Restaurant Austria Das Original

In Bergmannkiez, a stone's throw from Marheinekeplatz, a door opens onto a room where the walls are dark and antlers hang like in an alpine hunting lodge.

Inside there is plenty of wood, dimmed light, dark green wall panels — an alpine hut in the middle of Kreuzberg. On the plates: classic Austrian cooking with no reinvention — Tafelspitz, cheese spaetzle, Kaiserschmarrn. The lead role goes to the Wiener Schnitzel of veal, which reaches well past the rim of the plate, served with potato salad. During warmer months a narrow street terrace opens onto Bergmannstraße. An address that appears in an international novel as a love letter to Berlin.