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crepes, design, dining, French cuisine, French wine, Innere Stadt, Vienna, wine
Romantic and aristocratic, the family restaurant Ma Crêperie offers truly French cuisine and a taste of Viennese history
It was the first night that was noticeably colder in Vienna, a nip in the air and a sting to the wind. On Grünangergasse in the 1st District, we found Ma Crêperie, a family-owned, Lebanese-French restaurant, where a fireplace lit in the corner of the dining room and the choice of music – Bon Iver, or “good winter” – provided the perfect ambiance for the beginning of the season.
Six separate dining rooms were laid out like the floor plan of an historic palace. The red salon was where we took our meal, breathing in the barely-noticeable scent of the genuine antique furniture as we were seated. Thick, draped curtains and renaissance-style paintings decorated the four walls. Romantic, rustic and a touch aristocratic…