Alte Kanzlei

Stuttgart


Empty tables are rare as gold dust at this convivial, high-ceilinged restaurant, with a terrace spilling out onto Schillerplatz. Feast on Swabian favourites such as Spanferkel (roast suckling pig) and Flädlesuppe (pancake soup), washed down with regional tipples.


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