Many stories are connected with the Café Tomaselli. For example the story of Hermann Bahr, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and Max Reinhardt, who are said to have come up with the conception for the Salzburg Festival seated at one of the coffee tables at the Café Tomaselli.
Or the story of the coffee flight attendant with her white pinafore, who evokes guests of the good old times, Or all the stories of local Salzburgers, who – just like the tourists – return time and time again to the Café Tomaselli, as a consequence of they know that A good day starts with breakfast at the Tomaselli.