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Meinl am Graben

<p>This Viennese salon is where the city's movers and shakers satisfy their morning caffeine and chocolate croissant cravings. <strong>LOCAL FAVORITES</strong> Settle into a cushy orange velour banquette and order the smoked salmon with blini, tender <em>Munich Weisswurst </em>(white sausage), or silky scrambled eggs served on a hefty slice of seed-studded Vollkornbrot bread. This is also where you'll find Vienna's frothiest, most aromatic melange (cappuccino's Austrian cousin) and an almost-encyclopedic tea list, including such exotica as Darjeeling Top Second Flush and South African honeybush. <strong>DON'T MISS</strong> A visit to the shop below after breakfast. Inhale the heady aromas of rare artisanal cheeses and stock up on truffled mayonnaise, Riesling vinegar, and fruity Wachau Valley apricot jams. <strong>T+L TIP</strong> Call ahead to book a window booth overlooking the Baroque tangle of cherubs and saints of the Pestsäule monument on the square below.</p>