City Bites: Street Food in Vienna Street food can be found all over Vienna, not just at sausage stands. For those who want to eat quickly, Viennese cuisine has also created a number of specialties. They range from hearty home cooking to delicate sweet treats. There’s not much time for photos – it’s just too delicious to wait.

Trzesniewski: Open Sandwich Specialists

A traditional Viennese company with a Polish name (pronounced “Tscheschnievski“) follows a concept that is as simple as it is ingenious – small slices of dark bread topped with spreads of all kinds. Something which has always made them the perfect option to bridge that snack gap. The most popular variety is Speck mit Ei (lightly cured smoked ham with egg). A colorful assortment of meat, fish, vegetarian and vegan spreads line the display cabinets. In addition, 18 of the 25 varieties have not changed since Trzesniewski first opened his business more than a century ago. The recognizable pattern on the topping is still made by hand using a fork, despite numerous attempts to use machines to simplify the process. A slicer is all that is used – to ensure that each open sandwich is the same size. Traditionally, the sandwiches are washed down with a Pfiff: an eighth of a liter of beer, which seems to be just the right amount to go with the food.  Trzesniewski’s oldest branch is located in the heart of the old town, just a stone’s throw from St. Stephen’s Cathedral. The other twelve are scattered across the city.

The Raw Bistro: Tatarie Marie

A toque-winning chef, an organic farmer, a creative director and a top restaurateur open a restaurant. No, this is not the first line of a bad joke, but the backstory for an innovative street food project that goes by the name of Tatarie Marie. The four members of this “patchwork family par excellence” adorn brioche buns with a wide variety of uncooked treats, including organic beef, veal, fish, and vegetables. The many flavors and toppings are also selected with just as much care as they are arranged before serving. Dominik Stolzer, who most recently worked as head chef at Hotel Sacher, is responsible for the flavors. All of the individual elements come together to create a feast for both the palate and the eyes. Hidden behind St. Stephen’s Cathedral, another eye-catching feature of this small eatery are the glowing, 3D-printed bull noses in the shop window. Tatarie Marie takes fast food to a whole new level by demonstrating that it can taste good without compromising on quality or sustainability.