Pauly Saal (Photo: Stefan Korte)Pauly Saal, Berlin
The Look: Inspired by the golden 1920s of Weimar Berlin, this double-height restaurant occupies the former gymnasium of a Jewish girls school, built in 1928 and recently transformed by gallerist Michael Fuchs into the House of Art and Dining Culture. Restaurateurs Stephan Landwehr and Boris Radczun—who are also behind the art-world hot spot Grill Royal—introduced custom-made ceramic tiles and beech chairs, Murano chandeliers, paintings by Daniel Richter, and—perched prominently above the glass-fronted kitchen—Cosima von Bonin’s rocket sculpture, Miss Riley.
The Food: Chef Siegfried Danler serves up hearty dishes like rich stews and rotisserie suckling pig, sourcing ingredients locally and making sausage, pickles, breads, and pastries in-house.
