The Canteen

The Canteen is the room you'll eat in most. Long oak tables, banquettes along the walls, and a small open kitchen at the back. Open from 07:00 to 22:00, every day, including holidays. The menu shifts three times a day; the staff rarely do.

Breakfast (07:00–11:00, 12:00 weekends)

A Berliner Frühstück board (€21) is the default: two pretzels from Sironi, three cheeses from Alte Milch, three charcuteries from Kumpel & Keule, a soft-boiled egg from the Gut Hesterberg farm, a small dish of honey from Brandenburg, butter, and a glass of fresh orange. Add a Companion Coffee espresso (€4), a Wiener Melange (€5), or a glass of crémant from the Mosel (€8).

À la carte:

• Bauernfrühstück — potato-and-bacon hash, two eggs, pickled gherkins. €14
• Soft scramble on Sironi — Brandenburg eggs, cultured butter, a single dollop of gravlax tartare (Halldór's gravlax, weekly). €13
• Kaiserschmarrn — for the table; cooked to order, plums or apricots depending on the week. €18 for two.

Lunch (12:00–15:00)

A short menu, mostly bowls and open sandwiches. The crowd-pleaser is Tuesday Shakshuka (€11), a tradition we inherited from the previous tenants of the courtyard café and would not dare break. Daily soup is €7 with a hunk of Sironi sourdough and butter.

Supper (18:00–22:00)

A smaller, quieter menu for guests not in the mood for Segfault. Always available: a roast chicken for two (€38), a vegetarian Schmorgemüse (€19), a Königsberger Klopse on house spätzle (€21), and a single dessert chosen by the pastry section (€9).

Coffee, tea, and the rest

• Espresso: Bonanza single-origin, rotated weekly. A bean list is at the counter.
• Filter: Companion Coffee, brewed on a Marco SP9.
• Tea: Kleines Blatt (Berlin), small importer, eight teas, a real Sencha.
• Hot chocolate: house, with Belyzium chocolate. Better than you think it will be.

Tuesday Shakshuka

We make a single very large pan of shakshuka starting at 09:00 every Tuesday — tomato, smoked paprika, a few good preserved peppers, two eggs cracked into it at order, a torn coriander leaf, and a Sironi pretzel for the dunking. €11, served with a small glass of Ayran if you ask.