My hour-long lunch break countdown starts now. Happily I’ve already placed a food order via an app on my way to the SAP Data Kitchen, tucked away in a heritage-listed courtyard in the culinary void that is Hackescher Markt. Opened in Autumn 2016 as a collaboration between the software developer SAP and entrepreneur Heinz “Cookie” Gindullis, Berlin’s first digital restaurant sees chef Alexander Brosin create culinary delights with high ambitions and a deep connection to nature. In addition to the rotating daily specials, my favourite dish might just be the garden vegetables with fried polenta. At the core of the concept is perfect timing: The custom-made “food wall” keeps orders in individually-named boxes which can be opened via app upon arrival. The Data Space kitchen’s atmosphere also extends to its next door neighbour, a start-up accelerator. If you’re keen to overhear the latest trends in tech at lunch, you might just get lucky. You’ll have the time to try, in any case. (Text: Simone Donecker / Photos: Stefan Lucks / Marcus Zumbansen)
Data Kitchen, Rosenthaler Str.38, 10178 Berlin-Mitte; map
Mon-Sun 9-17h. Order via the Android or iOS App
Simone Donecker has been living in Berlin-Wilmersdorf since 2001. The trained art historian works as a freelance cultural manager and consultant in the nonprofit sector.
