Café Guglhupf in Munich: After 48 years, the final thing comes from!

Café Guglhupf in Munich: After 48 years, the final thing comes from!

The well -known Café Guglhupf in downtown Munich announces its final closure for June 30, 2025 after it has been a popular meeting place for locals and tourists for 48 years. Opened by Alfred and Gusti Eisenbarth in 1977, the Café in a Bavarian style with its characteristic wood decor and the popular Guglhupf variations such as nut, marble and egglikör-Guglhupf gave a pleasure to generation.

The operators, the siblings Marc and Irmi Eisenbarth, announced in a message that the decision to close the traditional café was due to a variety of challenges. These include high rents, exploding operating costs, rising purchase prices and tax burdens. According to the operators, the current shortage of skilled workers is particularly important, which hits the catering industry strongly in recent years. A study shows that almost 44,000 jobs in the hospitality industry are vacant in Germany, while only a good 29,000 appropriately qualified workers are available. More than 40 % of the positions in the catering are therefore vacant. The ZEIT reports of something bottlenecks that make the business model of the Café Guglhupf unsustainable.

rise and decline of a traditional Munich café

Gusti Eisenbarth, the founder, was a visitorer and dreamed of opening her own café. After her death, Alfred Eisenbarth took over the business until the siblings took responsibility in 2019. Marc Eisenbarth works as a project manager at BMW Welt, while Irmi Eisenbarth is a professor of hospitality management. Despite their efforts and investments in renovations, the company was no longer sustainable, which ultimately has to lead to unexpected closure.

Around 30 employees, including the long -time employee Sofia Angelou, are to be housed in some of neighboring hosts. The owner society, Monachia Grundbesitz GmbH & Co. KG, regrets the closure and has discussions about the possible further use of the rooms. Although support measures were granted in the past during the corona pandemic and no rent increase was required, the economic challenges could not be overcome.

future prospects and preservation of tradition

A positive message at the end is for the lovers of the Bavarian tradition: The Oktoberfest stand at the Oktoberfest remains, since Marc Eisenbarth was awarded the contract for this year, including an additional floor. This shows that despite the closure of the café, part of the genetic material remains.

The Café Guglhupf will not only be missing as business, but also as part of the cultural heritage of Munich. The closure symbolizes the challenges with which many restaurants are currently confronted.