That’s how the first day went for the restaurants in Berlin

And many Berliners were also happy about the reopening. “In the past few weeks I’ve always ordered a coffee to go,” said Werner Stuckradt. Now he is happy to finally be able to drink his coffee from a ceramic mug on the terrace of the “Einstein Coffee” on Savignyplatz – albeit under the applicable restrictions. A sign from the café warns: “Please only share your table with people from your own household or from another household.”

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Many restaurants on Savignyplatz are still closed

In the otherwise lively area around Savignyplatz, many restaurants are still closed on Friday. Some only open at the weekend or the next week, can be read on the notice boards on the doors. Marion Stoltz starts her Portuguese restaurant “Anabelas Kitchen” on Pestalozzistraße on Saturday. It is already fully booked for the day. Stoltz is still worried about the business. “Because we have to spread the tables far apart, we can accommodate fewer guests and expect sales to drop by 30 percent,” she says.

The “Funky Fish” on Kantstrasse offers considerably more space for distance. “Fortunately, our terrace and the interior are large enough to distribute all the tables,” says Jana Kighter. It has distributed the seats in such a way that guests can use wide paths, for example to the toilet. “Of course, we ask ourselves whether the guests will dare to come here at all,” says Kämpfer.

Newspapers are not permitted for hygiene reasons

This Friday morning, Kreuzberg offers a picture that recalls what normality once looked like before the Corona crisis. When she put out the tables in the morning, it was “an emotional moment,” says Daniela Cicerello, head of “Lo spazio – club room” on Kreuzbergstrasse. In the end, she worked alone for ten hours a day to serve collectors. Now she has brought back a handful of employees. Nina and Kemal, a young couple from the neighborhood, are sitting in front of the door. “We have been looking forward to this day since Daniela announced to us that it could start again,” says Nina. Now only the newspapers were missing, which are not permitted for hygiene reasons. Menus must also be avoided. The “Umami” on Bergmannstraße therefore stuck QR codes on the tables. Anyone who scans them with their smartphone gets the menu on their cell phone.

At the tables in front of “Austria” on Marheinekeplatz, restaurant manager Kristin Scheurer protrudes a ruler from her jeans. She has printouts from the hotel and restaurant association for noting down guest dates and will follow the Senate recommendation, she says. The masked waiter from another restaurant, on the other hand, declares that it is a valuable unique selling point that no one in his restaurant has to identify himself.

The waiters adhere to the mask requirement

On Friday lunchtime, numerous people in sunglasses sit in the outside areas of the restaurants and cafés in the old town of Spandau, but only a few wear a mask, although the Senate strongly recommends this. The waiters, on the other hand, adhere to the mask requirement. Things are starting up well at the moment, says Alberto Carpene, owner of the ice cream shop “Eli Eis”, which is well attended that lunchtime. “A lot of places are missing, but we are well prepared.”

In the “La Bottega” restaurant, employees also wear gloves, and signs on the windows indicate the rules of conduct. “We are still in the test phase, but so far it has worked out quite well,” says Managing Director Stefano Natili, even if some things still have to be brought in. For example, that as a guest you can no longer simply take the sugar shaker from another table. Despite the requirements and reduced space, Natili is happy to be able to open again. And that there are many regular guests. Some of them came directly on Friday – and are already planning the next restaurant visit. As a farewell, a couple says to Natili: “See you tomorrow.”

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