The Hiltl veggie restaurant goes public
Gastronomy Wirz Werbung whets the appetite for vegetarian food in the new Hiltl - in the rooms of the old stock exchange.
preferably enjoyed "à point". Outdated styling has just as little
Chances like an overcooked meal. The half-life for a new decor
is getting shorter and shorter. Twelve years ago, the Hiltl on the Zurich
Sihlstrasse was rebuilt for the last time. Although the legendary
vegetarian restaurant still attracts enough guests. Because
Rolf Hiltl and his Tibits offshoots have become trendsetters in the
veggie scene, the parent company is now also to be adapted to the new
lifestyle.
The traditional Hiltl in Zurich city center is being renovated. And
Thoroughly. Both the property and the inner courtyard are being extended.
There will be more seats. The chefs will be able to work
can watch. There is also a new bar and lounge. In the
There will be a top-class vegetarian cooking school on the second floor.
The construction work will take nine months. Expected opening of the
new and larger restaurant is scheduled for late fall 2007.
Resist carnal pleasures!
However, so that vegetarians don't suddenly find themselves
meaty pleasures, the Hiltl Restaurant will be
continued. As a temporary solution in the former Alte
Stock exchange at the Paradeplatz. Wirz Werbung organized the parade with activities at the
old and new location. Around the mother house there are
Posters with a rabbit that can only gnaw on a bone -
he should not, we are told, move to the stock exchange.
There, in the former country restaurant, all the meat dishes from the
menu, which is otherwise still completely graphic, has been deleted.
looks the same. "We want to attract both new and old guests to the
vegetarian offerings," explains CD Matthias Freuler.
What is to happen to the alternative location after the renovation can still be
not be served ready to cook. The only certainty is that the
club in the adjoining room of the Hiltl will also be rented out in the future.
will not be meatless.
Andreas Panzeri
