Sinnfony

Wow, what a find!
So I just recently moved to Germany, and I have been touring the country. This past weekend I found myself in the Bonn/​Cologne area, and the WWII history buff with me had us head to the small town of Remagen to visit the museum of one of the few bridges captured by the Allies in WWII.
While there we discovered Sinnfony Piano Bar, tucked away in a small village north of the museum. The building was built in 1781 and is straight out of a movie set for a 1929 version of Heidi. But this rustic exterior camouflages a completely different experience to be had inside. Walking through the door you are immediately exposed to a clean modern space with a marble bar, slick furnishings, smooth LED lighting and a performing stage complete with a black baby grand piano, assortment of horns and guitars, which gives a feel of more San Francisco Cool Wine Bar, rather than rustic Remagen village pub.
The food is again modern, European, and fresh and light, as you would expect from the interior. The specialty of the house was flumaken (sp), which I would classify as a French Pizza. We had one with baby green, serrano ham, and parmesan, which was very nice. We also had the lachs plate, which we were told were cured in house and cut as we ordered, which was excellent (NOTE: I love lachs!!!). We drank tap beer, but there was a full bar and a reasonable wine selection. You can tell that this place is screaming to be a «wine bar,» but it is still Germany.
Anyway, the entertainment was provided by Jens, who played ALL of the instruments we saw when we came in, as well as sings. But the performance wasn’t like other piano bars I have been too, as Jens worked the room in between his short three to five song sets (there were a lot of sets). When Jens chatted with us, and found out we were from the states, he sat down and chatted with us in perfect English, but with an accent. That’s when we discovered that he owned the bar with his wife, Irma, who is the chef. Anyway, we got a lot of, «This next song goes out to our visitors from America…» for the rest of the night. Jens stopped performing around midnight, and we stayed and chatted with Jens, and eventually, Irma until 2:00am drinking beer, having snacks, and laughing. It was delightful, and added a little something extra to our trip to Remagen. As I said, what a find!!!