Strange but true: I wrote another piece for unlike.net’s Berlin chapter way back when but it never made it up on the site.  After being certain it was lost in an inbox somewhere east of Alex, I stumbled upon it yesterday.  It put a smile under my whiskers and made me get kinetic about posting on a.fé again - double trouble. Here’s to hoping they start a Chi-town chapter soon… (View the original below)

Take a stroll along Neukölln’s Weserstraße strip and Fuchs und Elster will look like many other charming Berlin boozeries. Granny’s furniture and a cosy atmosphere make this an inviting and relaxing place to unwind with your buddies. Like with many of its best though, what meet’s the eye is often misleading.

Once you’ve made your way to the back and through the dizzying descent that’s wasn’t built for the tipsy or klutzy, you’ll see that you’re nowhere near Kansas anymore.  A low, bricked and intimate space greets you (after a small entrance fee) and you’ll often find yourself in the middle of one of their many live shows, both of the analog and digital persuasion. 

There’s a gypsy jazz feel to the cellar which, with the help of reasonably priced drinks and one of Bavaria’s finest brews, makes Fuchs und Elster a solid nook of Neukölln’s nightlife.

[A local collective, Fuchs und Elster’s foxhole buzzes Thu-Sat, despite how dormant the upstairs bar might seem.]