Berlin’s got a wonderful new shopping destination as of yesterday: Elisabeth and Vanessa just opened “Süper”, a shop dedicated to aficionados of traditional and modern handicrafts. The duo sells enchanting objects for daily life such as tableware and beautiful blankets. Some of which are sure to become showpieces at your home.
Tue-Fri 11-19h, Sat 11-16h, Süper, Planufer 92e, 10967 Berlin-Kreuzberg; Stadtplan
Text: Sven Hausherr
Pulished in Cee Cee #7 on 2.6.2011
Mulackstrasse? Currently Steinstrasse is en vouge. “Yuu” specializes in off-season high fashion designer pieces from Hussein Chalayan, Bernhard Willhelm to Yohji Yamamoto (both men and women), Sonia Rykiel and many more. And there’s also a selection of shoes.
Café Savigny is my favorite coffee shop in the west. Their rich chocolate cake is like a dream and the owner has an excellent taste in magazines and newspapers. It’s rare to find such a wide selection of international press in a café. So beware – you may find yourself ordering a second or third round of drinks while enjoying the sun outside and reading foreign papers. It can easily give you the illusion of sitting in some random café in Paris. A must if you’re in the area (and don’t forget the chocolate cake!).
Café Savigny, Grolmanstraße 53, 10623 Berlin-Charlottenburg, map
Opening hours: daily 9-1h, +49.30.44708386,
Text: Sven Hausherr
Published in Cee Cee #6 on 26.5.2011
Drop by and rent a movie or stay a little longer – eating, reading, chatting. Inspired by a Beijing reading hall, Martin Schuffenhauer has turned the ground floor of a backyard factory building into a reading lounge! But he also moved his “Filmkunst” video store (formerly in Friedrichshain) and added a café as well. There’s a fine selection of books including lots of imports from the US, UK, Spain, France and Italy and the movie section offers an ecclectic mix. So needless to say that this place has become the new go-to place for cineasts at the tri-border region of Kreuzberg/Neukölln/Treptow. The café offers breakfast, soups and waffles which you can enjoy at the wooden tables or in cozy armchairs and couches. And the south-facing terrace is now open! On thursdays there’s a short film program; for more information on Kultursalon Roderich‘s events check their blog. Truly a great spot!
Opening hours: daily 10-24h, Tel+49.30.61628158, prices: coffee 1€, breakfast from 4,50€, rent-a-movie 1,60€/day; Kultursalon Roderich, Glogauer Str. 19, 10999 Berlin-Kreuzberg; map
Text: Nina Trippel
Published in Cee Cee #6 on 26.5.2011
“Balikci Ergün” located under the S-Bahn arches close to “Bellvue”, once an illegal restaurant, is actually a fishmonger. Outside you are seated in allotments, facing the German parliament members’ bizarre apartments. Inside you feel as if being on vacation in Turkey or at least somewhere outside of Berlin. That’s what’s so great about this place – not only are you spared from German assiduity and correctness – but spontaneous music is revered as something important to life here, along with their superb and fresh fish delivered every Monday and Friday, that are then prepared and served by the huge family. A rustling cloud of paper with handwritten declarations of love to this tiny piece of Turkey in the heart of Berlin hangs from the ceiling – so close yet so far away from the Bellvue castle and big politics.
Opening hours: daily 15-24h, Balikci Ergün, Lüneburger Str. 382, 10557 Berlin-Tiergarten; map
Text: Kirsten Hermann
Published in Cee Cee #6 on 26.5.2011