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Andrew Cottrill

Writes about food, drink, life, bullshit, and anything else he wants to get off his mind. For Andy, Berlin is like a huge playground for adults – somewhere you can do what you want without having to turn into a real grown-up. His first Berlin Loves You experience was over a $1 kebab and a 50¢ Sterni. ac@berlinlovesyou.com

Every Aspect of Primavera Sound Festival Rated to Death

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GOAT Primavera Sound Berlin Loves You Dani Canto Featured Image

Archive note: This article is a personal review of the 2016 Primavera Sound festival, rating performances, logistics and the writer’s experience. It is preserved as a historical festival review, not as current travel or event guidance. I’ve rated every aspect of my Primavera Sound 2016 experience. Just so I know what to do differently next … Read more Every Aspect of Primavera Sound Festival Rated to Death

Your 20 Favourite German Words. Don’t look at us, you chose them…

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BERLIN LOVES YOU Lingoda Favourite German Words Featured Image

The German language never fails to provide us with eye-opening, cute and sometimes hilarious words. A while ago we asked our readers to submit some of their favourite ones to us. Well, in the spirit of celebrating the German language a little (plus with the help of Berlin-based online language school Lingoda, we’ve created this little … Read more Your 20 Favourite German Words. Don’t look at us, you chose them…

Facciola: Come for the Food and Wine, Stay for Aurora and Brando

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BERLIN LOVES YOU Facciola Eatalian Food Week Featured Image

“Buona sera!” she says as we walk into the place, and grabs my hand. Now, I don’t know her. Until that point I thought Buona Sera was that guy from Arrested Development, and there I am, shaking her hand as she pulls me into her restaurant. Does she know I’m there to review it and … Read more Facciola: Come for the Food and Wine, Stay for Aurora and Brando

La Lucha Pop-Up Review: Should Other Mexican Places be Afraid?

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BERLIN LOVES YOU La Lucha Corn Taco 3

What gets me about 99% of Mexican food places in Berlin: the four-page menu consisting of about 20 different options is actually just three or four options repeated constantly. Do I choose the tortilla with braised beef, refried beans, cheese, guacamole and sour cream or the braised beef served in a tortilla with refried beans, … Read more La Lucha Pop-Up Review: Should Other Mexican Places be Afraid?

Here’s the Best Place in Friedrichshain to Watch Euro 2016

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BERLIN LOVES YOU Eastside Euro 2016 Featured Image

Berlin History Archive: the Euro 2016 viewing recommendation has ended. Dates, prices, tickets and recommendations below are historical and the article is preserved as a record of Berlin in 2016. Euro 2016 is almost upon us. If you live in Friedrichshain, or have visited F’hain to watch football matches previously, you know what that involves… … Read more Here’s the Best Place in Friedrichshain to Watch Euro 2016

La Lucha Aims To Bring Berlin Out Of The Mexican Food Dark Ages

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BERLIN LOVES YOU La Lucha Conchinita Pibil Taco

…Something’s stirring in the Berlin Mexican food scene (and it ain’t the refried beans). Word on the street is that there’s a new ‘Modern Mexican’ restaurant/bar called La Lucha opening soon. When? “Sometime this summer.” Where? “It’s a secret.” Without much more to go on, I tracked down the man behind La Lucha to ask … Read more La Lucha Aims To Bring Berlin Out Of The Mexican Food Dark Ages

Talkin’ Spargel, Moustaches & Mallorca with Xiroi

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BERLIN LOVES YOU Xiroi Featured

Xiroi’s Tommy and Tony really are the yin and yang of Schlager-Pop. One of them has a moustache and the other doesn’t. One of them plays the keyboards live and the other one doesn’t. Together they’re Xiroi, whose music masterfully depicts the very minutiae of Germany–a land where music and comedy are inextricably linked. A lot … Read more Talkin’ Spargel, Moustaches & Mallorca with Xiroi

Eatalian Food Week: Eat like an Italian Doge from June 13th-19th

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BERLIN LOVES YOU Eatalian Food Week La Pecora Nera 1

Archive note: This article previewed Eatalian Food Week in Berlin from 13 to 19 June 2016. The event has ended, and the menus, prices and participating offers are preserved as historical information. What is it that makes Italian restaurants so great and varied? It’s not always the menus… They all have similar stuff on them. … Read more Eatalian Food Week: Eat like an Italian Doge from June 13th-19th

Schwammerl: It’s German Food… But Better

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Berlin Loves You Schwammerl Outside 2

You know on Trainspotting when Ewan McGregor sinks into the carpet? That happened to me the other day… but I wasn’t shooting up on a dirty apartment floor, I was tasting Spargelsuppe at Bavarian/Austrian restaurant, Schwammerl, in Weichselstrasse, Neukölln. After just one spoonful, I was plunged head-first into a swimming pool of it, drowning in … Read more Schwammerl: It’s German Food… But Better

With Koka, You’re Already On The Guest List

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Berlin Loves You Koka Featured Image Partying

We all have that one friend that we rely on to take us to the best parties, to get our names on the guest lists, to be our ticket into the Berlin scenes. Now we’ve another new such friend, and it’s called Koka. Koka’s a group of Berliner friends who wanted to end the question … Read more With Koka, You’re Already On The Guest List

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