Here, Berlin currywurst meets international communication failure. You don't order, you simply wait until fate speaks to you in the form of a drink. In front of me were four guests who put the staff into a trance-like state with "une bière, s'il vous plaît." Ten minutes of inactivity, then my beer arrived, cold and well-earned. The seller was friendly, perhaps because he knows that patience is a virtue, rewarded here with liquid gold from the wooden barrel. You have to pay a deposit: two euros for a glass that looks like a relic you wouldn't want to take home anyway. When you return it, you get your money back, along with a brief feeling of efficiency. All around sit pensioners with binoculars, students with sunglasses, and tourists with bad timing. The beer glistens in the sun, the lake sparkles,...
Read moreBesides Kubi's point which I haven't tried yet, I don't think there are craft beer options in Tegel, but this is close. The beer garden offers a variety of Störtebeker beers on tap and in bottle form. They also have lots of simple food options available although I didn't try them. It's been pretty busy both times I went but the line moves along slowly and there's a nice picnic table area for the...
Read moreNice view, plenty of space. Food offering restricted to fish and chips (7.5), chips (3) and some Flammkuchen options. Chips were not available for the next 20 Min. Neither was the alcoholfree beer (they have Stoertebecker, which is a nice local brand, at 3.3). Had a Bionade and a Radler (3.3 each). Softdrinks come by the plastic...
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