Schrannenhalle Food Market: Where foodies go to heaven in Munich
One of the important places in my agenda to visit in Munich is the food market hall in Viktualienmarkt – ‘Schrannenhalle’.
Culinary Porn
When I was preparing for this trip, I researched beforehand if there is a gastronomic food marketplace in the city, and I was very excited to find out that Munich has one. Schrannenhalle just opened recently, less than 2 years ago. That is great timing I reckon!
If you are a foodie, you must seriously visit this place (as well as the open-air market outside, the Viktualienmarkt). The culinary hall is open daily from 09:00 – 20:00 except Sundays.
Now the goal of my visit to Schrannenhalle is to go to gastronomic heaven, haha! Well ideally, I will have some wine and maybe a little bite as well. Without further ado, let me give you a tour of this lovely-licious food market hall.
The wait staff (see picture above) were joking around with each other that they want to be in the picture but the girl suddenly became shy and hid her face under her colleague’s armpit. Hmm, I reckon his armpit is not really a nice place to hide.
Anyway, this Greek stand is selling these yummylicious seafood and artichokes below.
I can spend hours in this market hall. There are approximately 30 culinary stalls here and a grocery store as well. Some of the stalls offer dine-in possibilities.
Oooh, they are selling some aromatic liqueur here. Great for gifts.
And any kind of olive oil you want. I know, I get dizzy looking at the many choices!
Oh, by the way, I recently bought a little bottle of Truffle Olive Oil from one of my new favourite shops in Utrecht Centrum, but that is another story to tell, a tip actually, very soon.
A little bit of Schrannenhalle history
Let’s backtrack a bit for some little history. It does not hurt to learn a new thing or two, huh?
1851 – Upon the orders of Maximillian II who was troubled at the noise the farmers and corn traders are making in front of the city hall, he ordered for the Schrannenhalle to be built.
1853 – Construction was finished and the wrought iron and glass hall was used as a corn trading market hall for 20 years. Schrannen is Deutsch for corn.
1914 – The corn trading operations were moved some 30-40 years ago to the Grossmarkthalle. It was in this year 1914 that Schrannenhalle was disassembled. Later, the area got caught in a fire.
1978 – Parts of the Schrannenhalle was accidentally discovered. The market hall was rebuilt and 25 years later it opened back in the form of a restaurant, however, the business failed.
2011 – Schrannenhalle opened again for business, in its original concept as a trading hall, but this time as a food market hall selling regional and international culinary food and spirits. The market offers a wide range of gastronomic indulgences.
Time for a drink!
At this stand, Hillinger (Austrian winery), I had my sparkling secco rose, very refreshing and lovely, and just what I needed at that very moment.
I was tempted to buy a bottle or two of the secco rose but I plan to dine in the city centre and did not want to be carrying with me a few heavy bottles. The car was parked at the other side of town as well so leaving the bottles in the car was not an option. So I had to let go of buying. Unfortunately, they are not found here in NL?
For those interested, Hillinger Winery has a state of the art winery in Parndorf, Austria (see link above and click on architecture). If I am in the area, I would definitely check this out. Maybe when I visit Vienna and Bratislava. The winery is located between the 2 capitals.
Other food market halls
These are the other food market halls that I have visited (and loved it):
Mercat de La Boqueria - Barcelona, Spain
Mercado de San Miguel - Madrid, Spain*
Ostermalms Saluhall - Stockholm, Sweden*
Quincy Market - Boston, USA*
Hakaniemi Market Hall - Helsinki, Finland (will be posted soon)
Hietalahti Market Hall - Helsinki, Finland (will be posted soon)
*Link to previous market posts will soon be available. Due to my ex-photo host going into administration, my pictures are not showing up, so I have to manually upload them one by one.
Lastly, for those who want to go to chocolate heaven, just go down to the basement of Schrannenhalle and you will see nothing but MILKA. The whole basement is full of chocolate.
Travel Period: May 2013
Destination: Munich (Bavaria), Germany
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