The main competitor against Starbucks in Berlin is Balzac Coffee. Wherever there is a place where a lot of people come by, one of those cafes will be in the neighbourhood. Now, the world as we know it at the moment looks like this: People who care about a smokefree environment while enjoying their coffee and cake are going to Starbucks, the others, those that don’t care to sit in cancerous clouds - or actually produce them - go to Balzac Coffee. The few times I went to Balzac to take an admittingly delicous looking piece of cake with me it often stank like cigarettes. Now, this will all change on April 1st.. Balzac Coffee is announcing at the doors of their cafes, that they will be completely smokefree from then on. Considering, that other cafes became smokefree too in recent times (I just saw one Meyerbeer Coffee house being smokefree now) this is a good development here in Berlin and it delivers more variety.
Tags: Balzac, Berlin, cafe, coffee, Meyerbeer, smokefree, Starbucks