Launching this Thursday (14 Nov), Neukölln is a new pop-up bar to be found within the walls of the new Caffeine and Co's pop up shop in Manchesters Spinningfields. The "bar" element will take over the site from 6pm - 11pm, Thursday through Sunday between now and the beginning of the new year, opening after the café has closed.
It is named after the suburb of Berlin that houses some of the most unique bar culture in Europe in the form of living room' and DIY style bars. These bars are a long way from the shiny drinking palaces often found in Manchester and have much more in common with a speakeasy. Often set up in disused shops theyll be little more than a fridge for beer, a few sofas and some good music. Its drinking taken back to basics, just add friends and conversation (- and heating, we hope) and you have a great night out.
Neukölln will sell a curated list of beers and craft ale from Germany and around the world, including the hoppy and flavourful Jever Pilsner and Erdinger Weisse in half litre bottles (very true to Neukölln itself), Anchor Breckkies Brown from the USA, Nogne Pale Ale from Norway and Thornbridge Jaipur from the UK, among others.
Top-end spirits
Rather than a wine list, the bar will serve the best red and white that the team can find for £4.50 a glass or £20 a bottle. Again, in terms of spirits there will be a short list of fine booze: Appletons estate rum, 2 single malts, Elijah Craig Bourbon, Deaths Door Gin and Finlandia Vodka.
Food will be prepared by Caffeine and Cos bakery (Longford Park) and kitchen (Manchester Science Park) and the menu will include bar snacks (homemade pork cracklings, bourbon glazed chipolatas, house roasted nuts), homemade bread, cured beef fillet or gravalax and daily slow cooks.
Neukolln, Quay House, Byrom Street, Spinningfields, M3 3JE, @NeukollnMCR