Vienna · ice cream
Eissalon Tichy
A patented, named invention held by one family across three generations for 74 years, with the succession now explicitly a trained pastry chef -- exactly the specialist-commitment signal this project looks for.
What to order
Eismarillenknödel -- the patented dish the salon is built around
What we know
- Founded 1952 by Kurt and Marianne Tichy in a Simmering cellar shop, moved to the current Reumannplatz address 1955, per the business's own chronicle
- Kurt Tichy Sr. invented and patented the Eismarillenknödel (ice-cream apricot dumpling) in 1967, still the house's defining product
- Kurt Tichy Sr. received the Austrian state title 'Kommerzialrat' and the state coat of arms in recognition of the business, per the same chronicle
- Now in its third generation: Xenia Tichy, a qualified Konditormeisterin, entered the business in 2015
- Named by Gault&Millau Austria's 2026 Vienna ice-cream roundup as a fixture no list of Vienna eissalons is complete without, 74 years into operation
- Status
- open
- Address
- Reumannplatz 13, 1100 Wien
- Maker
- Xenia Tichy, Konditormeisterin (pastry-chef qualified), third generation
- Opened
- 1952
- Website
- www.tichy-eissalon.at/
- Last checked
- 2026-08-21
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