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The building is located in the central [[Innere Stadt]] district on Kohlmarkt 14 near [[Hofburg Palace]]. The interior was designed by Portois and Fix decorators in a [[Baroque Revival architecture|Neo-baroque]] style. The white-aproned waitresses — the ''Demelinerinnen'' — usually address the customers in a traditional [[honorific]] third person [[Style (manner of address)|style]], "''Haben schon gewählt?''" or "''Wollen etwas zu sich nehmen, wenn belieben?''".<ref>{{citation |title=Wen ist anders - Ist Wien anders? |page=894 |author=Philipp Charwath}}</ref> The Caberetcabaret singerartist [[Helmut Qualtinger]] extoled their timeless quality in his song, "''Die Demelinerinnen''".<ref>{{citation |title=Women in World History |page=493 |isbn=0787640638 |author=Anne Commire |year=1999 |quote=In a hectic and unstable world, Demel's has come to signify an unchanging world of tradition, perhaps best described by the Viennese cabaret artist Helmut Qualtinger in his song "Die Demelinerinnen" ("Demel's waitresses")...}}</ref>