The longing for small Italian cafés haunts one or two Munich residents again and again. This cannot be satisfied not far from the Bavarian state parliament: in Ismaninger Straße, Cupital No. 3 Italian flair for its guests. Some enjoy an espresso at the bar, others take a panino with them or sit outside in good weather and drink an aperitif.
That in Cupital No. 3 doesn’t really have a breakfast menu, doesn’t seem to bother anyone – the focus here is on the coffee anyway. The restaurant writes on its website that it represents the “Third Wave” specialty coffee movement. Means: Coffee is seen here as a luxury food – not just as a drink that wakes you up. So it’s no wonder that the English word “Cup” – in German: cup – is hidden in the name of the restaurant.
Anyone who sees the café’s white awning from Max-Weber-Platz might think that Cupital No. 3 offers only a few places. But in addition to the golden round tables directly at the entrance, there are other seats in the passageway to the inner courtyard. Here you don’t have the best view of the street, but at least the sun shines towards you.
If you go inside the restaurant, you can watch the waiters behind the large bar as they prepare coffee and food. There is more seating at the back. Turquoise-blue cushions, matching the color of the walls, lie on the brown benches. Square tables in light wood and black chairs stand in a line opposite. What is striking are the many pictures in black-and-white optics: in addition to photos of female models, there are also retro-style coffee pictures on the walls.
The many black and white images are striking.
(Photo: Catherine Hess)
Nino Lammerskötter and Murat Güven are the owners of Cupital No. 3.
(Photo: Catherine Hess)
What is there and how much does it cost?
In Cupital No. 3 is primarily about coffee, but hungry guests will also find a breakfast selection in the glass case at the counter. For example, there are sandwiches with chorizo or ham (5.50 euros) and for vegetarians Panini Caprese (5.50 euros each). The breads are toasted before serving and sometimes served with potato chips and remoulade.
There are also the classic Italian tramezzini (4.20 euros each). These are toast sandwiches in a triangular shape, for example with tuna, lettuce, tomato and tartar sauce. If you like it sweeter, you can order a cornetto filled with chocolate (2.10 euros) or a piece of the homemade cake. For example, there is a very creamy cheesecake with raspberry sauce (4.50 euros) or a lemon and zucchini cake for 3.50 euros.
The waiters serve a sandwich with chorizo with chips and remoulade.
(Photo: Catherine Hess)
In the Cupital No.3, the barista convinces with latte art.
(Photo: Catherine Hess)
The coffee offer in the Cupital No. 3 read guests in white chalk writing on black boards that are posted in the restaurant. You can get an espresso for 2.10 euros, a cortado for three euros – the filter coffee (hand brew) is the most expensive at 4.90 euros. We recommend the types of coffee where the barista can convince with latte art: the waiter serves the cappuccino (3.40 euros) at the perfect temperature with fine-pored milk foam, on which a heart can be seen. Oat milk costs 40 cents more.
Where the food is more Italian in the morning, an Asian wind usually blows from 11.30 a.m. in Cupital No. 3. The Haidhauser restaurant offers a small selection of lunch dishes until 3 p.m. – for example Bami Goreng (10.90 euros) or various curries with rice.
Cupital No. 3, Ismaninger Strasse 3, 81675 Munich, Telephone: 089 24597151; Opening hours: Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.