Vienna - Wien and Co and Würstelstand Zum Scharfen René

We'd put in some decent mileage during our first day in Vienna. After resting up a bit, we decided to walk to a wine bar I had on my "list". Unfortunately, they were unexpectedly closed for the evening. So what to do? Well, we didn't want anything substantial, so we headed off to just stretch our legs as it were. Initially, we thought we'd just drop by Julius Meinl and do some self-catering.

But after wandering thru the aisles of this very upscale grocery, we decided to just grab a glass of wine. Fairly close by was a location of Wein & Co, an Austrian chain of a combo bar and wine shop. It was quite convenient, so we just walked in and found seats at the bar of this busy little café.

The place was hoppin' at this time of the day....what we'd call happy hour here in the states. We both had glasses of Veltliner, which was very pleasant, dry, slightly acidic, quite refreshing.

The service was very professional...….I kinda think of this place as an slightly upscale happy hour joint.....

Wein & Co Wien Stephansplatz
Jasomirgottstraße 3-5
1010 Wien, Austria

Fortified by a couple of glasses of wine, the Missus asked me what I wanted for dinner. I told Her that I'd heard about a sausage, called Käsekrainer that I just wanted to try. And heck, what would a visit to Vienna be without a stop at a Wurstelstand. We were kind of headed back in the direction of the apartment and decided to stop by a stand on Schwarzenbergplatz, named Zum Scharfen René.

The stand was fairly busy, so I decided not to take any photos of it.

When I walked up to order, two of what I only assume were "regulars" were really funny....I think they were pretty well "lubricated" and were really helpful.

Anyway, I told them I really waned to try a Käsekrainer and they told me to get the Currywurst with the "special sauce" as well.

As so, we had dinner at a sausage stand in Vienna.

I loved the texture of the sausages, the skin had a wonderful "snap". The flavors came thru really well....not a big fan of the ketchupy "special sauce" on the currywurst as it was a bit too sweet and sour for me. The dark bread, almost rye like was moist and actually tasted really good.

I really enjoyed the Käsekrainer, basically a sausage stuffed with Emmenthal cheese.

Think of a sausage injected with milky "Swiss cheese". Again the casing had a nice snap, the sausage was delicious......porky, smokey, with soft, creamy, milky, deliciousness in every bite. The nice slightly pungent mustard helped to cut the richness. This was really good.....

I truly understand how good this would be after an evening of imbibing "refreshment".

Zum Scharfen Rene
Schwarzenbergplatz 15
Vienna, Austria
Hours:
Monday      11am - 7pm
Tues - Wed  11am - 4am
Thurs - Fri 11am - 5am
Saturday    9pm - Midnight

After getting our share of encased meats in tubular form, we were ready to call it a night......

Because tomorrow was going to be another full day......

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Comments

[kat]

simple dinner, nice!

[Kirk]

And it was quite good too Kat!

[Junichi]

Interesting hours. Austrians must do their partying on weekdays and take it "easy" on Saturday.

[Kirk]

They seem to have a really good time in Vienna Junichi.....