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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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10<br />

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

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