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idea of a cold buffet selling prepared salads.
Its line of exotic coffee beans has been a
specialty since the 1930s, with beans stored
in huge porcelain urns of painted Nymphen-
burg china. Dallmayr has an extensive Inter-
net business, shipping many delicacies
around the world, but a visit to the Munich
store reveals hundreds of other specialty
items too perishable to be shipped abroad.
The fine-dining restaurant upstairs (
&
49/
89/2-13-51-00
) has won acclaim for its
Mediterranean-inspired menu under chef
Diethard Urbansky. The market is closed
Sundays.
Dienerstrasse 14-15 (
&
49/89/2-13-
50;
www.dallmayr.de).
(
Franz-Josef-Strauss International (29km/
18 miles).
L
$$
Hotel St. Paul,
St-Paul-Strasse 7
(
&
49/89/5440-7800;
www.hotel-stpaul.
de). $
Am Markt,
Heiliggeistrasse 6 (
&
49/
89/22-50-14;
www.hotelinmunich.de).
Gourmet Emporiums &
Specialty Shops
25
Peck
The Italian Job
Milan, Italy
Take Italy's fervent food culture and marry
it to Milan's exquisite fashion and design
aesthetic and presto!, you've got the
world's most upscale delicatessen. Actu-
ally, “delicatessen” is a pretty feeble term
to apply to this four-story food showcase,
on a side street quite close to the Duomo.
Though it was founded way back in 1883
by a charcutier from Prague named Fran-
cesco Peck, Milan's famous food empo-
rium has evolved over the years into a
sleekly stylish and pricey showcase
devoted to the foods of Italy.
Apparently it's no hard task to fill four
stories with top-grade olive oils, balsamic
vinegars, freshly made pastas in all shapes
and sizes, porcini mushrooms, and truffles
(where else would you pick up those
essential Piedmont white truffles?). The
cool cellar full of Italian wines is an amaz-
ing cave in and of itself. The cheese coun-
ter is a marvel, featuring pale glistening
globes of buffalo mozzarella, enormous
wheels of Parmesan, creamy Gorgonzolas,
and luscious mascarpone. And given
Peck's origins, it's no surprise that the
Founded by a Czech charcutier, Milan's Peck
Market is now an Italian landmark.
