Urban Feasting
9 Innovative Gastro-Concepts from SouthWest Germany’s Cities
Interesting Culinary Innovations
Culinary in the Cities of Baden-Württemberg
Swabian tapas or multicultural soul food, a love of plants or a lust for meat, radical reduction or sumptuous feasts: the culinary diversity of the major cities in Baden-Württemberg can hardly be surpassed.
We present 9 innovative urban places where you can feast on the most delicious foods from a showcase kitchen to a hidden gourmet paradise.
Café Tropical in Mannheim
1# Backyard exotic
Café Tropical in Mannheim
In the show kitchen of Café Tropical in Mannheim, the focus is on shared pleasure.
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Café Tropical in Mannheim focuses on experimental and hearty culinary delights. Hard to describe - it's best to try it out for yourself.
| © Alexander Münch"Closed society" is a foreign word in the Mannheim Café Tropical. Here, the guests all sit together at long tables in the backyard, whether they know each other or not. The operators of the Showcase Kitchen, Linda Dröge and Carolin Breckle, have deliberately opted for a concept that underlines the open and warm character of Mannheim and fuels the conversation with their culinary compositions. With olive lemonade and multicultural cuisine, wonderful contacts can be made and strangers quickly become friends.
2# Culinary on high
Restaurant Oben in Heidelberg
The restaurant 'Oben' is located at the top of Heidelberg's local mountain Königstuhl, literally in pleasure heaven.
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Robert Rädel, chef de cuisine at the 'Oben' restaurant in Heidelberg, mainly uses products from the region.
| © Restaurant Oben, Rene JaschkeAll good things come from above? There is no doubt about it at the gourmet restaurant "Oben" in the historic Kohlhof. Not only is it located at the top of Heidelberg's local mountain, the Königstuhl, it also invites you to enjoy its delicious meals. The Michelin Guide also recognized this and awarded the “culinary island in the forest” a star in 2018. The menu consists of a 13-course menu, which is eaten together at rustic wooden tables. Guests are invited to the open kitchen for at least one course and to the wine cellar to select the wines.
Fettschmelze in Karlsruhe
3# Baden Sicilian
Fettschmelze in Karlsruhe
The 'Fettschmelze' in Karlsruhe is a pizzeria, co-working space, club and cultural location all in one.
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In Karlsruhe's 'Fettschmelze', pizzas are prepared with love and time - you can taste it.
| © FettschmelzePizzeria, co-working space, club, and cultural location: there is a lot on offer in the "Fettschmelze" in the former Karlsruhe slaughterhouse. The undisputed star of the house is the juicy "Fetti Pizza" and not only after a night of drinking. The ingredients come from the surrounding area and are processed with love by the “Fett team”. The dough is allowed to ferment for a long time and is not only processed with the Swabian dough machine, but also kneaded several times by hand before it is freshly topped and put in the Italian oven. Delicious!
4# Stars meet chocolate
Malte's Hidden Kitchen Baden-Baden
The hidden kitchen paradise 'Malte's Hidden Kitchen' in Baden-Baden can be visited from Wednesday to Saturday from 7 pm.
| © Maltes Hidden Kitchen, Malte Kuhn
The hidden fine-dining restaurant 'Malte's Hidden Kitchen' in Baden-Baden spoils the palate.
| © Maltes Hidden Kitchen, Malte KuhnFrom Wednesday to Saturday, something strange happens in a classic coffee house in Baden-Baden after 7 p.m.: A wall shelf with chocolate is pushed aside and “Malte’s Hidden Kitchen” appears. The finest dishes are created here under the hand of Malte Kuhn. The Michelin Guide judged the hidden kitchen paradise: "They skillfully reduce the restaurant to the essentials, and the product is always the focus of the menu." In March 2022, Michelin awarded the casual fine dining restaurant a star, and Gault & Millau followed shortly afterwards with two chef's hats.
Freiburg's Menü
5# Green City with local-only consumption
Freiburg's Menü
At least 70% of the products used in the "Freiburg Menu" come directly from the region.
| © FWTM, BenderYou should definitely bring some time with you for the new enjoyable experience in Freiburg. Studying the menu could take a little longer where the "Freiburg Menu" is served as at least 70 percent of all processed products must come from the immediate region. So that their path can be traced transparently, a map reveals all the details about the ingredients’ origins. The Schlossberg restaurant Dattler, the Dorint Thermenhotel Freiburg, the Hotel Oberkirchs Weinstube, the Hotel Stadt Freiburg, the Hotel Rappen and the Hotel Zum Roten Bären are already implementing this sustainable concept. More are to follow.
6# Sustainably reduced
NOSH'T in Heilbronn
The Nosh't restaurant in Heilbronn invents many products itself or modifies them creatively.
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The concept of Heilbronn's restaurant Nosh't focuses on reduced ingredients and full flavour.
| © Denis Kolb24 ingredients. No more, no less: the chefs in Heilbronn's new restaurant "Nosh't" easily get by with this. The background to this consistent reduction: According to chef Christopher Bollmann, a dish is "only good if you can't leave anything out." He sees sustainable cuisine not only as a fashion, but also as a culinary necessity and therefore relies on freshness and short distances. But there is no lack of creativity here either. Many of the processed products cannot be bought - they were invented or modified in the Nosh't.
Please note: Unfortunately, Nosh’t had to close in the summer of 2023.
Food Tours in Pforzheim
7# Multicultural with history
Food Tours in Pforzheim
The popular multicultural pleasure tour in Pforzheim takes you on a culinary tour around the world.
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The pleasure city tour of Pforzheim has many culinary stopovers - all of the highest quality, of course.
| © Markus Born FotodesignThe gold city of Pforzheim is home to more than 140 nationalities and has therefore an extraordinary variety of international cuisine. If you want to enjoy specialties from Japan, Thailand, India, Venezuela, Korea, the Arab world, and Europe within three hours, you should join a multicultural pleasure tour. World cuisine from the city is served at various stations, and 2000 years of history from the Roman settlement to the jewelery and watch industries are brought to life.
8# Swabian tapas
Gasthaus Bären in Stuttgart
Stuttgart's Gasthaus Bären is cosy and innovative at the same time - it spoils the palate with Swabian tapas.
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The Swabian tapas plates at Gasthaus Bären in Stuttgart are a kind of culinary journey through SouthWest Germany.
| © SMGAccording to its own statement, the Stuttgarter Gasthaus Bären is not only the coziest Swabian restaurant, but also one of the most innovative. The principle of "many small plates" was taken from the classic Spanish tapas school and instead of southern specialties, Swabian cuisine is now served in bite-sized tasting portions. From Maultaschen and potato salad to lentils and spaetzle. Anyone who finds it difficult to decide between the Swabian mini delicacies can simply and happily combine them.
Me and All Hotel in Ulm
9# Place to be
Me and All Hotel in Ulm
The lounge and bar "Über" on the 8th floor of the 'Me and All' hotel offers variety with an enjoyment factor: from co-working space to yoga sessions.
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The lounge and bar "Über" in Ulm is a colourful place of happiness for conviviality and good enjoyment.
| © Me and AllFor city and business travelers as well as urban locals, the "Me and all" hotel in Ulm is the place to be. The boutique hotel near the main train station offers the right space for all eventualities. The lounge and bar "Über" on the eighth floor not only offer a magnificent view, but also the opportunity to meet and exchange ideas. It is a perfect spot for so many whether they are at work in the co-working space, enjoying the finest regional street food, relaxing during a yoga session, sipping a glass of wine, or dancing at the open-air disco with selected DJs at the weekend.
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