Boxhagener Platz market on Saturdays, Burgermeister and currywurst counters under the S-Bahn arches, and the Vietnamese counters along Frankfurter Allee.
Yoyo Foodworld in Berlin Friedrichshain has cooked vegan fast-food versions of Berlin classics since 2006; the vegan currywurst and soy doener anchor the menu.
Signature: Vegan currywurst, Soy doener
Order: The vegan currywurst with house ketchup; the soy doener with the full salad load.
Tip: Counter-order, no reservations. Open until 23:00 daily; the chips are the value pick.
Silo Coffee in Berlin Friedrichshain pulls a tight Australian-style menu of flat whites and brunch plates; the Five Elephant beans run the filter side, the brunch runs until 17:00.
Signature drink: Flat white
Tip: Weekend brunch is the busy window; arrive before 11:00 for a table on the front terrace.
Fine Bagels on Berlin's Warschauer Strasse hand-rolls bagels in the kettle-boil-then-bake New York style; the lox bagel with smoked salmon, capers and red onion anchors the menu.
Tip: Closed Monday and Tuesday. The lox bagel sells out by 13:00 on weekends; arrive before 11:00.
Worth the queue: Lox bagel
Yoyo Foodworld in Friedrichshain has cooked vegan versions of Berlin street-food classics since 2006. The vegan currywurst with house ketchup and the soy doener cost under EUR 8 and the counter opens until 23:00.
Try: Vegan currywurst and soy doener
Silo Coffee in Friedrichshain serves Berlin's best-known seasonal brunch from a small room with a serious house espresso and a menu that leans heavily on produce sourced from local farmers.
Order: Smashed avocado with feta on sourdough, or the pulled-pork hash with a poached egg.