Getting to Buck & Breck isn’t easy, but the best places rarely are. Once you find it, ring the bell to access the legendary Mitte bar, which has been slinging cocktails since 2010. Founded by Gonçalo de Sousa Monteiro, this renowned speakeasy centers around the bartenders with a communal table that seats fourteen. This is where the magic happens with staff mixing the seductive libations this bar is famous for. Running the bar alongside Monteiro is Vito Nicotra (former bar manager of Truffle Pig) who joined the Buck & Breck team in January 2025. With a menu of over forty classic and signature cocktails, you have a menagerie of options — from fruity to herbal, smokey to tangy. But the vast array of cocktails all have one thing in common: they’re top-tier. We recommend the Don Shark, a nutty Old Fashioned with loads of cocktail lore. Before Monteiro opened Buck & Breck, he did a bar crawl around New York City and fell for the Don Lockwood from Dutch Kills and put his version on the menu in homage. It’s an Old Fashion with a twist, made with Woodford Reserve Bourbon, smoky scotch, maple and chocolate bitters. This cocktail was created thanks to bar regular Timo who wanted a nuttier version of the Don Lockwood. The maple syrup was toned down and a Berlin-based nut liquor added and voilà, the Don Shark was born. It’s a nutty, smoky drink that’s smooth and flavorful, a cocktail you can slowly sip on all night. But don’t take our word for it, visit Buck & Breck and order one for yourself — you won’t be disappointed.
Text: Yolanda Evans / Photos: Sophie Doering
Buck & Breck, Brunnenstr.177, 10119 Berlin–Mitte; map
Woodford Brown-Forman-Distillery
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