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In classic Berlin style, Germany's first drinking salon devoted to gin-based libations is ap-
propriately dressed in Tanqueray green and tucked into the back of a courtyard off busy
Friedrichstrasse. Here, even a basic gin and tonic is elevated to complex cocktail concoction
thanks to richly nuanced tea infusions that turn it into a so-called GT&T.
BAR
BUTCHER'S
8.30pm-late Tue-Sat;
Rosenthaler Platz, M1)
Channelling PDT in New York, cocktail whisperer David Wiedemann has created a furtive
libation station in a former butchershop entered via a red British phone booth tucked into a
sausage parlour called Fleischerei. Drinks are expertly mixed and the ambience is refined,
even if meat hooks, a leather bar and blood-red light play upon the place's early incarnation.
WINE BAR
MAXIM
030-6583 3962; Gormannstrasse 25;
6pm-1am;
Rosa-Luxemburg-
Platz, Rosenthaler Platz)
Amid sleek Zeitgeist-capturing aesthetics, Maxime Boillat serves only prime natural wines
- organic, unfiltered and additive-free. Most hail from Italy, Spain and France and are on
equal footing with the imaginatively curated fusion menu (signature dish: pulpo with tar-
ragon syrup and smoked tea sausage) and the exquisitely gooey cheeses.
CLUB
KAFFEE BURGER
030-2804 6495;
www.kaffeeburger.de
; Torstrasse 60;
Rosa-Luxemburg-
Platz)
Nothing to do with either coffee or meat patties, this sweaty cult club with lovingly faded
Commie-era decor is a fun-for-all concert and party pen with a sound policy that swings
from indie and electro to klezmer punk without missing a beat.
CAFE, BAR
MEIN HAUS AM SEE
198; 24hr; Rosenthaler Platz, M1)
The 'House by the Lake' is nowhere near anything liquid, unless you count the massive
amount of beverages consumed at this multitasking all-hours cafe-bar, gallery, performance
space and club. Plop down onto grandma's sofa for intimate chats or grab a seat on the stair-
case for stadium-style hipster watching.
