Crisp shredded-potato pancakes fried in plenty of fat, eaten with a heavy dollop of cold apple compote and a glass of beer. The Berlin Christmas-market and Kneipe staple.
Kartoffelpuffer (also reibekuchen in the Rhineland) is a German potato-pancake tradition centuries old, but Berlin's particular Imbiss-window and Christmas-market version is what most visitors taste: a shredded-potato cake with a tight light crust, served from a steel hatch with apple compote in a paper boat. Konnopke's Imbiss under the Eberswalder S-Bahn, Max und Moritz on Oranienstrasse, and Zum Schusterjungen in Prenzlauer Berg all serve the canonical Kneipe version.
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Konnopke's Imbiss ★ 4.6
prenzlauer-berg · Schoenhauser Allee 44B, 10435 Berlin
Konnopke's Imbiss under the Eberswalder Strasse U-Bahn arch has cooked currywurst at this Prenzlauer Berg site since 1930. At Schoenhauser Allee 44B.
Max und Moritz ★ 4.2
kreuzberg · Oranienstrasse 162, 10969 Berlin
Max und Moritz on Berlin's Oranienstrasse has cooked Prussian tavern classics since 1902 in the original ceramic-tiled dining room; the Klopse and rouladen.
Zum Schusterjungen ★ 4.1
prenzlauer-berg · Danziger Strasse 9, 10435 Berlin
Zum Schusterjungen on Danziger Strasse in Prenzlauer Berg serves unchanged Berlin tavern cooking: Buletten with potato salad, Gulaschsuppe and Eisbein.