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 Trendy set-menu restaurant |
Klarastraße 2-4 Ehrenfeld Cologne, NRW 50823 Germany |
The Anders is Cologne's only café-restaurant to offer an excellent set menu in this price range. Therefore, one can enjoy Fillet of veal with Papaya-Mango-Chutney including aperitif, appetizer, and dessert for EUR 17.60. There are is a choice of five dishes of appetizers, main courses and desserts from which one can compose an individual array of delights. Not an easy task, considering the choices of cream of carrot soup with honey and shrimps or flan of parsley roots on artichoke ragout. The menu changes weekly and the fixed-price meal is available for lunch for EUR 9.40. Its status as an institution in Ehrenfeld requires the Anders to satisfy its regular customers' demands for variety by offering an additional daily menu. The passage to the adjoining bookstore offers an easy way to supply oneself with suitable reading for during a nice breakfast. Review © 2007, Wcities |
 Red bar in the Friesenviertel |
Friesenstraße 52 Friesenviertel Cologne, NRW 50670 Germany +49 221 139 2650 |
The Arkadia is red. Very red. Young, cool Kölners like to meet here regularly. Velvet walls and leather covered bar stools make up the décor in the front room. Do not miss the small fountain, that might fit in better at the Vampire. Further exploration leads on to the highlight of the bar - the club room at the back, which presents even more red. Plush old sofas that swallow you up and floral-print wallpaper create an atmosphere suggesting a stylish brothel. Various DJs and occasional live music, often jazz on Sundays, make for variety. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Cologne Germany |
The best way to find the Belgian Quarter is from Rudolfplatz. The names of the streets will let you know if you're in the right place. Antwerpener Straße and Brüsseler Platz sound pretty Belgian. This is pretty much the coolest part of Cologne, with attractive old buildings and expensive apartments. Many bars and restaurants have made this their home, hoping to bring in the media crowd. This has not proved difficult for Alcazar, its façade is well-known from the opening credits of the Saturday night comedy show Samstag Nacht. Easy listening sounds and the feel of the Sixties are to be found at Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Tapas in the Friesenviertel |
Friesenstraße 51 Friesenviertel Cologne, NRW 50670 Germany +49 221 257 3610 |
Tapas is increasingly popular in Cologne - perhaps people are trying to put a bit more Spanish flair into their northern-European lives. The cocktails served at this nicely decorated bar will help you relax. The Caipirinhas, in particular, are to be recommended. Along with tapas, other meals such as salads and meatballs are available. The brick walls are festively painted. The music is of course, Spanish, and there is often also live flamenco! There are lots of other places to go before or afterwards on the busy Friesenstrasse. The kitchen is open all day. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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A variety of turkish food |
Weidengasse 36 Nordstadt Cologne, NRW 50668 Germany +49 221 12 5265 |
Bosporus, on the border between Europe and Asia, and destination for many holiday makers - now a destination often frequented by Cologne locals, who want to experience and enjoy all that Turkish cuisine has to offer. The dishes are well prepared using only fresh ingredients, in this spacious and elegant oriental restaurant, setting it apart from the numerous other resident Turkish snack bars in Germany. The lamb dishes are first class as are the pan dishes, Turkish wok type cooking that roasts from the oven that just melt in the mouth. Typical Bosporus specialties are the different Iskender, meat on toasted bread with yogurt. The excellent selection of wine will round any evening off perfectly. And to make it even more memorable you could top it all by joining in the belly dancing, which takes place once a week on Fridays. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Culinary oasis |
Venloer Straße 399 Cologne, NRW 50825 Germany +49 221 954 1906 http://www.dzdk.de/ |
The relaxed atmosphere, cosy decor, attractive wicker chairs and good food all combine to make this one of the nicest places in town. Local artists exhibit their latest works on the yellow and orange walls; and if you are particularly taken by one, you'll be pleased to know that they are all for sale. The evening menu changes continually—the only thing that remains the same is the generous portions. Lunch time specials are available and the leafy patio is the perfect spot to enjoy your meal on a warm summer night. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Cologne Germany |
Lots of students and down-to-earth people live here. What was once a bit run down has since been revived as an area of cultural activity. Lots of bars and cafés can be found in the side streets off the long Venloer Straße, which runs right through Ehrenfeld. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Cool bar at the Eigelstein |
Gereonswall 12-14 Agnesviertel Cologne, NRW 50668 Germany +49 221 912 3832 |
As the name suggests, Elektra features good electronic music spun by various DJs, but with the emphasis on listening, not dancing. Just down the street from the Eigelstein, near Ebertplatz, the Elektra is easy to get to and from, though a little removed from the rest of the action. The music and hip regular crowd make for a good atmosphere, especially when the back room is open. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Exceptional homemade pasta |
Im Ferkulum 32 Südstadt Cologne, NRW 50678 Germany +49 221 32 8633 |
At the Galestro, Italian cooking is a matter of quality, not quantity. The basic Italian food groups; meat, pasta, fish, cheese and wine are represneted on the menu in a maximum of four dishes each. The family-run place is pasta heaven. Not to detract from the excellence of the two variations of saltimbocca (one with mozzarella and raw ham, the other with mushrooms, garlic, parsley and white wine) for EUR 12.70, but the pasta dishes of homemade tagliatelle are paradise on earth. There is usually a choice of four sauces: A cream sauce with salmon, shrimps, garlic and parsley, another one with almonds, wild mushrooms, parsley and pistachios. The lighter pasta dishes come in a buttery sauce with mushrooms, peas and ham or with parsley, mozzarella and sage. They are all available for EUR 8. The staple offerings of the Galestro are complemented by a daily menu made from whatever was fresh that day and according to the chef's mood. Rosé, white and red, one of each, constitute the assortment of wines. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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HoteLux |
Von-Sandt-Platz 10 Deutz Köln, NRW 50679 Germany +49 221 24 1136 www.hotelux.de |
Time stands still. The queues are long, the service is overworked and unfriendly but the vodka makes up for it all. In the HoteLux, the experience of having dinner in pre-perestroika Russia is as authentic as it can get. The incredient connecting all the dishes, from the Schaschlyk Tartastan to the Baltic Life plaice, is alcohol, in form of vodka. Vodka is the essence of the HoteLux. You have it before dinner, during dinner and after dinner. Actually entering the dinning section might take a while, you'll have to pass (and probably wait at) the bar. That time can be used to show solidarity with other members of the proletariat. Join them in collectively praising the 30 or so different vodka brands. Before getting too far into that part of the evening one should lay the right foundation for the dishes - no light, fat free cooking here. You can start with a Kievsky Bortsch made of beetroot, beef, bacon and vegetables. Bucharins favorite dish is a nice leg of duck, filled with sauerkraut and honey, served in an apple-ginger sauce. If you are able to eat more after that, try the Tambovski surpriz. It's not force yourself out of the red velvet seating after a three course dinner, but the bar waits, so it's off to work we go(Also see Bars) Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Cologne's most beautiful livingroom |
Neusser Straße 171 Nippes Cologne, NRW 50733 Germany +49 221 73 5451 |
Long before there was cross-cultural cuisine or the word cuisine existed (or restaurant guides for that matter), there were places where people from the neighborhood met after work, had family dinners, met future husbands and wives, exchanged gossip and argued politics. This is where life took place. Some of these public living rooms are still in existence and the Kornbrenner is one of them. This is a traditional Cologne restaurant in the best sense. It has it all that you´d expect; the typical wooden tables, the ornaments on the walls, the pancakes, black pudding and beans. The beer is, of course, from one of the best and oldest breweries in Cologne. The rather small place starts filling up at around six o' clock and keeps bustling until midnight. Lydia, the owner, who keeps announcing her retirement each year for the past five years, serves a mixture of local cooking and traditional German cusine - not especially adventurous but appetizing both in terms of taste and aestetics. There are serveral roast beef and steak dishes, little snacks to accompany the beer such as the excellent bacon pancakes for and at least three vegetarien dishes. And of course, the local specialty: Reibekuchen (basically potato pancakes, served with apple sauce and pumpernickel) - but only in the winter and only on Wednesdays. Top tip: Never trust a so-called traditional restaurant that serves Reibekuchen in the summer or on more than one day a week - their menu has been created purely for the benifit of tourists. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Spanish restaurant with flair and history |
Kurfürstenstraße 24 Südstadt Cologne, NRW 50678 Germany +49 221 31 6902 |
A crowded place, four long, narrow tables, red and white tablecloths and eight equally narrow benches - sounds good? One always gets a feeling of gate-crashing a private party when entering the La Patata, and in a way that is what you are doing: The La Patata has been in the neighborhood for countless years, satisfying its customers with good food and a great atmosphere. The owner is genuinely takes pleasure in seeing that his customers leave well-fed and content. The La Patata features a cross-section of Spanish cuisine, not too inventive, but with the best ingredients very well executed and accompanied by a well chosen variety of Spanish wines. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Modern Turkish cuisine |
Florastraße 33-35 Nippes Cologne, NRW 50733 Germany +49 221 76 4118 |
No sophisticated party-buffet in Cologne is complete without an appetizer platter from Merhaba and so having wet your appetite and aroused curiosity, you decide to pay the Merhaba a visit. The standard is kept high throughout the menu; the lamb, which appearances in several forms ( EUR 12-15) is excellent, the vegetarian eggplant stew turns this otherwise pretty boring vegetable into a culinary delight. If you are lucky, you might even get an outdoor table in the summer, and enjoy your desert of fresh, ripe figs with a well tempered glass of Turkish white wine. Review © 2007, Wcities |
 Affordable Sushi and tea |
Friesenstraße 70 Friesenviertel Cologne, NRW 50672 Germany +49 221 12 0170 |
It's always hard to write about sushi places - either the fish is fresh or it's not, and at the Nara Sushi the fish is fresh. In addition to the varieties of Maki and the obligatory California roll, there are two items that require further examination. The Nara Sushi and the Sushi 70. The Nara Sushi includes the full range of raw fish dishes with either miso soup or tea - tea is the better choice. Both walls of the tiny place are lined with tea containers and a majority provide an interesting introduction into the world of tea. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Cologne Germany |
Nippes isn't quite so central, but still has a lot to offer. The Review © 2007, Wcities |
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 Café and bar in the park |
Venloer Straße 40 Cologne, NRW 50672 Germany +49 221 9529 9433 http://www.stadtgarten.de |
The Stadtgarden is a mainstay of the Cologne nightlife scene. The café and restaurant is in a large, aesthetically-arranged room with high ceilings and big windows. Another spacious room at the back hosts concerts and club nights such as Electric Mojo and Mojo Club. Outside, a patio leads to the Stadtgarten park. In summer the beer garden is always full, with families during the day and a young, hip crowd in the evening. The Studio 672 club is also part of the Stadtgarten, located downstairs. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Cologne Germany |
The center of the Südstadt is Chlodwigplatz, a network of streets and lanes extends from it, hiding a multitude of bars and theaters. Good cocktails can be found at Review © 2007, Wcities |
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