Locali affini a Buck and Breck

Charlottenstraße's grand cocktail bar, Helmut Newton photography on the back wall.

The perfume-themed cocktail bar at the Ritz-Carlton, Potsdamer Platz.

Schöneberg's vermouth-and-rum cocktail attic above Café Einstein Stammhaus.

Mitte's slow-food courtyard restaurant, the Candy Bomber pork at 12 hours.

Mitte's modern-German bistro on Linienstraße, regional, weekly menu.

Gendarmenmarkt's 1811 Sekt-and-Wiener-Schnitzel institution, Charlottenstraße.

Berlin's media-and-art steakhouse on the Spree, see-and-be-seen 2026.

Dutch-chef-led modern-European on Lausitzer Straße, fixed five-course menu.

Thai-modern under Tim Raue's wider stable, Lützowstraße, Tiergarten.

Mitte's Japanese-cafe brunch on Johannisstraße, the Berlin original of the Brooklyn import.

Mitte's hidden-courtyard third-wave brunch, Münzstraße 21.

Mitte's Auguststraße third-wave roastery, Ralf Rüller, 2010.

Mitte's Syrian-fine-dining room on Torstraße, meze, lamb, the post-2015 Syrian-Berlin wave.

Berlin's oldest continuously running pub, Waisenstraße 14-16, 1621.

Berlin's classic political power-lunch, Wiener Schnitzel since 1893.

One Michelin star, small-plate French-modern in Friedenau.

One Michelin star, Sarah Hallmann's modern-European tasting room in Neukölln.

One Michelin star + Bib Gourmand graduate, modern-German Speisekneipe in Neukölln.

Charlottenburg's 1979 brasserie, the West-Berlin art-world canteen.

Kreuzberg's Chinese-modern small-plate room, Wrangelstraße, 2010.