Cheap Eats
For a cheap sit-down meal, budget travellers shouldn't overlook the cheap two-course set menus ( Mittagsmenu ) offered by many cafes at lunchtime, usually priced at under oS100/?7.27. Otherwise, you could try one of the self-service restaurants ( Selbstbedienung ) chains like Wienerwald (an upmarket fried chicken joint) and Nordsee (serving fish- and seafood-based snacks), which you'll find in most major towns, and which offer a slightly more central European alternative to the international burger chains. Prima is the biggest chain of self-service restaurants, with branches throughout Austria, and big town-centre department stores often have a self-service restaurant of their own. They're a good place to get a cheap meal, although surroundings are pretty uninspiring, and they're usually only open in the daytime, closing at around 6pm. Train station buffets usually offer reasonably inexpensive meals of the schnitzel and chips variety, although they're not always the kind of place that you'd want to sit down in for long. Billa is the largest national chain of supermarket , with outlets in most towns. However, Austria has yet to become a fully paid-up member of the supermarket society, and most stores are relatively modest in size, even in large towns. Nevertheless, since individually owned specialist food shops can be pretty thin on the ground, you'll probably find yourself relying on supermarkets if you're self-catering, or gathering picnic supplies . If you can, though, it's worth seeking out the weekly local market, often known as a Bauernmarkt (farmers' market), the best source of fresh local produce, and usually a good place for street snacks. Anker, the national bakery chain, is ubiquitous, but its bread and pastries are reliably good.
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