Here we are at six hundred twenty-six Tenth Avenue. The spot might look different now, but for years, this was a Hell's Kitchen legend called Hallo Berlin. It was a cozy beer garden slinging authentic German comfort food... frankfurters, red cabbage, and spätzle, which are these amazing soft egg noodles. Pull up the photo on your app from two thousand and fifteen. You can see their famous motto painted on the front... New York's wurst restaurant. Wurst meaning sausage. You have to appreciate a good pun.
The magic actually started on the streets. The owner, Rolf Babiel, ran a pushcart on Fifty-Fourth Street and Fifth Avenue. In two thousand and four, New York magazine called it one of the city's best power lunches. Imagine corporate executives lining up for potato pancakes! He even won the Vendy Award in two thousand and five, crowning him New York's top street food vendor. Rolf passed away in October two thousand and nine. His family kept the beer flowing until closing the restaurant in June two thousand and seventeen, ending a seriously delicious legacy.
