With Swiss indoor dining banned until at least month-end, finews.com looks at the upscale take-out options for the wealthy financiers, fintech millionaires, and commodity heavyweights at home in Zug's crypto valley.
«Family is starving, we did not manage post-New Year's shopping - and #¤@! virus handling has shut down the restaurants,» Niklas Nikolajsen’s griped recently on Facebook. «Dear FB Brain, What can you recommend as take-away options in Zug, Switzerland, which is not pizza & junk food?,» the Bitcoin Suisse co-founder asked.
The crypto pioneer’s complaint is echoed by the scores of bankers, lawyers, and consultants who live in the lakeside town. Roughly 30 kilometers south of Zurich, Zug is also home to luminaries of banking, private equity, and commodities including Ralph Hamers, who dropped anchor after joining UBS as CEO last year.
finews.com looks at the area’s most popular options for those stuck working from home – and tired of pizza or junk food.
1. Rathauskeller, Zug
Run by veteran chef Stephan Meier since 1983, this traditional eatery just off Kolinplatz offers take-out meals to warm up at home. The extensive menu is dominated by local favorites like Emmental lamb stew with carrots and saffron (17.50 francs) and Vaud sausage with mustard lentils (17.50).
The vast wine cellar is also available at reasonable prices (a 2015 Domaine de Montalban, Bordeaux Supérieur for 18.50). Pick-up every Saturday, when the Rathauskeller also sets up on Zug’s market day with its homemade bread and jams as well as sausage and cheese.
2. Sternen, Walchwil
Ten kilometers down the lake from Zug, this discreet hamlet is home to several high-flying executives – as well as this countryside inn, which offers a regularly-rotating selection of its upscale menu for evening take-out including lobster bisque with scampi (14 francs), veal with Grand Marnier-orange cream (45 francs), or duck breast in port wine (48 francs). Available Thursday to Sunday, ordering by 4 p.m. required (lunch orders on request).
3. Gotthaerdli am See, Zug
The charming lakeside restaurant’s excellent Thai cuisine is available for take-out or delivery (via Smood). Gotthaerdli advises that «a certain spiciness in our dishes cannot be denied, since we prepare authentically,» but can accommodate special requests from more sensitive palettes.
The extensive menu includes classics like som tam (papaya salad) and pad thai alongside an array of Thai curries. Open weekdays for lunch and dinner, weekends dinner only.
4. Breitfeld, Risch-Rotkreuz
This rural inn overlooking Lake Zug is known far and wide for its rotisserie chicken, which it is offering for take-out on weekends. A Valentine’s special (66 francs) includes one rotisserie chicken, two portions of fries, a bottle of prosecco, and a single rose.
A modest selection of wine like Austrian vineyard Scheibelhofer’s Shiraz, for 39 francs. Pre-order by 4 p.m. on the day for dinner pick-up; Valentine’s Day special requires one day’s advance notice.
5. Tartare World, Zug
It’s in the name: this carnivore’s dream offers tartar in beef, smoked salmon, or avocado, or aubergine versions.
Tartars are available in 100 gram to 300-gram versions (the classic version – red onions, sardines, capers, dijon mustard, olive oil, sambal oelek, Worcestershire sauce – is priced at 22.90 francs for the smallest, and 49.90 for the largest size). Tartar World offers tartar sandwiches or the option to «build your own».
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