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No. 32 in the world · November 2026

Alt-Berliner Wirtshaus Henne

Leuschnerdamm, Kreuzberg · Berlin, Germany

BackhendlNo. 32
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The one piece to order

The half fried chicken, with potato salad and cabbage salad

The line to expect: Book for dinner; it fills.

A Kreuzberg tavern that has served essentially one dish for over a century: milk-marinated chicken, fried crisp, with a cold beer. From our Berlin guide.

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Milk-marinated half fried chicken with potato salad, the old Berlin way

Milk-marinated half fried chicken with potato salad, the old Berlin way

Overnight marinade, 1 hr 15 min · 2 (a half chicken each). The plate at Henne in Kreuzberg, and a cousin of Austria's Backhendl: a small chicken halved, soaked in milk, crumbed lightly and fried until crisp and golden, with a cold vinegary potato salad and a beer.

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