James T. Hunt bar is located in Munich’s up-and-coming university district, Maxvorstadt. The spot is our very own interpretation of a classic American cocktail bar. We serve quality liquor and wood-oven pizza – and keep a fine selection of vinyls just in case our guests feel like playing some records. The place gets pretty packed after 10 pm. Grabbing a sun-­downer or aperitif on the bar’s trottoir in the early evening is also a great idea.

Schellingstraße 32, Maxvorstadt, jameshuntbar.com
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Located on the hotel’s 4th floor, Flushing Meadows Bar is a creative meeting point for guests and locals alike. Enjoy a stunning terrace-view, classic bar tunes and selected cocktail variations served by bartender Clément Pech and his crew. Cheers!

Fraunhoferstraße 32, Glockenbach, flushingmeadowshotel.com/bar

Former pro skater Robinson Kuhlmann’s homely bar is right around the corner. His laid-back attitude rubs off on the bar’s guests – as well as on the amount of alcohol served in the drinks. Ohhh baby we like it raw … .

Corneliusstraße 14, Glockenbach, robinsonkuhlmann.com
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Classy place for top-notch cocktails and an exquisite selection of late-night foods, hidden in a small alley right in Munich’s bustling city center.

Hartmannstraße 8, Altstadt, bartabacco.com
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Located on the terrace of the famous Haus der Kunstmuseum, overlooking the English Garden’s southern border, Goldene Bar is as iconic as it gets. That also goes for the fine drinks mixed by our colleague Klaus St. Rainer, who has become somewhat of a celebrity himself, due to the quality of his craft. Supreme place –despite the building’s Nazi history, which was put in context by the Haus der Kunst’s former director Christoph Vitaly, who was quoted with the following assessment: “Walls can’t be blamed.”

Prinzregentenstraße 1, Lehel, goldenebar.de
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Talk football with baristas Lucca and Giovanni over coffee in the morning. Or enjoy lunch out back on Schumann’s lovely Hofgarten terrace. Or catch late night drinks and dinner, if you can get a table. In any case, Schumann’s is a Munich classic – just like the bar’s owner Charles, who has been known to personally serve selected guests with a piece of his mind.

Odeonsplatz 6 / 7, Altstadt, schumanns.de
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Tiny, tight and traditionally tacky. The crowd is on the young side. We prefer L&S late at night – or early in the morning, depending on how you look at it, when many of the city’s night-owls conjure for what we generally like to call: one final Absucker. Or two …

Maximiliansplatz 18, Altstadt, facebook.com/lenbachs
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