Maxim
The phenomenon that began in Paris and then hopped the pond to New York, Tokyo and Copenhagen has finally arrived in Berlin: natural wine. Maxim's, which opened in 2014, has…
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Cordobar
Located just a short walk from Berlin's über-hip Torstraße and the Hackescher Markt, Cordobar is the wine bar on everyone's lips. The bar, which is named for the 1978 World Cup…
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Weinbar Rutz
Rutz's high-low approach has made it a sort of every-occasion wine destination. The refined dishes of Michelin-star chef Marco Müller grace the tables at the restaurant upstairs, while in the…
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Alter Roter Löwe Rein
If you’re looking for drinks in Neukölln, but don’t have the stamina to contend with the hipper-than-thou Weserstraße set, you could do worse than this former old-man pub turned funky…
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Bei Schlawinchen
If you want a beer at five in the morning, at ten in the morning or at two in the afternoon, Bei Schlawinchen is the only address you need. This…
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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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Möve im Felsenkeller
This narrow neighborhood kneipe on Schöneberg’s pleasant Akazienstraße is neither a dive bar nor a punk bar, but rather a time machine offering a glimpse of what it was like…
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Freibeuter
Located on an unlikely residential street in Friedrichshain’s Samariterkiez, Freibeuter is an enclave of unreconstructed punk scuzz in a neighbourhood still reeling from rapid gentrification. There is a vague pirate…
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Das Hotel
Lit primarily by candlelight and busy until the early hours almost every night of the week, Hotel is arguably the most perfect distillation of what makes a Berlin bar unique.…
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Tilsiter
There’s more to Friedrichshain than the Simon-Dach Kiez. On the north side of Karl-Marx-Allee, far from the students, punks and party seekers, this appealingly low-key neighbourhood bar features tobacco stained…
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