Bar Marqués
The tapas-themed Restaurant Marqués, located in Kreuzberg’s Graefekiez, isn’t exactly hidden, but you might not suspect that its basement contains a small, very civilized cocktail bar. However the cosy Bar…
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Fahimi Bar
The brutalist (and, for Berliners, somewhat iconic) shopping and housing complex that dominates the north side of Kottbusser Tor might not be the first place you’d expect to find a…
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BKK (Bier Kombinat Kreuzberg)
From its location on a residential street in Kreuzberg to the careless rec-room vibe of its smoky interior, BKK is the kind of neighborhood bar where you might go to…
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Brauhaus Südstern
With its exposed brick and dark wood interior, its small front patio and its even smaller beer garden area in the back, Brauhaus Südstern looks like an ordinary bar-restaurant. However…
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Hopfenreich
Berlin’s newest craft beer bar, Hopfenreich, was opened in the summer of 2014 by the organizers of the Berlin Bier Fest. The bar, located in a former restaurant in Kreuzberg’s…
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Galander Kreuzberg
On a quiet leafy street, several blocks from the genteel buzz of Bergmannstraße, Galander is the sort of apparition from another era that every traveller dreams of finding when wandering…
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Limondier
At Limondier the simple contemporary interior is augmented by enough small details (a typewriter, an antique lamp, old photos and newspaper clippings) to give it a retro feel that's difficult…
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Hammers Weinkostbar
In 2007 Jürgen Hammer & Manuela (Manu) Sporbert opened what was supposed to be a wine store and sandwich shop. But nobody knows wine—and how to talk about it—better than…
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Ottorink Weinbar
"Kotti," as Berlin's gritty Kottbuser Tor district is known, is a great place to pick up a dime bag, if that's your thing. Or just a short walk away, right…
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Clash
Hidden away in a quiet hof (courtyard) behind busy Mehringdamm, Clash is a spacious punk bar with Napalm Death posters on the wall, a pool table in the back and…
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