Remi, Berlin: Coffee house culture reloaded

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It's clear: this restaurant belongs to Suhrkamp Verlag. Branding and identity in pure culture with copies of Edition Suhrkamp. Since May 1963, 48 first editions - over 2,400 volumes to date - of both literary and essayistic works have been published annually in this series. (Robert Rieger)

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Restaurateurs Stijn Remi (l.) and Lode van Zuylen in their new restaurant Remi on the ground floor of the new Suhrkamp publishing house. "We always wanted to start a "Lode & Stijm" family," says Lode van Zuylen. (Robert Rieger)

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Choux à la Crème (Robert Rieger)

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Cod, tomato, grilled peppers (Robert Rieger)

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Summer salad (Robert Rieger)

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Preparing food as transparently as possible. The open kitchen is at the centre. Like a sculpture, the "luminaire" circles the heart of the restaurant, the kitchen. (Robert Rieger)

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Lode van Zuylen and Stijn Remi's new restaurant at Suhrkamp Verlagshaus in Berlin-Mitte sets new culinary and design standards. The operators of "Lode & Stijn" in Kreuzberg are going for emphatic simplicity here. The stars in the spotlight: the ingredients. (Robert Rieger)

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Light plays an essential role at Remi, alongside cuisine and culinary delights. Walls of glass connect the restaurant with the world "out there" and the spacious outdoor terrace. (Robert Rieger)

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Clearly: a restaurant in the Suhrkamp publishing house. The curved-coloured volumes of the traditional Edition Suhrkamp set the colour accent here in the restrained interior design. (Robert Rieger)

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