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Osteria N° 1

The story

Almost fifty years behind the same gate

In 1977 Kreuzberg was a different city, and this courtyard was just a courtyard. Then somebody put tables under the trees.

  1. 1977

    The first table in the courtyard

    Osteria N.1 opens at Kreuzbergstraße 71, in a district that was then the edge of a divided city. Real Italian cooking in a Berlin that barely knew it yet.

  2. The 1980s

    The courtyard becomes a meeting place

    Artists, actors, musicians and neighbours start treating the Hof as a second living room. Summer evenings stretch out, tables get added, the trees grow.

  3. 1990s – 2000s

    The gardens appear

    First the summer garden, then the winter garden: the courtyard can be used almost all year. The osteria stops being a June-to-August thing.

  4. Today

    The same rules

    The hands in the kitchen change and so do the faces at the tables, but the way of working hasn't: buy fresh, cook the same day, eat without hurrying. And the gate is still the same gate.

“We never wanted to be the most elegant Italian restaurant in Berlin. We wanted to be the one you come back to.”

Osteria N.1

The courtyard, over the years

Photographs taken by guests on perfectly ordinary evenings. They aren't polished — that's the point.

The courtyard of Osteria N.1 seen from above at dusk, with tables under the trees
The courtyard full on a summer's day: families and friends at tables under the trees
A candle jar on a wooden table in the courtyard, trees behind
The summer garden of Osteria N.1 with white chairs and ivy-covered walls
The winter garden of Osteria N.1 with brick walls, warm lighting and full tables
The lit Osteria N° 1 dal 1977 sign at night, with the menu in the display case below
Prosecco on ice and a row of glasses set out for a reception
The front of Osteria N.1 by day: a white awning reading Osteria No 1 dal 1977, with laid tables outside

You write the next chapter, at the table.

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