getting comfy in your living room
If you are looking for bars and cafes with the old school Berlin feel, take a wander around Helmholdplatz in Prenzlauer Berg. While much of Prenzlauer Berg has been turned into havens for the mid-thirty-year-old with young kids, and most of the smoky, dingy, rundown locations have been forced to migrate further east into Friederichshain, a bit of its earlier lack-of-flair can be found in this corner.Wohnzimmer is exactly what it's name portrays: Living Room. With the fantastically odd layout that typifies most of the bars constructed out of apartment layouts resulting in tiny rooms that were once entrance hallways, there are plenty of odd corners to nestle into. In that room it could be a cheesy seventies lounge suite, while over here it's a fifties formica kitchen table you gather around. It's laid back, popular and has a tendancy to be noisy and full of an evening.
There is a small selection of food, including some pretty good baguettes, but it is cafe fare - don't expect a great variety. They have a vegetarian breakfast served until 4pm or when they run out of fresh bread rolls. Order and pay at the bar, but make sure you don't lose that armchair you've hijacked because it could be a long time before another one pops free.
Wohnzimmer
Lettestrasse 6
+49 (0)30 445 5458
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