VIENNA—The coronavirus pandemic may have forced many of Vienna’s luxury hotels to close indefinitely as global travel restrictions keep away the many millions of tourists who usually visit the Austrian capital every year.
But the city’s iconic Hotel Sacher is determined not to let fans of its world-famous chocolate cake go hungry.
The hotel’s concierge, Uwe Kotzendorfer, is selling “Sacher Torte,” as the rich delicacy is known, on a drive-in stand just across the road from Vienna’s prestigious State Opera house.
“I do a bit of everything now,” says
Kotzendorfer, standing next to a small two-wheel cart stacked high with cakes, as he hands an imperial red bag containing o…
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