Berlin swaps its restaurants rather than losing them, figures show

Restaurant closures keep making headlines in Berlin, and the latest is the India on Bergmannstraße in Kreuzberg. A letter on its door, headed in large red letters "Thanks for over 31 years", marks the end. The Indian restaurant at number 100 first opened on 9 June 1995 and closed on 30 September 2026.

Operator Virender Aurora and his team used the letter to thank their guests. They mentioned birthdays, family celebrations and first dates, and everything else that happened between the kitchen and the dining room over three decades.

The article sets this closure against exclusive figures on the city's restaurant scene. According to its introduction, the numbers show that Berlin is not losing its restaurants but swapping them out, as old ones close and others take their place. Even so, the piece says, restaurateurs remain anxious. A caption describes eating out as an expense people now think about before they commit. The rest of the article is behind a paywall, so further details of the figures are not available here.