Herwig Brandstatter (Brandy), his wife, Gundi and their son, Bernd… have vevived their passion and desire to bring the tast of Austria to Central Pennsylvania. Herwig’s Austrian Bistro sits proudly on the main drag of downtown State College and directly across from the Penn State Campus. Today, they are packed every lunch and dinner and cook for a generation that not only gets the “European Sophistication” but loves and supports it. Students, non-students, young and old come to Herwig’s (heck, even my mom and dad love it). The food here is awesome, lovingly prepared, hot, and in large supply! Unlike the chain gang which has everything shipped in frozen from a commissary kitchen sometimes hundreds of miles away, everything at Herwig’s is prepared in the morning for that day and evening (Brandy even makes bratwurst from scratch, using meat from a local butcher shop). So if they run out of food, they close. Learn more about Herwig’s and my other favorite central PA restaurants here!