Finding a decent Currywurst?

honestly, skip stresemannstraße for currywurst. it's more of a commuter corridor than a food destination. but if you're set on that area, walk over to curry 36 in kreuzberg, it's like 10 minutes away and open late. they grill the sausage instead of frying it, gives it a better texture. not the cheapest but definitely not a tourist trap, locals still go there all the time

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You've got solid options from the others, but if you're on Stresemannstraße and don't want to walk far, head toward the corner of Wilhelmstraße. There's a small kiosk called "Imbiss am Gleis" that's been there for decades and mostly serves workers from the nearby offices. Their currywurst isn't fancy, just a standard Bockwurst with a slightly smoky sauce and a heavy dusting of curry powder. It's not the best in Berlin by any stretch, but it's honest and cheap, around 3.50 euros, and you won't find a single tourist there. Grab it to go and eat it sitting on the steps of the old Anhalter Bahnhof ruin a block away, that's a pretty Berlin moment.

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looks like everyone's pointing you to kreuzberg which is fair but if you're already on stresemannstrasse, just walk south toward the old tempelhof airport. there's a small van called "curry am kreuz" that parks near the columbiadamm intersection around lunchtime. it's not a permanent stand so it's easy to miss but their sauce is house-made with mango chutney and they use a coarser curry powder that actually tastes like something. cheaper than curry 36 too. just check their instagram first because they don't roll out if it's raining

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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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