The small Café of the Krauthofs in the Lower Meadow at Miesbach pleased since the summer, walkers and cyclists. Behind it is a smart idea to direct marketing.

Miesbach , Regardless of which side you started: The Krauthof with its small chapel is like the heart in the Lower Meadow at Miesbach and ideal for a short break for walkers, cyclists or cross country skiers in the Winter. For a long time, the break remained but a short rest on the Bench in front of the chapel is limited. Since the end of August, you can insert even a pit stop: in the new café of the Krauthofs.

The idea is to proffer trippers hofgemachte treats, haunts for decades by the head of the farmer’s wife Sonja Haltmair (52). Been with her ten years ago, the deceased man, you’ve been thinking about a Café on the Krauthof. No wonder, learned Haltmair however, once a pastry chef. As your daughter-in-law, has completed the pie wrought in Weyarn their teaching. For the time being, the work in agriculture prevailed, however, and the dream of the cafe disappeared in the drawer.

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of Concrete, the idea was after the construction of the new playpen for the 50 cows plus young cattle about two years ago. The old barn, which is grown on their farm, was empty.

And there he was again, Haltmairs dream of a Café. Encouragement you received from your sons Martin and Marinus, as well as their wives Kathi and Melanie. They all agreed: If the Krauthof is also to feed in the future, the big family, is no longer enough for the agriculture as the only income basis. The Haltmairs also knew that a café brings in much more work. “It was clear for us: we Either pack up, or we let it remain.”

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The family decided to Pitch in. In October 2017, the renovation of the old Stable, started. The pace was deliberately, carefully, reported Haltmair. “We wanted the old steel beams, and the vaulted ceiling necessarily.” Modern equipment of the kitchen and pastry shop is on the other hand, in the the guests through the stable window can take a peek. To be cakes, Breakfast and lunch are almost exclusively self-produced products, processes the farmer’s wife emphasized.

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failed the principle of direct marketing is not optional, but rather obligatory. Only under the condition that they conduct their agriculture, have received the Haltmairs a permit for your café. “A restaurateur is not operation permitted in outside areas,” explains the farmer. A task of the agriculture is not for you but eh out of the question. “The hours you don’t need to count,” says Haltmair. “You just have to simply have a Freud on it.”