Couldn't leave Zurich without having a Wurst so stopped at Calypso as they had a few varieties from…read morethe posted menu. Located in Old Town, it is a small partially open air spot with high table seating. It was between the Curry Wurst or Smoked Sausage. The gentleman behind the counter recommended the Curry. The sausage was grilled just right. It comes sliced with the sauce poured on top. You get a thick roll on the side. The Curry sauce was flavorful and bold but not spicy. In the 7-8 CHF range so reasonably priced. Would definitely recommend for a sampling of the local flavor.

CURRY SAUSAGE!!!! Must try! It was totally amazing! Yummmmmm :) we also tried the Cervelat and the…read moreCalypso veal sausages, but nothing beats the curry sausage, so so so good!!!! Love it the price of the sausage is 7-9 Franca Swiss, served with bread, it's street food but it was so good that we went back twice! High recommended!

When Shakira sings "hips don't lie" - you really have to see that video to seriously believe those…read morehips really don't lie. For marroni in Zurich, it's the same thing when you see the line at the Heisse Marroni in front of the Rennweg stop. That long line doesn't lie. You know something must be worth waiting for here. Four stars for kudos to the Italian men manning this Heisse Marroni seasonal stand (in winter). They are constantly scouring through the marronis being cooked, checking if there are any bad or burnt ones. Since there is a high turnover of marroni at this location, you worry less about those little marronis sitting in the heating container too long and being dried out and/or burnt. Like many other locations selling marroni, this one also offers a "socially responsible" marroni bag - brown bag split with two sides. One side holds the marroni, the other is for holding the empty shells, so that you are not littering the streets of Zurich. Not every location offers a socially responsible marroni bag, I recall I was shocked at the bag over at the Paradeplatz location when I received a bag without two sides - the shocking controversy!

Despite living in Zürich the last four years, I somehow had never visited the infamous Longstreet…read moreBar until last Saturday. It was a surprisingly small venue, but adequate for a small stage with an intimate audience. The walls are red plush, and the ceiling is covered in bulb lights. Kind of a strange but cool vibe. There was a 3-man band playing songs which I felt totally sounded like Placebo. The audience seemed mostly Swiss and kind of just stood around with a few people bopping their heads to the music. I almost felt not cool enough to hang with all the sockheads... but perhaps they were sockheads due to the freezing weather outside--not just because they were hipster sockheads. But then again, a lot of the sock heads didn't remove their hats indoors... so perhaps they were actually true sockheads. There was a smoking room upstairs with another dj and turntable, but the room was somehow locked and we couldn't go in. It got really crowded as the night went on, so my friend and I bounced to go check out another bar. But all-in-all, this is kind of a cool place to check out, and live music is always nice.

A funky classic and a namesake of its location on the infamous Langstrasse. A modern-eclectic bar…read moredownstairs with a club that opens up in the late hours. The ceiling is covered by hanging old-school light bulbs all strongly dimmed. Music is usually low-key, loungy electric or rock...? Anyhow, the bar somehow makes me tired. It can get way to crowded, which makes it unenjoyable to me. Getting a drink at the bar when it's busy is a pain in the arse. One of Longstreet Bar's best features is its attached snack bar just outside with decent drunk food like sausage and burgers. Longstreet is a good stop on Longstreet bar hop.

On my way to German class, I saw the marroni stand in front of the Stauffacher tram stop open for…read morethe season. Immediately bought a bag and tried eating it, but found: (1) almost every piece was burnt (2) my fingers turned black from the burnt marroni (3) around two thirds were not really edible as they were very burnt (4) it was not easy to crack them open as the shells were stuck and the marroni was dry (5) two of the shells were not crackable as they were very burnt. My German teacher also noted Stauffacher has one of the worse marroni stands in Zurich - that's quite a bold statement, but I have to say this is the first time I've had such bad marroni. Bad enough for me to give it a 1 star (which I don't enjoy writing negative reviews), but I didn't want anyone else to spend their good money and time at this stand. In my opinion since his marroni was so bad, he should not be in the business to sell it!

The service: has room for improvement. The waiter obviously had more important things on his mind…read morethan his customers. First of all he did not even bring us a Menu, he just somehow expected us to know what we want straight away. After a 30km bike tour we went there since it looked like a ''German place'' where one could get a good Schnitzel. When he finally brought us the Menu, there was no such thing it consisted mainly of appetizers. Little did we know that that was not the actual Menu The waiter did not think to inform us that if we would wait for half an hour we would have a much broader selection of main dishes to choose from. He was always quick to rush back inside (the restaurant was not packed at the time), he did not take his time to talk to us. The food: okish to terrible. I ended up ordering a mixed cheese plate while my partner had a Goulash soup. It is hard to go wrong with the later, however I could not have anticipated that with ''mixed cheese'' they actually meant a ton of supermarket bought cheese, some pickles and a few sorry pieces of Brie. They brag in their Menu about the fresh produce, the farmers cheese, fresh goat cheese (which they did not even have at the time), but everything on that plate tasted like from a cheap supermarket. The bread was also very stale. Location: the area outside looks very nice. They should get some blankets, it can get pretty windy/chilly on that island.