I was fortunate to be led to Kjosk by a local friend on a trip to Berlin. The weather was arm enough outside that we were able to sit on chairs under a tree and enjoy beer and snack. Indoors we hung out in the upstairs of the bus as well. This reminds me of similar establishments in Oregon. Loved it!
Mason d.
Classificação do local: 4 Berlin, Germany
Berlin does mash-ups well: boat-restaurants, thriftstore-bookshop-cafés, airport-parks, factory-bars, und so weiter… so perhaps Kjosk –dubbed a German 7-Eleven or «Tante Emma» everything-in-one shop by it’s owner– shouldn’t come as a surprise. still, that first time you walk through the hedges that hide the space from busy Oranienstrasse the cocktail of features is fantastic. Kjosk is really just a hedged-in outdoor space, a former garbage dump given new life as a local meeting point, in the shade of a gloriously huge Roa mural of charcoal-colored game-animals dangling down the adjacent building’s wall. the true centerpiece of Kjosk, though, is a hulking, 1965BVG double-decker bus that the owner wrestled out of junkyard retirement. the«kiosk» part of Kjosk actually lives *in* the bus, like a greatest hits of a spätkauf’s shelves, everything from cold drinks, candy, eggs and tobacco to magazines, pickles, and dog food(and even underwear). i don’t want to give too much away because part of the fun here is just wandering: a studied poke around will reward you with a hits-the-spot purchase, a surprising must-have or a nostalgic buy. what’s fantastic here are the hand-picked(and often local) versions of classics to take home or munch/sip/read in the chairs outside. imagine a chimaera of your corner store, neighborhood café and local bar… shoved in a bus. Kjosk is a nearly-all-hours spot, open 11am to late(11pm or 2am) all days, meaning you can roll in for breakfast or afternoon coffee or late-night drinks. the owner’s doing a fantastic job in making Kjosk a true meeting point, not just for groceries and drinks, but also local events like the recent international Street Food Market or «Honey-fest» in collaboration with Slow-Food Berlin. there’s a only bit of seating on the bus’ cozy second deck, but then tons of room to spread out in the chairs scattered about the multi-leveled lawn. the drainage outside seems a bit poor so things get muddy after a rain and currently the bathrooms are just a set of port-a-potties shoved in the corner, but otherwise, Kjosk’s «lawn» is a great place to lounge under the sky in summer or play ping-pong with a drink. …it’ll be interesting to see how the vibe of the place changes as we plunge into winter… (P.S. if you don’t know artist Roa’s stuff *PLEASE* check out more of his work… truly lovely.)
Svenja G.
Classificação do local: 5 Berlin
Relativ unscheinbar von der Straße aus, abr urgemütlich, wenn man mal reingeht. Sobald man das Gelände des Kjosk betreten hat, ist man auch schon weg von Gewusel dr Oranienstraße und des Görlitzer Bahnhof. Alles liegt in einer Senke und teilweise unter Bäumen versteckt. Die Selbstbedienungsbar befindet sich in einem alten Doppeldeckerbus, der mit zahlreichen Minikühlschränken ausgestattet ist. Bezahlt wird vorne im Busfahrerlabinchen. Auch Zeitungen und Snacks gibts hier im Angebot. Auf dem Gelände gibt es mehrer Tische mit süßen rot-weiß karierten Tischdecken und alten klapprigen Sonnenschirmen, die ihre besten Tage schon hinter sich haben. Die Besucher sind überwiegend Touristen, soweit ich das bei meinem Besuch beurteilen konnte. Außerdem gibts noch eine Tischtentennisplatte, die heiß umkämpft ist. Ein gutes Konzept, vor allem wenn man etwas Zeit totschlagen möchte, während man auf Freunde wartet, mit denen man am Görli verabredet ist. Hier kann man in Ruhe né Zeitung lesen und sich mit einem Getränk erfrischen.