A new coffee shop that’s just opened on Köpenicker Straße has quickly become one of my favorites. Pola Café is small but smart: For instance, as room for plants is limited, owner Mascha Roos decided to hang them from the ceiling and let them grow up the walls. The space hardly leaves room for tables – that’s why there’s just one. These constraints make Pola all the more cozy and communal: You quickly get talking with other guests. The excellent coffee is from Bor & Baumeister in Kreuzberg, while vegetarian soups grace the lunch menu – my favorite is beetroot. I also highly recommended Pola’s creative sandwiches, such as the “Bulgogi”: Korean marinated beef with kimchi, pear and sesame. Or the “Morza”, which combines sweet potato puree, scamorza cheese and hazelnuts. Stay a while and you could just make your lucky break – Roos runs her street casting agency, Ostwesting, from the back room. (Text: Diana Hagenberg)
Pola Café, Köpenicker Str.10, 10997 Berlin-Kreuzberg; map
Mon-Fri 8-16h, with occasional breakfast clubs on weekends
Diana Hagenberg works in Marketing at the anti-migrane app, M-sense, and lives in Kreuzberg.
