Krimpelstätter

Description:

• This restaurant has been an enduring favorite in Salzburg, with a history dating from 1548. Originally designed and constructed as an inn, it retains chiseled stone columns that support the vaulted ceilings and heavy timbers. In summer, the beer garden, full of roses and trellises, attracts up to 300 visitors at a time. If you want a snack, a beer, or a glass of wine, head for the paneled door marked GASTZIMMER in the entry corridor. If you're looking for a more formal, less visited area, a trio of cozy antique dining rooms sits atop a flight of narrow stone steps. Each room serves the same menu, tasty and high-quality Land Salzburg regional cuisine featuring wild game dishes. Start with the cream of goose soup or else homemade chamois sausage. Traditional main courses include roast pork with dumplings, and fried sausages with sauerkraut and potatoes. Spinach dumplings are topped with a cheese sauce, and marinated beef stew comes with noodles in butter. From its blood sausages to its pork lights (lungs) with dumplings, this is definitely not the place to watch the calories or the cholesterol.

• © Frommer's 2013