Our acquaintance with Fuhrgassl-Huber began in 2010, driving into a street fair in Neustift am Walde en route to Camping Wien. We found the campground, eventually, and a few nights later found ourselves back in Neustift am Walde, enjoying the street fair this time, and looking for a heuriger experience. An heuriger is a vineyard that sells its wine direct, with simple, hearty dishes, mostly outside. A couple centuries ago the emperor decreed there'd be no taxes on new wine, and that's how the heurigens came to be. It's been a Viennese tradition since then. At the street fair, Fuhrgassl-Huber seemed the most inviting of the several options, although the whole town was rollicking crowded that night. We shared a table with four lasses from Poland, as I recall. It took us a while to figure out the food had to be gotten directly from the buffet, that nobody was going to come for our order. The wine was a little easier to obtain. It came in pitchers and mugs. We took Rebecca, Jeremy, and Penelope to Fuhrgassl-Huber again in 2012. It's 2022, and the place is completely unchanged, except now there's a streamlined menu you can order off, in addition to the buffet. Our 2010 visit is recounted here.
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| Open for business |
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| Proclamation about new wine and taxes; I think |
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| Buffet area; not self serve; "100 grams of potato salad, please" "100 Gramm Kartoffelsalat, bitte" |
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| View from upper dining area (picnic tables) |
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| Autumn in the vineyard |
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| Best schnitzel ever for me, and more than I could eat; even the salad was memorable with its garlic vinaigrette; the Sturm--very new wine, just after fermentation--was memorable for its cloudy appearance and residue; I think I'll go with something a bit more, um, mature, or at least filtered, next time |
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| Vicki's steak in brown sauce with onions and frites; I think she'll go with the schnitzel next time |
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| Exiting toward the U-shaped building, which houses the kitchens, etc., with covered seating for inclement weather; F-H is said to be Vienna's largest heuriger, seating for 1000+; we'll be back... |
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