Plekken in Berlin

Berlin's Vienna-style Kaffeehaus on Kurfürstenstraße — 1978, in a 1907 villa.

Prenzlauer Berg's 2006 third-wave origin roastery — Oderberger Straße.

Kreuzberg's Anatolian ocakbaşı on Admiralstraße — the audience reference döner-and-kebap address.

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

Kreuzberg roastery and the cheesecake the city has not stopped talking about — Reichenberger Straße.

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

Continental Europe's largest department-store food hall — sixth floor of the Kaufhaus des Westens.

Berlin's oldest beer garden — Kastanienallee, Prenzlauer Berg, 1837.

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