Zurich

It was just the three of us and our guide, Cornélie, who took us to an eclectic sample of restaurants around the Industriequartier. Each place we visited was adjacent and sometimes named/themed after a former powerhouse business. There were 6 stops in total, and by the end we were quite stuffed:

1. Ribell, located in the 25 Hours Hotel (one of two in the city) . We were served a spread of Italian meats and cheese, sparkling lemonade. The building next door was a A former milk processing plant focused on cheese/yogurt/milk powders, which is now an art school

2. Kitchen Republic - Passion fruit and Mango Iced tea with a Poke bowl. The iced tea was a hit with the girls. This building formerly housed soap production.

3. Wurst & Moritz - A currywurst snack house whose name was inspired by an old children's story about Moritz and Max. Both boys were incredibly naughty, and and the end of the story they were tossed into a grinder and turned into sausages, which were eaten by birds. The restaurant continues the story that the birds laid an egg and Moritz came back out. Dunno why max was so unlucky, or why that story makes the swiss want to eat sausages, but they were tasty...

4. Brauerei Steinfels - A local brewery. We had beer and chicken wings. Hard to get it wrong with that pair.

5. Ahoi! We walked by a protected building, Schiffbau on the way to our next step, which formerly made large boats of all kinds. The tea shop we stopped at served us breads with roasted pepper or beet based spreads, as well as quiche and pickled fennel and radish. And also some white wine for the adults.

6. Markthalle - Adjacent to the viadukt, it was an indoor market with a collection of shops reminiscent of an Eataly. We picked up some ice cream for dessert, while our guide explained that many of the businesses and a residence in the area were tied to a foundation supporting individuals with various handicaps.Read more