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Berlin Travel Guide<br />
8 Facil<br />
This Michelin-starred restaurant, in a green oasis<br />
on top of the Madison hotel, is a study in understated<br />
elegance. Chef Michael Kempf creates stylish<br />
Mediterranean dishes with a French accent (see<br />
Restaurants & Cafés) .<br />
➤ Potsdamer Str. 3 • Map L2 • 11–3pm, 7–midnight<br />
Mon–Fri • (030) 59 005 12 34<br />
Lutter & Wegner<br />
Gendarmenmarkt<br />
In this old building, formerly<br />
the Berliner Sektkellerei<br />
(supposedly the place where<br />
sparkling wine, or sekt, was<br />
invented), Austrian cuisine is<br />
the star. Try the best wiener<br />
schnitzel in town, accompanied by a classic warm potato<br />
salad, at consistently low prices. In the summer, there<br />
are tables outdoors.<br />
➤ Charlottenstr. 56 • Map L4 • noon–2am daily • (030)<br />
202 95 417<br />
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Ana e Bruno<br />
Ana e Bruno’s is one of<br />
the best restaurants in<br />
Berlin, and certainly serves<br />
the best Italian food in the<br />
city. Don’t be shocked when<br />
you see the menu: the<br />
numbers refer to the calories<br />
in a dish rather than to the<br />
price – although these are also at the top end (see<br />
Restaurants) .<br />
➤ Sophie-Charlotten-Str. 101 • Map A3 •<br />
6:30pm–10:30pm Tue–Sat • (030) 325 71 10<br />
Butter Lindner<br />
This traditional Berlin store specializes in fresh,<br />
home-made foods and delicatessen. Of its numerous<br />
branches the most attractive one is in Charlottenburg.<br />
➤ Knesebeckstr. 92 • Map P3 • 8am–6pm Mon–Fri,<br />
8am–1:30pm Sat • (030) 710 910<br />
Bars & Lounges<br />
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1 Newton-Bar<br />
The best cocktails in<br />
town are mixed at this<br />
elegant bar in<br />
Gendarmenmarkt. Service is<br />
charming and the fastest in<br />
town, and in summer there’s<br />
even a fold-down bar on the<br />
pavement outside. Heavy<br />
leather armchairs make for comfortable sitting, and the<br />
walls are adorned with enlarged photographs of nudes<br />
by Helmut Newton, after whom the bar is named. Highly<br />
recommended: the Caribbean and Latin-American<br />
cocktails – chin-chin!<br />
➤ Charlottenstr. 57 • Map L4 • 10am–3am daily • (030)<br />
20 29 54 21<br />
2 Lola-Lounge<br />
The new Lola-Lounge is<br />
a minimalist designer’s<br />
dream. It attracts a young,<br />
urban and suitably<br />
fashionable crowd who enjoy<br />
the computerized lighting<br />
system and the laidback<br />
lounge atmosphere of this<br />
bar with a restaurant. Choose from a long list of exotic<br />
and delicious cocktails.<br />
➤ Rosa-Luxemburg-Str. 17 • Map H2 • 8pm–2am<br />
Tue–Thu • 030) 27 59 44 30<br />
Le Bar du Paris Bar<br />
Despite its name, the<br />
Paris Bar was until quite<br />
recently only a French<br />
restaurant. Now this trendy celebrity haunt has its own<br />
bar, and although the cocktails are not quite as good as<br />
those of the competition, it is easy to forget this when<br />
you are enjoying one of their wonderful French wines or<br />
champagnes.<br />
➤ Kantstr. 152 • Map N3 • from 7pm daily • (030) 31<br />
01 50 94<br />
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Harry’s New York Bar<br />
Sip your tropical concoctions and champagne<br />
cocktails while seated underneath the portraits of 43 US<br />
presidents in this bar, a sister venue of the famous bar<br />
in Venice. The clientele is more sedate than in other<br />
Berlin bars, but the ambience is upmarket, and evening<br />
entertainment (jazz singers and piano) is more stylish<br />
than elsewhere.<br />
➤ Grand Hotel Esplanade, Lützowufer 15 • Map N6 •<br />
from noon daily • (030) 25 47 88 33<br />
5 Trompete<br />
This trendy bar, which belongs to the actor Ben<br />
Becker, has very quickly established itself as the place<br />
to be. The bar, with its soft leather armchairs and settees<br />
and completely black walls, is relaxed and comfortable.<br />
At weekends, Trompete hosts live concerts ranging from<br />
jazz and salsa to house.<br />
➤ Lützowplatz 9 • Map P6 • from 6pm Thu–Sat, from<br />
9pm Sun • (030) 23 00 47 94<br />
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Eateries and Nightlife