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"Mokka Milch": Berlin cult restaurant opens after renovation

"Mokka Milch": Berlin cult restaurant opens after renovation
The "Mokka-Milch-Eisbar" on Karl-Marx-Allee was a popular meeting place in the GDR / Photo: Jens Kalaene/dpa
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The singer Thomas Natschinski created a musical monument to the "Mokka-Milch-Eisbar" in 1969. The 78-year-old will be there for the reopening of the cult bar from the GDR era.

The "Mokka-Milch-Eisbar" becomes "Mokka Milch" - and with it, a Berlin cult bar from the GDR era returns in a new guise. A special guest, Thomas Natschinski, dropped by for the opening on Wednesday evening: the now 78-year-old and his band dedicated their own song "In der Mokka-Milch-Eisbar" (1969) to the restaurant in Karl-Marx-Allee. Natschinski sang the lines "In der Mokka-Milch-Eisbar hat sie mich geseh'n, in der Mokka-Milch-Eisbar, da ist es gescheh'n" countless times.

"We had our rehearsal room around the corner here. And the "Mokka-Milch-Eisbar" was our favorite place," the singer, composer and songwriter tells the German Press Agency. "Before rehearsals, after rehearsals, there in the corner was our regulars' table. We sat there and drank Coke with vodka." Sometimes there was also an ice cream sundae. "That was the reason why we said: Let's make a song."

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The band was one of the first guests

Natschinski - son of the GDR "musical king" Gerd Natschinski (1928-2015) - and his bandmates were once guests from the very beginning. However, they never performed in the "Mokka-Milch-Eisbar". But the song about it has always remained a special one for Natschinski.

At many concerts, it was the last song he played, he says. "The song is still present." And how does he see the fact that "Mokka Milch", a mixture of restaurant, café and bar, has now opened? "It's déjà vu for me. I think it's great."

Mocha, ice cream and Pilates

After several years of renovating the building, Natacha and Alexander Neumann are the new operators. According to the information provided, the menu includes "Mediterranean feel-good cuisine". And, of course, guests can also order mocha and ice cream.

In the beginning, there will be smaller offers, then the full range in a few days. "Mokka Milch" is also an event location and offers space for courses such as Pilates or painting evenings. There is also a large coworking area in the upper part.

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