Café & Sweets · Shinjuku

BERG (Shinjuku) ビア&カフェ ベルク

A 15-square-metre beer-and-sausage stand hidden in the basement passage of Shinjuku station's east exit, Tokyo's cult cheap breakfast and solo-drinking spot.

About

Since 1970 BERG has fed commuters from a cramped spot inside the station building basement (now LUMINE EST B1), fiercely independent in a world of chains. They work with craftsman sausage makers and a top Tokyo bakery, serve hot dogs, German-style sausages, liver pâté sandwiches and properly kept draft beer from 7am, and the walls carry rotating photo exhibitions. Locals stand at counters reading or chatting alone; it is one of the busiest little spaces in the city and impossible to replicate.

Highlights

• Draft beer from 7:00 in the station basement
• Artisan sausages and hot dogs on craft bread
• Breakfast morning sets for commuters
• Rotating photo exhibitions on the walls
• Fiercely independent since 1970

Tips

• Find it inside LUMINE EST B1 near the JR east exit ticket gates
• Morning sets before 10:00 are a bargain
• Standing and small seating only, eat, drink and move on
• Cash and some IC payments accepted

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