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and danceable tunes beyond the mainstream. Enter via the signless steel door adjacent
to the doner kebab shop east of the Kaiser's supermarket. Smoking OK.
22 Funky Salon
An old furniture store, Möbel Olfe ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; www.moebel-olfe.de ; Reichenberger
Strasse 177; Tue-Sun; Kottbusser Tor) has been recast as an always-busy drinking den
with cheap libations and a friendly mixed crowd that goes predominantly gay on
Thursdays. Watch out: the skeletons above the bar get downright trippy after a few Pol-
ish beers or vodkas. Enter via Dresdener Strasse. Smoking OK.
33 Grape Delights
Cosy Otto Rink ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; www.ottorink.de ; Dresdener Strasse 124; 6pm-3am Mon-Sat;
Kottbusser Tor) is a favourite among local oenophiles who appreciate the casually intim-
ate ambience and reasonable prices. The slate-covered bar hints at the owner's pen-
chant for whites from the slate-rich soils of the Moselle region, although other German
wines are also well represented, as are reds from France, Spain and South America.
44 '50s Cocktail Cave
Swish Würgeengel ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; www.wuergeengel.de ; Dresdener Strasse 122; from 7pm;
Kottbusser Tor) is a stylish art-deco-style bar with chandeliers and shiny black surfaces.
It's always busy but especially so after the final credits roll at the adjacent Babylon
cinema. The name pays homage to the surreal 1962 Buñuel movie Exterminating An-
gel. Smoking allowed.
55 Luscious Lair
Tarted up nicely with vintage furniture, baroque wallpaper and whimsical wall art by Chin
Chin, Luzia ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 030-8179 9958; Oranienstrasse 34; from noon till late;
Kottbusser Tor) draws eastern Kreuzberg's more sophisticated urban dwellers. Some
punters have derided it as Mitte-goes-Kreuzberg but it's still a comfy spot with lighting
that gives even pasty-faced hipsters a glow. Smokers' lounge.
66 Burlesque Boite
The sassy glamour of the Golden Twenties gets a classy reboot at Prinzipal ( MAP
GOOGLE MAP ; 030-6162 7326; www.prinzipal-kreuzberg.com ; Oranienstrasse 178; 8pm-5am Mon-
Sat; Kottbusser Tor) , an apothecary-style burlesque bar right on funky Oranienstrasse.
The menu features all the classics along with 10 signature cocktails named for famous
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