It\u2019s already the second day of our Christmas vacation in Vienna, 2025. After a fairly successful first day culinarily speaking, we are wandering through several restaurants, two of which are closed but not marked as such on Google Maps. A bit of frustration mixed with the impatience of hunger is creeping up on us. But eventually, we find something quite decent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The place is called Cafe 7Stern. I run into it while searching for activist spaces, not necessarily vegan ones. It\u2019s only vegetarian, but since it is close to where we are coming from and it is still freezing outside, we enter. The place is beautifully decorated: plants flooding the exterior glass walls, diffused light creating a pleasant atmosphere, and tables arranged intimately, spaced well apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I like the place, but the vegan options on the menu are few to none. However, the waitress\u2019s benevolent attitude is what makes us stay \u2014 she gets genuinely sad when seeing us checking our phones for other places nearby. So she promises to add extra toppings to a dish that we later discover to be a kind of thin-crust pizza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The dish is quite simple: a sheet of dough, basil pesto, zucchini, tomatoes, and pumpkin. But the taste shows us what using quality ingredients means. The vegetables complement each other well, the crust is crispy, and the pesto ties everything together harmoniously. We didn\u2019t have high expectations, but since we had a pleasant surprise, we go for dessert as well.<\/p>\n\n\n