Founded in 1853 as a brewery, the delicatessen today served as a production facility for canned fruit and vegetables from 1921. In order to meet the demand for larger theater halls in the south of Leipzig at the time, a social club with an attached restaurant, the Gildensaal and a cellar, which was used as a cabaret from the 1930s onwards, was built on the site between Braustraße and today's Karl-Liebnecht-Straße. From 1940 onwards, the Gildensaal became the permanent venue for the destroyed Apollo cinema. In 1945, the entire site was badly damaged and large parts of it burned down.
After the Second World War, catering operations were temporarily resumed in the destroyed part of the site, while canning production resumed in the intact part of the factory. Between 1952 and 1992, the site was used exclusively for the production of canned goods, jams, juices and fruit wines.
In the following years, various shops moved into the delicatessen area. From 2007 onwards, parts were renovated and reconstructed, so that events and flea markets now take place regularly at the delicatessen. In the summer months, the summer cinema takes place at the delicatessen.
During the summer months, the delicatessen's flea markets are teeming with bargain hunters. In the summer theater and cinema, the delicatessen puts on a colorful array of shows for children and adults.