Freiheitsplatz 1
When I first walk into the Hathi Indian Restaurant on the square at Freiheitsplatz 1, where it sits majestically, pretty much commanding the entire square, I meet the cousin Joan Preet. He says that yes he is from India, yet I have to wait for Divi or Vikaram. Which I do. When I meet Divi, she is so beautiful as if a movie star, and soooo funny, cleaning the silverware, throwing it in a pile, haphazardly setting the tables as if to say, O my gosh, I have to do the table settings again, when she would much rather be talking and entertaining the guests that come for lunch. She lights up when we talk about the culture of Prague and the history of the young generation of Hathi, though. "My mom and dad are from India, yet 20 years ago, Graz didn´t know Indian food and so they became Austrian and Italian chefs. My father is the chef and for a couple of years he had the tiny section of the restaurant here and cooked Italian and finally a couple of years later he said to my mom that they should prepare food that they cook at home, Indian Punjabi style." she starts to show me the buffet and walk me around the rooms. To which I see that there is now 3 big rooms. "Yes, Vikaram, who is the media social person who you shall meet, has brought mom and dad into the new century, and Me? Well, I convinced my mom and dad to make the restaurant bigger with a new room of 3 rooms total and now we have a risk of being very big, yet very successful. Graz is the culinary and cultural center of Austria and I am happy that my mom and dad see that the very special skills that they have with the heritage of Indian culture is presented here and to the world." 
"Our Punjabi Indian food is a little spicy, not too spicy, though. The people love it. We love to come and present it to them and since my mom and dad started it, at about 6.00 euros per person to 9.40euros many years later, it has brought people here to taste and when they taste at lunch they come back at night for a special romantic visit." says Divi. 
"Yes that is my little daughter and son and we had a birthday party welcoming Hathi to back in business after we renovated the 3rd biggest room. So, you can see that everybody of all ages loves the Indian culture and food!" says Vikaramjit. https://www.instagram.com/restaurant_hathi/...
Freiheitsplatz 1
Bürgergasse 13
Woo! I say when I taste the very strong morning drink of coffee! "Is it too strong? I combine the coffee with Arabica and have a local place roast beans and make it myself. I love making it all myself and I made all the lights and tables and booths. It is my style and I love my champagne bar!" 
In the 1860s during the American Civil War, the companies that are famous today, and that DUKE JOHNS has a couple of these chairs, such as KOKEN started making the barber chairs on a big scale. Today the companies no longer exist, yet if you are lucky enough to find one of these babies, hold on to em! Having a dance with the Latin South American Music of TORONA, Graz,
the Spanish inspired Pinchos and Tasty Appetizer Restuarant and Bar...elegant and fun!
Prokopigasse 2, A:)...reservations at +43 0316 90 240 4
I am VERY HAPPY to ADD the 3rd of Graz, the charming and totally tasty restaurant of Torona, where I had the ultimate fun and pleasure to chat with the funny boss, Christian, and his director Zane, who is shy yet great to talk to. They let me have a South American spritzer named the Bellini, which is basically some great alcohol with strawberries and later a Chillean wine. "We only have the wine from Chili if it comes from South America and the others are Spanish wines. I wanted my restaurant to be 100% Spanish. The dishes you are eating are a combination of appetizers, basically since the other items on the menu are pinchos. The pinchos are basically items on skewers! Yet the famous potato soup with the prawn and the meats and cheeses that you are about to taste come from Spain.
It is a little teaser to whet your appetite and from here we graduate to the pinchos. These range from lamb to Argentina beef and you can have 1 or 3 pinchos depending how hungry you could be!" laughs Christian when I ask just how much are we talking to have a great time at Torona and eat tons of great South American Spanish food!
It is a little teaser to whet your appetite and from here we graduate to the pinchos. These range from lamb to Argentina beef and you can have 1 or 3 pinchos depending how hungry you could be!" laughs Christian when I ask just how much are we talking to have a great time at Torona and eat tons of great South American Spanish food! 
"I would say that it is Spanish and South American inspired, since every wine is a Spanish or Chillean wine from Chile South America, the dishes are 100% inspired from Spanish recipes and the Mojitos and Appetizer´s are Spanish!" says the unassuming charming and very kind boss, Christian, who along with his shy assistant from Latvia, Zane, charmed me tonight at the totally tasty Torona´s of Graz. The Spanish influenced and South American friendly elegant bar and restaurant is located at: Prokopigasse 2, A:)
The Inhaber of Blend Coffees in Graz is Peter, who says he fell in love with a Hungary girl, moved from Munchen to here and is very happy with his Blend brands. "I thought to do it myself, I wanted to own the store of Blend and be the Roaster at the same time. I loved the way the coffee smells as it is roasted and I love the entire process of the beans from green to brown and the crackling as they roast." is the reason Peter decided to roast his own. "The only country that I have been too in terms of coffee farmers and the production is Guatemala, and perhaps in the future more countries. I have been to Guatemala 4 times. The rest comes from primarily Hamburg distribution." he says. Reitschulgasse 25
And of course little tuna and cheese sandwiches, croissants, sweets to add to the Blend Coffees of the day are always nice too; however, with Peter! it is all about the Blends!
"I have 30 types of coffees at the moment and of course am always curious about new ones," says Peter of his totally funky cafe and blends. https://www.instagram.com/p/BqM_4hDAWgS/
Everybody loves coffee, or so the saying goes, yet if you are starting to be more into Tea, you can try your hand in the 6 exotic loose teas that he carries too, with the fruity or herb aromas that make coffee and tea so great to drink. Come and try all the varieties in the shop and if you happen to be here on a Monday or Tuesday you can actually see Peter at work as he roasts the coffee beans!
The beauty of Graz is that it is so normal. You know, it is such a quiet little city of 300,000! Here in the morning as you sip a gentle coffee you can enjoy the serenity of the cobblestoned streets near Blend Coffees. 
LOANA´S LOVELY CAKES OF GRAZ
Loana´s Cakes have a physical location and a huge bakery. They used to be just for events, such as you know that special day named a wedding! And now, "We have so many tourists that walk in and ask if we have ready made cakes that they can buy and take home and have tonight at dinner, that we decided to do just that in addition after 7 years as a specialty cake store. And now, just last night, my wife decided to make cinnamon buns, to which I ate 5 of these before dinner and I couldn´t eat dinner," says Loana´s very funny and charming husband who I always talk to at the store location! 
Below is the joking hubby of the famous Loana, "I am renovating the store myself and it should be back and open for business to the walk in public in about 2 more weeks. You can call the bakery, though and order cakes and pick these up here daily!" he says as he is getting ready to paint pink and white stripes in the store. I am not sure if these are Loana´s choices or his! +43 66 4 12 17 872
Below is Loana, who bakes tons of cakes a day, according to her always laughing and joking husband, "We bought the biggest baking oven that you can possibly buy that comes already put together so I wouldn´t have to put it together myself" he laughs as I ask how many cakes at once can Loana bake? "30".