In front of the Frankfurt Opera House
In spite of its name, the Frankfurt Alte Oper (Old Opera House) is used for concerts, not opera. That is because it was bombed in 1944 and stood in ruins for years. Meanwhile, a new opera house was built elsewhere. The old Opera House was restored in the early 1980s. There is a nice cafe next to the Alte Oper and "Fressgass" (Gobble Alley), a pedestrian street lined with restaurants, stretches away from the Opera Plaza.