GEMELLO

Vegan pizzeria by Helmholtzplatz: biga dough, house-made cheeses and pizzas like the Noma with chestnut cream.

Stefan Kugler was an engineer until he quit his job shortly before the pandemic. He started with pizza parties at home and a small oven, then came catering and pop-ups across the city. In September 2024 he and co-owner Idan Gilony opened GEMELLO on Lettestraße by Helmholtzplatz, a pizzeria where everything is plant-based.

The dough is built on biga, a pre-ferment that gives it a nutty flavour instead of a sourdough's tang. The kitchen makes its own mozzarella, ricotta and feta from tapioca, fermented almonds or miso-marinated tofu. The menu has pizzas like the Boy with seaweed, olives, capers and wild oregano, the P.Berg with potatoes, maple-roasted onions and truffle oil, or the Noma with chestnut cream, fried mushrooms and almonds. Most toppings are organic. To drink, natural wine and gazoz, fermented non-alcoholic sodas.