No credit cards . Excellent small wine list, lunch dishes, and remarkable home-made bread. Small hotel upstairs, too. Open 8am-midnight daily. Credit AmEx, V. Healthy and freshly prepared food is what you'll find here, not ambience.
Mood livens in summer when tables are set out on the pavement.
No credit cards . This unpretentious restaurant and bar, with chunky tables and wood-panelled walls, has become a Kreuzberg institution. They serve breakfasts until 5pm, salads from noon, and in the evening a selection of filling and reasonably priced meals, though the kitchen is nothing to write home about. Afterwards pop down into the basement club Privat or over the road for a drink in the Der Goldene Hahn. Good selection of grappa.