Demel - known café and pastry shop in Vienna street Kolmart. In addition to the cafes in Vienna, there are two cafe Demel - in Salzburg and New York.

The cafe was opened in 1786 by Ludwig Dehne pastry chef, who came to Vienna shortly before. In 1799 Dene died of tuberculosis, and his widow married again for the confectioner Franz Wohlfahrt. After the death of her second husband, the widow handed over the management to his son, a café from the first marriage. However, the son chose for himself a career lawyer and cafes sold first assistant confectioner Christoph Demel in 1857. Cafe successfully employed, earning the love of the local audience.

After the death of Demel café passed to his sons, who in 1874 began to receive orders from the Imperial Palace. The proximity of the cafe to the palace played an important role in the success of the cafe. For receptions Imperial House became even rent a cafe staff. Confectioner cafes had to meet high requirements, so they constantly develop new cooking techniques in Paris.

In 1888, he took the move a cafe on the Kohlmarkt, where the interiors were made in the presence of neo-rococo style mahogany and mirrors. In "Demel" began to gather respectable public, well-known actors and members of the imperial court. The waitresses worked exclusively by women, who were disciples of the monasteries.

The most famous product is the Cafe Demel Sachertorte, which made a lot of noise and controversy. Initially, the recipe was invented by Franz Sacher Sacher. However, his son was trained in the cafe Demel, where little has changed the recipe by removing a layer of apricot jam. The two institutions have argued long and hard for the right to be the creators of the Sacher until their issue was not resolved in court. Now, a cake in the cafe Demel is called "Demelsky Sacher."

The second most popular product in the cafe - candied violet petals, which was once delivered to the imperial table.