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Zum Roten Engel – fresh after work beer by sunny days
View of the front window, to the right the entrance to this small alternative café
I felt like posting a little contribution in honor of an alternative place (it’s self-managed) which to me is really nice to have a fresh afterwork beer with some colleagues or friends. Specially so when the weather is on your side, because they have one of Basels nicest terrasses in a small plaza right off one of the bigger shopping streets in the old city (Grossbasel).
Zum Roten Engel serves great refreshing Appenzeller Bier, and for those who, in a more english style, prefer afterwork tea they have a great choice of home-made tea mixes to choose from. Their coffee is also good, which unfortunately is not the rule in swiss-german cities – but hey, here, there’s nothing to worry about. If you have the munchies, they also sell a small range of home-made baked goods (such as muffins and fruit pies), bread & cheese or bread & sausage on a wooden plate, bircher mueslix, and some dessert type of things. Great to fend off that nagging hunger that wants you to leave and go home to have dinner, usually right at that moment when the discussion started to get intense.
Larger view of the “Roten Engel” – the red angel
When the weather gets a little more fresh as the evening progresses and your afterwork beers have turned into long friendly discussions about life and the future of human civilization or at the very least society, then you’ll be able to wrap your legs in nice red blankets that Zum Roten Engel will provide. During the summer, if you are lucky, you might see a performer doing some artsy mime work or just some static performance, or even enjoy the occasional young traveling music band.
Prices are fair, the staff is nice, and it’s a self-service so whenever you feel like getting something more, there’s won’t be any waiting, just drop by the counter and get whatever you fancy!
Café zum Roten Engel – Andreasplatz 15, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
Restaurants, Bars & Cafés in Basel with a touch of gay
Hi Folks!
Today I’ve decided to put together a list of some nice and/or cool restaurants, bars and cafés in Basel which are either great places to be or even truly LGBT friendly places. Unfortunately I haven’t tried them all yet, so I’ll just mention those that I have tried as we go along and I’ll especially point out (with a ♥) those that have this little “je ne sais quoi” that makes them special to me. Have you been to any of these places? Then leave a comment and tell us about it!
Basel (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Bars & Cafés
- Roter Engel – ♥ been there, love it
- Mitte – nice place to meet or study
- Fumare Non Fumare – decent for a more one-on-one discussion evening
- Baragraph – ideal if you’re an afficionado of Orange Clockwork or Austin Powers design style
- Agora – ♥ been there, totally alternative
- Hirscheneck – even more alternative, hosts LGBT evenings
- Paddy Reilly’s – THE irish venue
- Alpenblick – calm and nice
- Des Art’s, Groundfloor – artsy eccentric patchwork style, not sure if its bad taste or a genially funny and ironic style
- Des Art’s, First Floor – ♥, great bar, with a few real barman, like they almost don’t make them anymore, great choice of spirits and digestives, long list of cocktails
- Cargo Bar – ♥, for the grungy ones
- Samstag – For coffee and breakfast during the week, nice and independent
- Nasobem – ♥ For the bookworms, who like a book with their tea or coffee
- Harmonie – I find the german word “gutbürgerlich” to be quite suited here
- Eo Ipso – ♥, industrial style
- Grenzwert – also good style and good music, discrete if you want to be
- Bar Rouge
- Ca’puccino
- Noohn – liked the bar, the sushi…not so
- Café Schiesser – Grand’Ma style, for the afternoon pastry afficionado
- Bar du Nord – the place to be for football fans during world cups and such…
- KaBar – ♥, on Tuesdays its name changes to Ziischbar and it’s LGBT night!
- Zum Kuss – ♥, excellent cocktails, one of the largest choices of spirits in Basel, almost always open (every day of the week open from 08:00 or 10:00 til 00:00 or 01:00 depending on the day)
- Atlantis – Very nice complex of bar/restaurant/club – somewhat more on the classy side, the food is excellent.
- Balz – One of the main bars where you’ll find young students or even late highschoolers. Good cocktails.
- Volkshaus – Again a complex composed of a Bar, a Biergarten (super nice in the summer), a restaurant & a club/concerthall, quite trendy.
- Casanova – New bar in town, Italian style, but the classy type. Good drinks, good pastry, nice interior design.
Restaurants
- Nooch
- Namamen – ♥ excellent concept, a ramen noodles bar
- Atlantis – ♥ for the nicer occasions, classy and smart
- Yoko Sushi – ♥ really like it, the classic after work sushi bar
- ONO – ♥ been there, upper class but still cool
- Valentino’s – Great burgers, totally uncomplicated crowd
- Kohlmanns – Well designed modern brasserie, unfortunately the service is tad slow
- Acqua – ♥ italian modern cuisine, style and music too
- Eo Ipso
- Minamoto
- Noohn – liked the bar, the sushi…not so
- Latini – ♥ a good italian restaurant with style
- Tibits – for the vegi do-it-yourself fans
- Les Gareçons – ♥ amazing for sunday brunch!
- Atlantis – Very nice complex of bar/restaurant/club – somewhat more on the classy side, the food is excellent.
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