Currywurst

Since 1930, Konnopke's Imbiss has stood under the heritage-listed elevated railway viaduct on Schönhauser Allee, serving East Berlin's first Currywurst since 1960 - skinless and with a sauce whose recipe the family keeps secret to this day. It also offers five levels of spiciness, a vegan option, and an outdoor snack garden next to the kiosk.

The Zenner Beer and Wine Garden in Alt-Treptow is one of Berlin's oldest and largest beer gardens, located directly on the Spree River in Treptower Park. Classic beer garden culture meets a contemporary drink and food menu here, with views of the Island of Youth.

Curry 36 at Mehringdamm carries the house number in its name: the first stand was a cart just over a metre wide in the building's entrance, with the 36 still visible beside it. Today there is currywurst with and without casing, from Havelland apple pork and in a vegan version, plus an own ketchup with 87 percent tomato paste.

Curry61 at Alexanderplatz sits between the World Clock and the Congress Centre and cooks its curry sauce fresh several times a day. The vegetables are market-fresh from Brandenburg, the sausage comes from a Berlin butcher, and the vegan currywurst is served with a vegan truffle mayonnaise made with real summer truffle.

Ketch'up 35 in Britz cooks its own ketchup fresh every single day, following a secret family recipe and using no preservatives at all. It also uses exclusively Neuland meat, hand-formed buns and Belgian-style twice-fried fries. The currywurst costs 3.20 Euros, as do the fries, and there is parking directly at the stand.

Curry Baude sits in the entrance hall of Gesundbrunnen underground station, a listed complex designed by Alfred Grenander. Owner Reina Lehmann is a trained butcher and produces the sausages and meat in his own butchery. The ketchup sauce is a family secret, and the house creation is called SPECIAL, served with corn and paprika.

Opposite the Adlon, Curry Wolf grills the Berlin currywurst with or without skin, served with twice-fried chips and the house chilli sauce Opium. As a gift for men the sausage goes over the counter in a swing-top jar, alongside a currywurst gin of its own and vouchers for a Berlin menu for two people, redeemable at both stands.

Zur Bratpfanne has existed since November 16, 1949. Günter Mosgraber placed the stand in front of the Titania Palace back then; since 1951, the stall has been located at Schloßstraße corner Kieler Straße in Steglitz. The sausages consist exclusively of pork shoulder, the ketchup is homemade, and the fries are double-fried.

Curry und Chili on Osloer Straße offers twelve spice levels, ordered ascending by Scoville. Levels one to seven do not contain chili extract and cost no extra, while the Gold Edition at level ten is over seven million Scoville. Frank Spieß founded the stand in 2005 and the first German Chili Eating Championship in 2009.

Curry Wolf is located on the median strip at Unter den Linden 77, opposite the Hotel Adlon and within sight of the Brandenburg Gate. The cult sauce OPIUM is handmade, jarred, and served at the stand without extra charge. The Currywurst costs 4.30 Euros, the vegan version 5.80 Euros, and champagne up to Dom Pérignon is also available.

Lange's Imbiss at the corner of Berliner Straße and Holzhauser Straße in Tegel is the cheapest address on this list: The currywurst costs 3.10 Euros, the fries 2.50 Euros. Additionally, there's a full breakfast assortment with minced pork and scraped meat rolls, and changing home-style dishes like pork hock with sauerkraut or Königsberger Klopse.

Dicke Wirtin is the Berlin pub at Savignyplatz, named after the landlady Anna Stanscheck, who was known for her stews and for her fondness for students from the nearby art college. Today the Drees family runs the place, with its own butchery, nine different beers on tap and a menu that goes by the name Dit is(s)t Berlin.

Bier's Kudamm 195 has been selling currywurst on Kurfürstendamm since 1965, founded by the Berlin photojournalist Klaus-Peter Bier and now run by Gregor Bier, the second generation of the family. Champagne, including Dom Pérignon, is served with the homemade spicy sauce. The currywurst costs 3.80 Euros, with and without casing.

Ick bin Berliner gathers on Rathausstrasse beside the Red City Hall what Berlin workshops produce: over six hundred articles from gin through pralines to currywurst in a jar. Nothing enters the range until the team has visited the workshop behind it, the whole assortment is certified organic, and hotels and firms have their own editions put together here.

It is believed that this “culinary delicatessen” was prepared for the first time in 1949 by Herta Heuwer in Berlin.

Plane trees instead of palm trees, crossover instead of currywurst: The Parkcafé at Fehrbelliner Platz in Wilmersdorf is one of Berlin's most relaxed beer gardens, right next to the famous Preußenpark. Breakfast until 6 PM, table service, and a spacious wood-and-glass building make this spot in West Berlin a true all-day hangout.

With a great selection of savoury Polish sausage varieties to meat specialities from Thuringia to the snack stall selling Currywurst: The market on Rudow's Pierosser Straße is a great place if you like meat and sausages!

Attila Hildmann is a well-known cookbook author in Germany and now owner of the vegan restaurant Vegan Snackbar in Berlin-Charlottenburg.

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