Kronenhalle
The table
Sliced veal Zurichoise beneath original Chagalls, Mirós and Picassos — the owners collected friends who paid in paintings.
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James Joyce kept a regular table at the Kronenhalle while reworking Ulysses in Zurich — he is buried up the hill in Fluntern cemetery.
Felix and Regula
Zurich's patron saints, Felix and Regula, were beheaded by the river for their faith — whereupon they stood, tucked their heads beneath their arms, and walked forty paces uphill to the spot where they wished to rest. The Grossmünster's towers rise, the story goes, exactly where they lay down.
The local landmark
Grossmünster, Zurich stands as Zurich's defining structure — the sight that anchors the city in memory long after the meal is finished.
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