Kapelle

Zionskirchplatz 22-24. Kapelle is the best of several cafes around the Zionskirchplatz just off Kastanienalle on the border between Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg.

Kappelle’s mostly-bio/organic approach really works at breakfast: the pricey but giant and wonderful Kappellenfrühstuck includes several Spanish cheeses and meats. It can serve 2. Even the Kleines Früstuck is good-sized. Great coffee as well; try the Cortado. There’s usually a good selection of English and German newspapers and magazines.

Weirdly, in 2005, three years after this entry was originally written, I visited Kapelle again and heard what I’m quite sure was the same CD of pleasant though forgettable jazzy electronic music that I’d heard on every visit back in 2002. Food’s still good though!