Kohlmarkt

This guide to Kohlmarkt in Vienna traces the pedestrian street's accidental name and the confectioner Demel, official supplier to the imperial court since 1874, whose shop still stands where the old Burgtheater once did. You'll hear how in 1954 Demel sued the Hotel Sacher, each insisting it held the true recipe for Vienna's famous Sachertorte. Listen for how a dispute over apricot jam and icing thickness played out in court as if it were a matter of state.