Munich: Weihenstephan takes over former Alfons Schuhbeck restaurant at Platzl
In Munich city center, a brewery takes over the former restaurant of Alfons Schuhbeck.
Weihenstephan has opened at Platzl – in the former Schuhbeck restaurant. Right next door is the Hofbräuhaus, also state-owned.
The Weihenstephan State Brewery has opened a new restaurant at Munich's Platzl – on the site where chef Alfons Schuhbeck, convicted of tax evasion, ran his upscale restaurant "Südtiroler Stuben" for almost 20 years. Bavaria's Science Minister Markus Blume (CSU) officially opened the new establishment, named "Weihenstephaner am Platzl".
This means that two state-owned breweries now have a presence at Platzl in Munich's city center. The world-famous Hofbräuhaus, also state-owned, is located in the immediate vicinity. Brewery director Josef Schrädler spoke on Tuesday of the "highest density of state-owned breweries in the world." The new restaurant is within sight of Alfons Schuhbeck's private apartment at Platzl.
The multi-million dollar renovation took more than a year.
The Weihenstephan State Brewery is headquartered in Freising, near Munich, and is considered the oldest brewery in the world. It is under the jurisdiction of the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and Art.
The renovation of the former "Südtiroler Stuben" took around 14 months and, according to Schrädler, cost several million euros, reports the "Süddeutsche Zeitung". Schuhbeck's previous restaurant, like almost all of his businesses, was closed following his conviction for tax evasion, delaying insolvency proceedings, and subsidy fraud.