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Eating & Drinking
St Gallen is noted for its
Erststock-Beizli,
traditional taverns situated on the 1st floor of
half-timbered houses.
BÄUMLI $$
( 071 222 11 74; Schmiedgasse 18; mains Sfr22-47; lunch & dinner Tue-Sat)
A late-medieval
building houses a timeless eatery that showcases all the typical 1st-floor specialities, from
bratwurst with fried onions (Sfr12.80) to lamb cutlets, Wiener schnitzel,
Cordon bleus
(pork schnitzel stuffed with ham and cheese),
Geschnetzeltes
(a sliced pork or veal dish)
and
Mostbröggli
(smoked beef jerky).
| Swiss
WIRTSCHAFT ZUR ALTEN POST $$
( 071 222 66 01; Gallusstrasse 4; mains Sfr22-47; lunch & dinner Tue-Sat)
Things are a little
ritzy at this upmarket but historical
Beizl
(tavern)
,
where St Gallen specialities like fat
veal sausages with rösti are complemented by more-original creations such as Pyrenean
milk-fed lamb in an olive-herb crust.
| Fusion
METZGEREI GEMPERLI $
(Schmiedgasse 34; sausages from Sfr6.50; 8am-6.30pm Mon-Fri, 7am-5pm Sat)
Bite into the best
OLMA bratwurst, served plain in a
Bürli
(bun), at this butcher-sausage stand combo.
| Sausages
CHOCOLATERIE $
( 071 222 57 70; Gallusstrasse 20; 1-6.30pm Mon, 9am-6.30pm Tue-Fri, to 5pm Sat)
For exquis-
ite chocolate in liquid and solid forms, this half-timbered place opposite the cathedral is
surely the devil's work. Try a smooth, cocoa-rich hot or cold chocolate.
| Cafe
Information
Tourist office
( 071 227 37 37;
www.st.gallen-bodensee.ch
; Bahnhofplatz 1a; 9am-6pm Mon-Fri,
10am-4pm Sat)
There's another self-service information point, where you can pick up brochures, in the Chocolaterie.
Getting There & Away
St Gallen is a short train or bus ride from Romanshorn (Sfr9, 25 minutes). There are also
regular trains (only four of them direct) to Bregenz in Austria (Sfr18, 35 to 50 minutes),
Chur (Sfr33, 1½ hours) and Zürich (Sfr28, 65 minutes via Winterthur).
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