Anu Pub / Bar recommendation with food?

try zur haxe on mehringdamm in kreuzberg, it's a proper old-school pub that does huge pork knuckles and beer, no booking needed if you go early like 6pm. they don't take reservations at all actually, just show up. the place is a bit rough around the edges but the food is legit and portions are massive

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If you're near Friedrichshain, try Hops & Barley on Wühlischstraße. They brew their own beer and serve solid German comfort food like schnitzel and sausages, and they usually keep a few walk-in tables open even on busy nights. You won't get a fancy cocktail menu but the kitchen runs until 10pm and the atmosphere is relaxed. For something a bit different, head to Pratergarten in Mitte - it's a huge beer garden with a wooden terrace, they serve hearty Bavarian dishes and rarely require a reservation unless you're a big group.

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check out schwarzwaldstuben on tucholskystrasse, it's a cozy little spot with solid swabian food like käsespätzle and they usually have tables open if you go before 8pm. no fancy vibe just good food and beer, and you can just walk in

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Worth noting that Berlin street names have official umlaut and ß rules that trip people up, so a sign showing "Strasse" versus "Straße" is not actually a spelling error, just an older transcription. Same with "ue" versus "ü" (e.g. "Kantstrasse" vs "Kantstraße"), both are considered valid renderings and you'll see the ß version on the blue Schilder and the ss version on older plaques or in databases that predate Unicode. If the difference you're seeing is between those two forms, there's nothing to fix and both are technically correct.

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if the signs u mean are the old enamel ones on the house facades those are often protected as Baudenkmal so nobody's allowed to correct them even if the spelling is outdated. the binding version is whatever is in the Berliner Strassenverzeichnis plus the entry in the Liegenschaftskataster, so if u tell me the street i can point u to the right Bezirksamt Mitte or Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf page. tbh the merged district thing is real but the facade signs are a separate story, theyre basically museum pieces at this point

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honestly thats super common in Charlottenburg, the district offices were merged from older Bezirke and nobody ever fixed all the Schilder. if its a real street you can check the official strassenverzeichnis on berlin.de, that list is what the Burgeramt actually goes by. which street is it? some of the Kaiserdamm / Kantstrasse signs are notorious for this.

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