Rogacki Delicatessen – Charlottenburg
October 1, 2010 4 Comments
I was still mulling over the decision to move to Berlin or stay put in London when I came across Antonio Carluccio’s article on Rogacki in the Jaime Oliver magazine. Carluccio was cooking in London way back when you could only by olive oil from the chemists. I am lying, that was Elizabeth David but eating out options where nevertheless pretty bleak back then. To see this jolly grand daddy of Italian cooking in the UK get all excited about a deli in Berlin was surprising.
A few months later when I visited Rogacki, I instantly agreed with him! If this place was in London, it would have already had 6 face lifts, the people serving would all be students that didn’t understand your order and there would be a sushi bar in the front window – maybe with a conveyor belt. That is one of the great things about Berlin, it’s not in such a hurry to modernize that they throw out the baby along with the bath water! Shoppers can appreciate an old-timer and although most Rogacki customers were over 50, there were plenty of young people as well. Read more of this post