TAZ-Kantine: Restaurant und Bar

The TAZ-Kantine on the ground floor of the new taz building on Friedrichstraße in Kreuzberg has been a meeting point for the editorial team and the neighborhood since 2005. At lunchtime, there's a changing menu with many vegan dishes starting from 9.90 euros, and a cappuccino costs 3.60 euros. As a reading café in Berlin, it scores with the current taz newspaper on the table and the taz Talks in the evening.

TAZ-Kantine: the reading café in the taz building

In October 2005, ‘die tageszeitung’ opened its taz Café on what was then Kochstraße. Since the editorial team moved into the new building at Friedrichstraße 21 at the end of 2018, it has been called TAZ-Kantine and is located on the ground floor directly below the editorial offices. The canteen was founded and is managed by Sigi Renner; in November 2025, it will celebrate its twentieth anniversary. At the tables, editors sit during their lunch break alongside guests from the neighborhood and people who want to read the newspaper in peace. The current taz is available, and in good weather, tables are set up outside the building.

Lunch Menu, Cappuccino, and taz Talks

The kitchen works regionally and seasonally; meat comes from ethical farming at Biomanufaktur Havelland. At lunchtime, there is a daily changing menu with many vegetarian and vegan dishes, plus breakfast and an afternoon menu with cakes. If you want to take your food with you, it comes in ReBowl reusable containers. In the evenings, the canteen regularly becomes a stage: At taz Talks and taz panter Talks, authors of the newspaper discuss politics, society, and new books. The hall can accommodate up to 170 people in row seating; seats are reserved online in advance.