Café Wintergarten im Literaturhaus

Housed in a beautiful Gründerzeit villa on Fasanenstraße, the Literaturhaus café is one of Berlin's most civilized spots — a glass-roofed winter garden attached to a literary cultural center, serving excellent coffee, cakes, and light meals. The atmosphere is refined and bookish without being stuffy, and the garden terrace in summer is among the loveliest in the city. It attracts a cultured, older West Berlin crowd alongside literary visitors. Slightly pricier than average but the setting earns it.

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