Farewell to the roof garden restaurant: a piece of Berlin disappears

Farewell to the roof garden restaurant: a piece of Berlin disappears

on Hermannplatz is grief, because the popular roof garden restaurant in the old Karstadt department store closes its doors. After years of the rush and the sociable get -together, the light in the restaurant will be finally stopped on Saturday, January 18. The announcement hit the regular guests hard. "We close!", Pred up on the chalk board and lets memories of sociable hours with beef roulades and squeezing potatoes, such as berliner-zeitung.de. The atmosphere in the restaurant is depressing, the guests say goodbye to a place that was more than just a eating restaurant for many. Here you met to chat, exchange old stories and simply enjoy the atmosphere. Private individuals like Tim from Neukölln and Peter Belling testify to the deep connection to the kitchen and the social of the restaurant.

an end of an era

Many guests do not want to miss the last visit to the restored room, in which the soul of Berlin has been alive since 1929. Jörg Doher, who has headed the restaurant since 2019, describes the challenge of recent years while Karstadt fought bankruptcies. "We rebuilt everything here and put a lot of energy in here," he says depressed. The closure is the sad result of the company's financial problems. All in all of Berlin, there are only four Galeria restaurants left, and the KaDeWe becomes the new goal for the employees concerned, says a cashier who has worked on Hermannplatz for 19 years. "This is not my world at all," she says, when she reports on the upcoming transfer, so rbb-online.de.

Despite the approaching end, the last few days in the roof garden restaurant have been shaped by intensive cooperation. People come together to enjoy the atmosphere again. The anticipation of one last visit to the terrace is accompanied by a feeling of melancholy. Guests of all ages, from young discoverers to long -term regular guests, are waiting to pay again for the culinary delicacies and enjoy the last moments in this unique ambience. The closure shocked many and hits the Berlin culture.

Berliner Zeitung