Macondo

This café/bar on Boxhagener Platz brands itself a 'Leseplatz' (reading place) and it's perfect for just that. Kitted out, like so many Berlin cafés, with fraying but still trendy vintage furniture, and also offering a good selection of board games, it's more of a chill-out bar than a night-out place. Snacks such as fried yucca and a €5 Latin American brunch on Sundays keep the intellects sated.