Chronicle
1758 first coffee house in Innsbruck
1877 Johann Grabhofer opens Café Grabhofer, laying the
foundations for the later Cafe Central
1891 the name " Cafe Central" first appears in the
"Innsbrucker Nachrichten" Newspaper
1921 the Vienna "Kommerzialbank" rents the permises - coffee tables
give way to cashiers desk
1928 Viennese-born Josef Falkner takes over the Central ant turns into
an olf Viennese-style coffee house
1945 French occupying forces seize the Central and use it as a
Comptoir Francais
1954 redesign and reopening of Cafe Central
1989 the Central shows off its new "nostalgic" look following a
complete renovation
