Plekken in Berlin

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

Neukölln modern-bistro on Okerstraße — fixed menu, natural wine, no reservations after 21:30.

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

Berlin's cult speakeasy — Brunnenstraße, fourteen seats, by-reservation only.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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