Drinking makes you hungry. Thankfully there’s good food and great people to share it all with at Eigengraubar, named after that deep gray you see in total darkness. Eigengrau is also the name of their signature drink, a cocktail with sloe gin, lemon, egg whites, soda and activated charcoal. Bartender Jenny Klama typically names her drinks after their colors, like the Ingwerocker, an orange cocktail with whiskey, baked apple, lemon and ginger beer, or the Bernsteinbrown, a beautiful amber with rum, malt beer, chocolate and absinthe. Owners Eva Wenger and Mo Binto make sure what comes out of the kitchen is given just as much care as the drinks. The menu changes regularly, but when we visited, we enjoyed a prawn salad, roasted pumpkin with lemon yogurt and green curry, and grilled octopus with potatoes, cucumber, yogurt and smoked chili. The interior is equally vibrant, right down to the flamingo bar stools and the neon lights, while the music and ambiance set the perfect mood for a Saturday night. And given we’re bound to be a little hungover the morning after, the team plans to start serving Sunday brunch soon too. Because that same rule applies for the day after: drinking makes you hungry. (Text: Eva Biringer / Photos: Mina Aichhorn)
Eigengrau, Skalitzer Str.45, 10997 Berlin–Kreuzberg; map
Tue–Thu 17.30–1h, Fr–Sa 17.30–5h, So 17.30–1h
@eigengrau.bar
