Gothamist: Openings Roundup: Hallo Berlin Express, Abigail Café & Wine Bar, Cabrito

pantspantspants

Sun, 11 May 2008 18:39:33 -0500

Thanks for the love, John. The new beer hall, Franklin Park, is right down the street from Abigail, too. -- steve from Thrillist

sonyactivision

Sat, 10 May 2008 21:20:33 -0500

"They do it" in the Tiergarten, behind the orangutan enclosures...oh, you mean the food. Whatever.

skowen

Sat, 10 May 2008 19:06:35 -0500

I don't care how they do it in Berlin. Hallo Berlin is some tasty shit. Double Soul Food combo is amazing.

Nick S

Sat, 10 May 2008 17:35:49 -0500

dammit, holy*.

Nick S

Sat, 10 May 2008 17:35:27 -0500

how shit you've been to the real berlin? that so cool!

ny2102

Sat, 10 May 2008 16:53:12 -0500

I was excited to check out Hallo Berlin but it was disappointing. All the sausages tasted the same and in (real) Berlin, the currywurst is usually served smothered in sweet and spicy curry ketchup over french fries. Here, it's with barely any tasteless sauce, served with sauerkraut and radish. Um, no, that's not right. The spätzel was like the dry chewy spaghetti-like kind, not the fresh soft eggy kind. And my waitress pronouced "knockwurst" like "nockworst". Wrong, wrong, wrong. I wish decent German food wasn't so hard to come by, it's really not that hard to replicate.

indecisionpigeon

Sat, 10 May 2008 14:37:01 -0500

super excited about abigail, but one small correction: while plan b is in prospect heights, abigail is technically across the washington ave border, in crown heights. can't wait to check it out!