Goethe Bar Zurich
(Brasserie Schiller)
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I approached the entrance of the bar and looked up the stairs. She was nearby; alone and smoking her cigarette; well dressed, good looking, a bit older than me, indifferent and bored? The textbook opportunity for making contact: "what would you tell me about the Goethe Bar?" I asked. "The bar is good, the restaurant would not be my first choice" she replied (restaurant and bar are separated). "The public tends to be upper class".
We chatted a bit more about the bar and then the gentleman (noticeably older than me) came near the stairs and looked at her from up inside. "I am coming" she answered and went up hastily.
So one more spot in Seefeld to write about? You know what they say: one spot leads to another. I first noticed it from the tram station on the opposite side of the Seefeldstrasse. The bar is elevated so, once inside, guests see the human traffic outside especially when they sit along the big glass window facing the street (my preference). The crowd is a bit on the well-dressed side, not the student or teenager type with the sneakers; well dressed maybe because they just come from work. Or maybe because they are going out for the evening and this is the first station.
During the summer there is a more casual option: the few tables outside which often receive plenty of Zurich's deep red evening light.
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