Wine

Les Climats: Be Burgundy

Not so fancy but definitely French, Les Climats hits the nail on the head with its refined yet unpretentious selection of food and wine. Owner Kretschmer is no stranger to visiting French vintners, and it definitely pays off!

Apr 25, 2012 by in Restaurants

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Fritz 101: Chomp on Germany

By focusing on a distinct drive for quality food, a failed experiment comes good with something a little closer to home. Join this "culinary journey through German lands' for authentic German cuisine.

Apr 19, 2012 by in Restaurants

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Cicciolina: Carnal pleasures

With a mouth-watering selection of Italian dishes nestled comfortably between the sumptuous curves of film goddesses Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida, Cicciolina provides ample foreplay for lovers of good food and wine.

Mar 27, 2012 by in Restaurants

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Típica: Mitte Mex

Tacos. The shell that binds, amen. Go forth and find peace and meaning in each and every taco from this point forward, with a helping hand from Mitte's new Mexican restaurant Típica, serving out build-your-own tacos.

Mar 20, 2012 by in Restaurants (1 Comments)

Cafe Ribo

Mar 6, 2012 by in Restaurants

East London

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Goodies

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Antipodes

Mar 6, 2012 by in Restaurants

Gerüchteküche

Mar 6, 2012 by in Restaurants

Hofbrauhaus

Hofbräuhaus - Bavarian white trash

This super-sized 'weiß trash' beer hall near Alexanderplatz is doing well after its recent opening – perhaps down to its bizarre atmosphere, good beer and Teutonic cuisine.

Feb 20, 2012 by in Restaurants

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Salamat: Iraqi couscous?

When you go to a restaurant that advertises couscous – in this case Iraqi-style – you just wish they’d cook the semolina right. But everything else at Salamat passed the mark.

Nov 21, 2011 by in Restaurants (1 Comments)

Manouche: Crepe cavern

A cellar café-bar that indulges in bohemian excess, at least when it comes to the ambience, vaguely harking back to an imaginary past – Manouche is the third in our "French on a budget" series.

Oct 25, 2011 by in Restaurants

Chez Ginette: Prenzl-French

The most expensive of our ‘cheap French’ trio but nonetheless surfing the nouvelle vague of down-to-earth Gaul-grub, Chez Ginette, is also one of the tiniest restaurants in town, but a satisfying meal.

Oct 11, 2011 by in Restaurants

Chez Michel: A bistro like home

Ask Françoise what she misses about home: an unfussy French place like Chez Michel, a small restaurant where the food is well executed behind a simple Imbiss counter.

Oct 5, 2011 by in Restaurants (2 Comments)

East London: Neo Brit

After two years of brainstorming, planning and obsessively remodelling, Nadine Sauerzapfe opened East London, where she carries out her mission in life: to bring new British cuisine to Berlin.

Sep 16, 2011 by in Restaurants (2 Comments)

Paris Moskau: Post-Wall pleasures

Born as a Russian restaurant in Cold War West Berlin, over 27 years Wolfram Ritschl's food oasis has evolved into excellent nouvelle cuisine – with prices to match.

Sep 13, 2011 by in Restaurants (6 Comments)

Bei Violetta: From Abkhazia, with love

Former Humboldt University lecturer Dr. Violetta Rudat has been educating Berlin about the culinary delights of her homeland, Abkhazia, in her little gem of a restaurant, Bei Violetta.

Aug 5, 2011 by in Restaurants

Weitzmann Swabian arches

Weitzmann has two entrances and two ways to eat: in the brightly lit, cheap Imbiss or in the cosy old-fashioned Kneipe on the other side. But what makes the Käsespätzle so dang good? Read on.

Jun 23, 2011 by in Restaurants

Eiscafé Rialto: Real gelato

If you’ve ever asked yourself why you should possibly want to cross a canal or a river to go ‘all the way to Moabit’, a good reason might be: to eat some real Eis!

Jun 20, 2011 by in Restaurants

Lei e Lui: Duetto bio

All-organic restaurants are as rare as four-leaf clovers, even in Berlin, where bio is everywhere. A mere 13 eateries in Berlin boast the official hexagonal bio symbol. Lei e Lui is one of them.

Jun 16, 2011 by in Restaurants

Cookies Cream: Gourmet veg

Welcome to Berlin’s temple of nouvelle veggie cuisine. Cookies Cream can really throw out some elegant veggies, faithfully fulfilling the owner’s mission of showing that high cuisine can be done without dead animals.

Jun 1, 2011 by in Restaurants

Kreuz Friedrichs: Simple pleasures

Berghain is revered as the crowning achievement of club culture the world over. But what about when they try to make food?

May 25, 2011 by in Restaurants

.HBC: First-class flop

The restaurant in .HBC is discretely hidden away behind double doors at the end of the bar. It all looked great, but our dinner was a flop. Françoise might come back for the vibe, not the food.

May 16, 2011 by in Restaurants

Hudson's: The baker’s café

What started as a 24-hour underground bakery in the Kreuzberg home of two London natives, became a full-fledged cafe with soups, brownies, cakes and 'English' sandwiches.

Apr 26, 2011 by in Restaurants (2 Comments)

Dolores goes west

The place that revolutionized Berlin fast food with awesome California-style burritos seven years ago has opened a second store. The new location serves their best classics and several great new spicy combos.

Apr 7, 2011 by in Restaurants