Beyond Instagram: Support Berlin's Small Businesses
What I love to see during this crisis is how motivated people are to support small, independent, and local food businesses. So here's another list with suggestions where to spread your love (and money). This time, the focus is on businesses that we tend to forget when most communication happens online on the 'gram, the neighborhood places we all highly depend on, which are often owned by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) but who don't have the type of social media skills needed to stand out in your feed. The idea and start for this list came from the Smells Like collective, a Berlin-based group celebrating food heritage, culture & identity. They started it on their Instagram channel, collecting shops and restaurants not represented on the Gram, then I extended the poll to my followers, threw my own recommendations in, and the result is this long list! Why not make it a goal to visit one or two of those per week, to make an effort to support those who often fall through the attention cracks. Happy eating! Please, do add more in the comments below!
Also, here's a google map of Asian eateries and grocery stores compiled by Athena Lam.
Kreuzberg
ammAmma Tamil, Sri Lankan, and Indian restaurant, more info here, order via Lieferando.
Urbanstraße 28A, 10967 Berlin
Basmah Sudanese restaurant, more info here, order via Lieferando.
Reichenberger Str. 26, 10999 Berlin
Blue Nile Ethiopian restaurant, more info here.
Tempelhofer Ufer 6, 10963 Berlin
Cafe Mori Brazilian restaurant and café, more info here, order via Lieferando.
Wiener Straße 13, 10999 Berlin
Indian & Sri Lankan Food Grocery Grocery store with online shop.
Lindenstraße 17, 10969 Berlin
Langano Ethiopian restaurant, more info here.
Kohlfurter Str. 44, 10999 Berlin
Laxy Cash & Carry Tamil grocery store.
Wrangelstraße 58, 10997 Berlin
Melek Pastanesi Turkish Bakery.
Oranienstraße 28, 10999 Berlin
Mercan Turkish Restaurant
Wiener Straße 10, 10999 Berlin
Mitte
Asia Markt Lee Supermarket for Asian groceries with a big frozen foods department.
Dircksenstraße 101-103, 10179 Berlin
Neukölln
Alagami Syrian restaurant open again from April 14, more info here.
Sonnenallee 44, 12045 Berlin
Al Andalos Lebanese restaurant
Sonnenallee 40, 12045 Berlin
Asia Supermarkt Supermarket for Asian groceries.
Karl-Marx-Straße 242, 12057 Berlin
GK Srilankan Indian Shop Sri Lankan and Indian grocery store, more info here.
Fuldastraße 12, 12045 Berlin
In the West
Ampai Thai Restaurant, more info here, order via Lieferando.
Kantstraße 105, 10627 Berlin
Cooking Papa Korean restaurant, more info here.
Wilmersdorfer Str. 72, 10629 Berlin
Moabit & Wedding
Asia Deli Chinese restaurant, order via Lieferando.
Seestraße 41, 13353 Berlin
Atti Asia Markt Supermarket for Asian groceries, more info here.
Luxemburger Str. 31, 13353 Berlin
Lei's Küche Chinese restaurant.
Seestraße 41, 13353 Berlin
Nusantara Indonesian restaurant, more info here, order via Lieferando.
Turmstraße 18, 10559 Berlin
Punjab Foods Grocery store with products from Africa to Asia.
Tromsöer Str. 6, 13359 Berlin
Tariq Food Pakistani and Indian food store, more info here.
Badstraße 55, 13357 Berlin
TS Food Supermarkt Grocery store with Pakistani, Indian, Persian, Afghan, Arabic, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, African and Nepalese products.
Alt-Moabit 74, 10555 Berlin
Prenzlauer Berg
Wok Show Chinese restaurant famous for their Jiaozi. Takeaway menu here.
Greifenhagener Str. 31, 10437 Berlin