Schwarzes Cafe Berlin

Schwarzes Cafe Berlin

Not as dark as it sounds

Rafael from Berlin

About me "Normality Is A Paved Road: It's Comfortable to Walk, but No Flowers Grow" - Vincent Van Gogh I'm malleable like copper, but a better conductor of heat and electricity. Why Berlin Berlin is a beehive always at boiling point. There is room for artists, families, night owls, fortune tellers, gatekeepers, tree whisperers, daydreamers, card g...
""Schwarzes Cafe" in Berlin's Kantstrasse is not located where you'd expect to find a cosy, hidden, tavern-like restaurant... yet there it is, open 24/7!"

Kantstrasse is not the typical street you would go searching for a good place to eat. That's where you go to for a play or a movie on the Delphi Filmpalast, or for a visit to the beauty parlour, a furniture or lamps store,  or a dentist.

Indeed, I found this cosy, hidden, tavern-like restaurant the other day when going out of the Camera Work gallery. I just heard the people chatting and the clink of steel and glass in the bordering backyard - a cute little garden that is unfortunately closed these days.

They offer a weekly menu, they change regularly.  I always check their regular dishes and homemade cakes and swirls. To drink they offer a good variety of teas, juices, beers, appetizers, cocktails and stronger liquors.

For instance, the other day I had a tasty and filling spaghetti with paprika pesto and halloumi I would recommend to anyone who's really hungry, and an orange-grapefruit juice.

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About me "Normality Is A Paved Road: It's Comfortable to Walk, but No Flowers Grow" - Vincent Van Gogh I'm malleable like copper, but a better conductor of heat and electricity. Why Berlin Berlin is a beehive always at boiling point. There is room for artists, families, night owls, fortune tellers, gatekeepers, tree whisperers, daydreamers, card givers, bigwigs and small folks. It's quite green and there are alternatives for every taste, age, vice, addiction, allergy and disease! Where else can you find me online?...

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Kantstraße 148

Large spaghetti:

9.80

+49

303138038

Oct 30, 2025

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