4 Best Restaurants in Wedding, Berlin

There are plenty of places in Wedding for a quick falafel or döner but if you're looking for something different, head to Italian-inspired Café Pförtner, at the entrance to the Uferhallen on the Panke canal. The squat, brick café space may be small, but Pförtner makes good use of what there is, adding long tables out front in good weather and, in a nod to the Uferhallen's previous incarnation as a BVG garage, turning a brightly painted bus into a dining area next door.

Hidden behind a metal door in a nondescript part of Wedding, this buzzy restaurant from Canadian wunderkind chef Dylan Watson-Brawn presents a series of roughly 30 small plates foraged, gathered, and purchased from producers he has personally met, mainly in Germany but also from farther afield in Europe. Eight diners watch the chefs at work right in front of them and hear the stories behind each dish, as well as the tales of the carefully selected all-natural wine pairings chosen to accompany them.

The slightly more casual offshoot of Michelin-starred restaurant ernst, this wine-focused eatery serves coffee, fresh-baked goods, and (yes) wine during the day and more elaborate market-driven prix fixe menus at dinner; dishes are heavy on the organic veggies, plus sustainable seafood and meats, and many have a Japanese slant, featuring accompaniments such as shiso flowers, miso, ponzu, or yuzu. An open kitchen encourages you to watch the chefs at work, while enormous pane windows let you keep an eye on the action on the lively Wedding streets outside.

For proof that Wedding is on the rise, look no further than this tiny, trendy restaurant, which serves high-end, beautifully presented bar food and local beers.

The unusual round space has a central horseshoe-shape bar and wraparound banquettes. The menu varies, but usually includes a well-respected burger that comes with barbecue sauce, onion rings, and shoestring fries; the miso-glazed salmon with seaweed salad and the kimchi pancake topped with vegetables are also standouts. A small list of cocktails and one dessert round out the short menu.