Silo Coffee

Fjord in the cup, cast iron on the table

Silo Coffee has been the home of Fjord Coffee Roasters since the roastery launched in 2015, and the coffee is poured with the seriousness that implies: specialty-grade beans, sourced on terms the café describes as going beyond fair trade, with Field Coffee as a second local roasting partner. The food arrives in cast-iron pans and leans Australian, which in Berlin means eggs done properly, produce given the lead, and a kitchen that would rather change the board than hold it. Sourcing is local where it can be, with produce from nearby growers and a menu rewritten as the season turns, so a dish that is on today is not guaranteed to be there in three months. Vegan breakfast and lunch plates run alongside classic bacon and eggs, so a mixed table can order without anyone compromising.

A Friedrichshain room since 2013

The café opened in 2013 and set itself the job of serving high-quality breakfast and lunch to Friedrichshain, which it has been doing from Boxhagener Kiez, a short walk from Boxhagener Platz, ever since. It was early to both brunch and specialty coffee in Berlin, and it still draws the crowd that follows both. The mood is laid back rather than precious: a produce-heavy kitchen, a line that moves, and a room that fills with locals and long-staying visitors in equal measure. It turns up regularly on Berlin brunch and coffee lists, and the line on a Saturday reflects that. In 2025 it was placed at number 79 on The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops.

Brunch first, coffee alongside

Come for the plates and let the coffee follow. The kitchen's strength is the savory breakfast: eggs, avocado, mushrooms and the vegan options, cooked in the pan they arrive in, with local produce doing most of the work. Order coffee with the food rather than after it, since the roasting is the other half of the point, and the espresso is where Fjord reads most directly. The Iced Latte is the named drink to ask for when the weather turns. Arrive expecting a wait when it is busy and treat that as part of the format; the room is popular for a reason, and the turnover is quick enough that the wait rarely decides the morning.