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However, this new trend had a negative effect on many small breweries and restaurants which led them to collectively petition King Ludwig to forbid beer cellars to serve food. A royal decree was consequently passed, preventing all beer cellars in and around Munich from serving food. Instead, the guests of the beer gardens were permitted to bring their own food. While the law is no longer in effect, and as all beer gardens now serve food as well as beer, the ''Bayerische Biergartenverordnung'' states that "real" beer gardens should allow guests to bring their own food.
The general understanding nowadays is nowaday that as long as you order a beer, you are welcome to unfold your home cooked food on the beer tables provided in the beer garden, which has become a Munich tradition. Those beer gardens that adhere to this rule can also be considered traditional Munich beer gardens.
There is usually no waitress service in areas of beer gardens where own foood can be brought. This applies to both beer.
