarian uplands landed on this bank of the Isar, and the city streams drove tanneries, bleaching works and mills; the Westermühlbach still marks the border between the two quarters.¹

From the late 1950s gay and lesbian Münchner made the Gärtnerplatz and Glockenbach streets their home and opened bars and shops; Freddie Mercury partied here when Munich was his second home, and the district is still the center of the city's nightlife.¹ Reichenbachstraße links the Viktualienmarkt with the Isar and runs on from the Gärtnerplatz.²

Local tip: At Man Versus Machine, ask which of the four or five coffees is on the V60 or siphon that day; the menu changes as the more complex lots rotate.³

At a glance

109Cafés listed

54With opening hours

06:00Earliest opening

03:00Latest closing

Opens earliest: Backshop weiß-blau, from 06:00 (Mon–Fri 06:00–18:30 · Sat 06:00–17:00).

Closes latest: Café Bar Loretta, until 03:00 (Mon–Thu 08:00–01:00 · Fri 08:00–03:00 · Sat 09:00–03:00 · Sun 10:00–19:00).

Most common features: outdoor seating (36%), vegetarian options (36%), indoor seating (35%).

Müllerstraße: roasters on one block

Man Versus Machine at Müllerstraße 23 roasts on site, light to medium only, with a profile meant to work for both espresso and filter. There are usually four or five coffees, brewed by Aeropress, siphon, V60 or Kalita, and the founders, Conny and Marko, keep latte macchiato off the menu.³

The Barn at Müllerstraße 38 does not roast in Munich: its coffee comes from the Berlin roastery, served at a long counter with a separate brew bar and plenty of tables.³ Suuapinga at number 46 opens at 08:00 on weekdays, and A small café at number 17 at 09:00.

Rumfordstraße and Reichenbachstraße

Vits at Rumfordstraße 49 is a roaster with a café, open 08:00–18:00 on weekdays and from 10:00 on Saturdays.⁴ It also roasts the light house blend of Café Blá in the Au, in short drum roasts of 10 to 20 minutes.⁵

Sweet Spot opened its second shop at Reichenbachstraße 38, where filter coffee drips in front of you and a smiley waits at the bottom of the cup.⁶ Further down, the Trachtenvogl is one of the street's old-timers: in winter a log fire flickers on old television sets, and the menu lists dozens of cocoas.²

Old rooms, new cafés

Tagträumer on Dreimühlenstraße was a butcher's shop, and its glass ceiling and original Solnhofen stone floor date from then; between 1930 and 1940 the room was a police station, later a toy shop.¹ Café am Beethovenplatz shares a listed building with the Hotel Mariandl, under coffered ceilings from the Belle Époque.¹

Coffee Twins on Ehrengutstraße is run by the twins Daniel and Jonas, both trained confectioners, who bake with spelt.⁶ gangundgäbe on Kapuzinerstraße, open since November 2015, serves blends and single origins with pastries.³

After dark

The Baader Café has served breakfast and home-baked cake since 1985, with a cassette collection behind the bar and live music from Wednesday to Saturday; it takes no cards and no reservations.⁷ Munich's tourist office counts it among the old-school survivors in a quarter of new cafés.⁸

Café Bar Loretta at Müllerstraße 50 stays open until 03:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, Café am Beethovenplatz until 01:00 every night, and Café Lozzi on Pestalozzistraße until 00:30 at weekends. Cotidiano on the Gärtnerplatz opens earliest, at 07:30.

Cafés in Glockenbach & Isarvorstadt

At a glance

A small café

Bellevue di Monaco

Cafe am Beethoven Platz

Café Gelateria al Teatro

Café Lozzi

café regenbogen

Café Soley

Coffee Twins

coffeemamas

Cotidiano

Coucou Food Market

Daily Coffee

Dapkies

Das Maria

Emmi's Kitchen Glockenbach

Filmwirtschaft

Gebr. Keller & Erben

Götterspeise Café Chocolaterie

Hungriges Herz

Joy of Madhu

Kustermann

L'Americano

Le Petit P. Weincafé

Luffy Pancake

Man Versus Machine Coffee Roasters

NähWerk

not Guilty pleasure

Nuovo Caffè Greco

Ooh Baby

Pastel de Nata

Pini

robetti

Tagträumer

The Barn

The Colombian Coffee Bar

Trachtenvogl

Coffee chains in Glockenbach & Isarvorstadt

Coffee Fellows

LAP Coffee

Suuapinga

Segafredo

Müllerstraße: roasters on one block

Rumfordstraße and Reichenbachstraße

Old rooms, new cafés

After dark

Sources

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Haidhausen

Maxvorstadt

Schwabing

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Westend

Sendling

Glockenbach & Isarvorstadt cafés: questions

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