Wilhelm J. Sluka
Wilhelm J. Sluka is a pastry shop and a café in Vienna and former kuk Purveyor. It is located at Rathausplatz 8 (formerly Reichsratsstrasse 13) in the first district of Vienna Inner City.
History
It was founded in 1891 by William Joseph pastry Sluka and his wife Josephine.
The pastry among the founders time arcades located in close proximity to major ring road buildings. Guests of the highest society wrong here, including Empress Elisabeth of Austria - Hungary, the nobles, deputies from the neighboring Parliament and Imperial ministers, but also town hall officials and councilors, actor and member of the Hofburg Theatre and citizens.
William Joseph Sluka (1861-1932) was a pioneer of the Vienna Conditoreihandwerks who, together with his wife Josefine (1864-1954), the company built. " The Sluka " by our own creations such as the " Sluka " cake ( chocolate sponge cake, almond wine cream coated with Milchtunkmasse ) became known " nut Suffler " or " Flora Krapfler ", which are still made to the original recipe. His pastry was rapidly successful.
William Joseph Sluka put the first confectioner Austria's small machines as an aid in the bakery one. As part of the 2nd International Culinary Art Exhibition in 1898 he won a gold medal. On 20 December 1899 he submitted his application for the kuk Hoflieferantentitel when a Lord High Steward, this was given to him a year later on 16 December 1900.
Wilhelm J. Sluka died childless. After the Slukas Alexander and Anna Jeszenitz were the successors. Jeszenitz had his education in the pastry biscuit in the 1st district and collected at the Café Gerbeaud, also a former kuk Purveyor, in Budapest practice. Under his leadership, the old premises were renovated and modernize the production process.
After the Jeszenitz was from 1960, the family Beranek owners. After renovation, the renewed lasts three weeks, the pastry was reopened on August 20, 1960. The lighting fixtures and stucco were left from the period. Susanne and Otto Beranek could install a refrigerated display case in the sales desk in 1975 was again renovated and furnished with upholstered benches Thonet Vienna coffee house chairs. Since 1992, Robert Beranek is head of the pastry shop, at the time 20 people were employed. In 2000, the Sluka was awarded the " Golden Coffee Bean " by Gault Millau as the best Viennese coffee and pastry.
Sluka as an institution
At the time of the monarchy, Empress Elisabeth, nobles, officials and commoners came here in the coffee - pastry shop. After the monarchy continued to fly high guests, such as Federal President Karl Renner, Kurt Waldheim, and Federal politicians like Alfons Gorbach and Wolfgang bowl, and mayor of Vienna as Theodor Körner and Michael Häupl, many of which are enlisted in the guestbook.
But even in art and literature, the pastry had their influence. The writer Thomas Bernhard mentioned in the last act of his sensational piece Heldenplatz confectionery, he himself was often a guest there.
An anecdote tells of a young drawing teacher in the early 20th century in a private school at the Währinger Wallnerstraße. After a fairy tale story, the teacher asked his young student that told or even experienced history to draw. A girl then drew their visit to the pastry Sluka, where she was rewarded by her father for good grades with a visit. The girl drew her impressions of the sweets as the Haselnußkrapfen and the waitress with the white cap. However, the teacher found the drawing very well done, the headmaster lost his composure and dismissed the young teacher. This young man devoted himself then only the art, his name was Oskar Kokoschka.
Products
The offer the Slukatorte, Doboschtorte, Maria- Theresia- cake stand (whose recipe is secret) and other cakes, nut or Suffler Flora Krapfler, dozens of petit fours, pastries, gluten - and lactose-free desserts and hot from the kitchen.