Walker
Hauptplatz/main square. open daily. a large bar/burger restaurant. games room and occasional live music. good breakfast menus. great burgers.
Chelsea Pub
Chelsea Pub, Domgasse 5 - 0732 779 409, (http://www.theolddubliner.com). Open daily. In 2006, it came second in "The Best Irish Pub" competition in Austria. An English-named Irish pub that serves Guinness, and has a friendly atmosphere for Austrians and English native-speakers. Large open-sandwiches and occasionally has English or Irish crisps. Shows sports programmes on a daily basis.
Remembar
Passage kaufhaus passage dept. store. large and airy, on two floors, with enough "hip/cool" clientele to satisfy the needs of people with enough money to spend.
Stadtwerkstatt
Kirchengasse 4 close to the ars electonica center. has a nice cafe and live dj's reggae,house,world music,hiphop in the evening daily starting at 10pm local bands rock, punk, hiphop appear at weekends. concerts take place in a stage area upstairs away from the bar and are around â¬10. dj's in the bar.
Smaragd
Altstadt 2. regular live-concerts in the dance cellar and a beer garden on the street in summer.
Thüsen Tak
A small hard rock pub. Books and posters lining the walls. Be prepared for cigarette haze and talkative, not-always-sober regulars of all ages. Mike, the friendly owner, occasionaly serves a hearty meal for a reasonable price.
Exxtrablatt
Cosy cafe/bar. Sit outside in the summer untill 11pm, or walk down the stairs into a large room. You'll notice typical for Austria coffee house tables/stools, and classic movie posters covering the walls. You get a good selection of beers and wines, and the usual long drinks/cocktails. They serve burgers and snacks, including some vegetarian. For dessert, there's a delicious chocolate cake.
Chay
Austria is famous for coffee but this small shop serves astonishingly good tea in many shapes. Split in a shop and a teahouse right beside to each other the menu offers tons of teas of excellent quality.
Drinking in Linz is varied and not that cheap; although if you drink outside of the city centre you will find that the cost of drinks are less than in the centre.
Local beers and warm "Glühwein" hot, spiced/mulled wine in winter. Upper-Austrian's "national drink" is Most it´s cider but not fizzy, and Zipfer, Gösser, and Kaiser beer. There are many Austrian beers, of course.
Eiskönig
You shouldn't miss Upper Austrias best italian Icecream-store. They have a multiplicity of Icecream flavours, something for every taste You will also get coffe and austrian specialities like "Apfelstrudel" or "Topfenpalatschinken". Smoke free.