Don N.
Yelp
Nice place to watch people and have a beer.
I was just walking around the city and of course all roads seem to always point to the Dom. I was lucky and scored a front seat outside. I didn't eat anything. The waitress was friendly, she seemed like 16 years old.
The rest of my comments here are about the EU outdoor dining experience in general.
The seating in these outdoor spaces require you to be a vulture and attack any opening as the staff does not seat anyone. It's every man for himself. You have to eyeball every table and person to calculate which is most likely to be leaving next and go stand by them. You don't stare them down, but you kind of hover around signaling them and all the other vultures to stay away.
Once seated it is always a crap shoot as to a staff person actually coming by and asking if you want anything. There is a subtle art to the service game that we American's don't understand. We smile, they keep walking; we nod, they keep walking; eventually we start raising our hand and then waiving them. This seems to be looked down upon for being rude for being in a rush for waiting only 30 minutes staring at the empty table. Frankly, if you think you will drink two beers, you should order two to start with. Then paying the bill is another round of smiling, nodding, and waiving. They don't expect a tip and you would think once they heard our voices, they would realize they were about to get a tip (if they acted like you mattered), but most don't seem to put two and two together. Maybe this is a good thing. Nobody is special and money is to survive and not accumulate.
I am always impressed how our EU friends still care about their community centers. As I sit in these squares looking at old churches I think about how the people must have gathered in these squares for socializing and trade for over 1,000 years.
America has lost its roots. I miss the small shops, bakeries, delicatessens (I just realized the word comes from Germany and France meaning delicious things to eat). There is no lack of great things to eat and drink in Germany.