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A Taste Of Israel
In Eastern Berlin
RUTH ROVNER SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
reside Cafe Oren, the mood is look at a possible restaurant site.
"All the buildings were shut
lively and convivial. Israeli
music is playing on the sound down, and it was very deserted,"
system. Patrons seated at the Mr. Metzger recalls. "It was like
a strange little town of its
round tables talk animat-
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own."
edly. Behind the bar, bottles
entrance to
"It was a very dark street
of Israeli wine and beer are Cafe Oren
on display.
in eastern and nothing was going on
except that it had been
Waiters carry out platters
Berlin.
known as a street for pros-
heaping with portions of
hummus, tabouli and other Mid- titutes," adds Mr. Bergel.
Both are taking a brief time
dle Eastern foods.
This could easily be a cafe in out during their typically busy
Tel Aviv or Jerusalem; but in- day at the restaurant to talk
stead it is in the heart of eastern about how they opened Oren and
all about what has happened
Berlin.
The chance to enjoy a taste of since.
In 1991, Mr. Metzger had been
Israel — literally — in the former
East Berlin is just one of the at- a restaurateur in West Berlin.
tractions of this popular restau- His restaurant closed after a
bomb attack. Mr. Bergel was a
rant.
Cafe Oren is not only the best machine engineer eager to start
place to enjoy Israeli cuisine in his own business. The two
Berlin, it is also an intriguing ex- teamed up and decided to look at
ample of Israeli enterprise trans- property on Oranienburger-
strasse, a main street in eastern
planted to eastern Berlin.
Owner Yochi Bergel and man- Berlin.
It was located in what had
ager Dan Metzger are native Is-
raelis and longtime Berlin been Berlin's Jewish neighbor-
residents. Both were virtual pio- hood before the war. It was right
neers in opening a new business next door to a historic synagogue,
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here.
Their restaurant is an im-
pressive success story. It took vi-
sion to create it five years ago in
the transitional time after the
Berlin Wall came down and the
two Berlins were unified.
Under Communist rule, East
Berlin had been a bleak, desolate
place with a faltering economy.
It still looked that way in 1991
when the two partners came to
the New Synagogue, which was
then undergoing the start of an
extensive renovation project.
But the restaurant site itself
looked unpromising: an empty
building on a deserted street.
Still, the two friends couldn't let
go of the idea. "Everybody was
skeptical," admits Mr. Bergel.
"But we finally said.`0K, let's give
it a try.' "
From the start, they knew