At the beginning of August the so-called Kaisertafel (Emperor's Table) was taking place. The event with a vague historic relevance was supposed to be a mixture of a fair and good dining. Instead of Bratwurst and Beer you got a Gourmet Plate with Riesling, or (if you wanted) champagne or cocktails, served by local restaurants. Almost the entire stretch of the Maximillianstrasse was equipped with tables that were covered in the Speyer colours red and white.
The whole thing can be described as follows: you queue up for the food, then for the drinks, then you are desparately looking for a free space, squeeze yourself into the crowd, only to consume a meal that you get for the same price in the proper restaurant served at the table. At least that was the case in the past. Lately there have been a few empty benches.
If you think that the local restaurants were suffering from the Kaisertafel, then you are wrong, since the places round Maximillianstrasse were filled with the locals, who prefer to leave the Kaisertafel to the tourists.
This event was also cancelled in 2020 because of the pandemic. But up to today (2024) it has not been revived, and there are no signs that this will happen any time soon.