Zur Krone is Mario Avena's quiet transplant of Calabria into the Thuringian Rhön. Marktplatz 6, Geisa: one hundred and five seats across the main dining room and the Gewölbekeller, wood-fired pizza, fresh seafood Thursday through Saturday, and Calabrian wines from growers Mario knows by name. The kitchen is small. The room is full most weekends. We answer the phone, and the WhatsApp.
— Mario Avena
Eight hundred kilometres. One kitchen.
The kitchen runs on three certainties: wood-fired pizza, fresh fish from Thursday through Saturday, and Calabrian wines from growers Mario calls by name. Antipasti rotate with what is good that week. The pasta is rolled in-house, every day, before the room fills.
This week
This weekend: fresh Calabrian seafood, wood-fired. Thursday through Saturday.
Sixty seats, soft light, the long table for ten.
60 seats
The vaulted cellar. Private parties, weekday tastings.
45 seats
Reserve online, message us on WhatsApp, or pick up the phone. We usually answer within a few minutes.