Fresh fruit and vegetables, piles of artisanal cheeses, tubs of exotic olives, hams and jams, chanterelles and truffles are just steps from the Marienplatz in the open-air Viktualienmarkt (viktualienmarkt-muenchen.de).
The market moved here in 1807 when it outgrew the Marienplatz, and many of the stalls have been run by generations of the same family. Over the past two decades the Viktualienmarkt has become a dining hot spot, with countless stalls offering tasty gourmet (and not so gourmet) snacks. It's the best place to put together a (very pricey) picnic or grab a bowl of Asian soup, a plate of sausages or a herring sarnie.
And of course, the market has its very own chestnut-shaded beer garden, the Altstadt's best and a Munich institution since 1807. All of Munich's main breweries take turns serving here, so you never know what's on tap. Getting a seat here over summer weekends sometimes involves a long wait.
