History
How the restaurant got its funny name
The Restaurant "Zum weissen Rauchfangkehrer" is one of the oldest and most renowned restaurants. Incidentally, it was also the first restaurant to be owned by Franz Sacher, the creator of the legendary Sacher torte.
But the story of the white chimney sweep has nothing to do with him. In fact it is a saucy tale in its own right, one that is just typical of Vienna and the Viennese.
The chimney sweep had an eye for the girls, as we say in Vienna. He was very fond of the pretty baker next door, and she of him too.