History

Quality that lasts since 1963

The personal history of the Gutenberg restaurant begins with a photo from 1923. Elisabeth Rakosch Grünberger and Karl Wilhelm Grünberger took over this popular restaurant in 1963 and renamed it "Café - Restaurant Gutenberg" (the Gutenberg monument on the doorstep probably inspired them!). In addition, in 1983 the cellar vaults were converted into a tastefully furnished restaurant. The "Kaiserzimmer" is particularly popular. In 2019, her daughter, Isabel-Charlotte Grünberger, took over the family business.
7 days a week, all day long - no wonder that, following tradition, the "Gutenberg" is an insider tip in artistic circles! In summer, there is also a cozy guest garden where you can comfortably end the warm summer evening in Vienna's city center. Isabel-Charlotte Grünberger is proud of the delicacies of her cuisine, and she particularly recommends the Old Viennese Zwiebelrostbraten. But other delicacies also tempt you to enjoy: from boiled beef served in a pot to goulash soup, vanilla roast beef to classic veal - Wiener schnitzel and many other delicacies, there is something for everyone. We have also thought of vegetarians and vegans. Not to forget - our seasonal menus such as asparagus, game and mushroom weeks. For dessert, we recommend a Kaiserschmarren with plum compote, accompanied by a Viennese Melange. In the Café Restaurant Gutenberg, Viennese hospitality is still cultivated at its most charming. People not only like to meet here, they linger here and enjoy culinary delicacies in lovely surroundings with lots of atmosphere.

On the corner of Rotenturmstrasse 6 and Lugeck 7, a prestigious building stood in Old Vienna in the 14th century. The "Federlhof", named after Georg Federl (merchant and owner of the Tribuswinkel estate, who bought the farm in 1591) was famous for its prominent guests. Wallenstein and Paracelsus were also among them. One can be no less proud of the residents of the house, as the scholar Gottfried Willhelm Leibnitz and Karl Ritter von Ghega, the builder of the Semmering railway, lived within these venerable walls. One thing is certain: the Café-Restaurant Gutenberg stands on historical ground of a special kind. Gastronomy has also always been a part of the "Federlhof". Although the old Federlhof fell victim to the pickaxe in 1845, after its reconstruction in its current form the "Federlkeller" was a meeting place for prominent figures from science, art and politics at the end of the 19th century.