Moloko Frankfurt

Ohne Ausnahme haben alle Besucher Kaffeegetränke bestellt. Der Mann mit dem cognacfarbenen, wuscheligen Hund, der diesen hat frei rumlaufen lassen, während er über den Rand seiner Zeitung verstohlen die wenigen Passanten beobachtete, die Galeriebesitzerin, so zumindest habe ich die appart gekleidete Mittvierzigerin mit auffälligem Goldring zugeordnet, die beiden über den MAC gebeugten Hornbrillenträger und meine Mutter, die sich um 11:00 Uhr morgens über alle die ihreserachtens unkonventionellen Menschen, die um diese Uhrzeit nicht im Büro sitzen, wunderte. Ich habe dann eine Orangina bestellt. Meine kleine Revolution an einem sonnigen, gewöhnlichen Vormittag in Frankfurt.
Moloko Frankfurt, Kurt-Schumacher-Strasse 1, Alte Brücke

rote Bar

Nichts für die Szeneschickeria, die rote Bar in Frankfurt. Unscheinbar liegt die Bar verborgen hinter der Fassade eines Hauses am Main (Mainkaii7, Frankfurt), wer sich wagt, darf sich überraschen lassen. Jeder Abend ist anders, doch meistens exzentrisch. Die Barkeeper verziehen keine Miene und ein umgangssprachliches "Du" wird nicht gerne gesehen. Wer sich dennoch in den dunklen Raum mit der roten Bar und Blick auf den Main traut wird belohnt mit ausgezeichneten Getränken. Mehr Worte werden nicht verloren, soll doch diese Bar keine Touristenattraktion werden.

echt Frankfurt

Diesen Beitrag hätte man einfach mit "echt lecker" starten können, dass würde aber leicht kitschig klingen, dass es im echt auf der Berger Straße aber wirklich "echt lecker" ist, kann man einfach nicht leugnen. Die klassische Frankfurter Sosse wird in verschiedenen, neuen Eigenkreationen angeboten, die Auswahl an Weinen gut, das Schnitzel schmackhaft, die Bedinung freundlich, das Publikum angenehm und die Atomsphäre in dem alten, renovierten Fachwerkgebäude stimmt. Wäre Frankfurt Fashion ein Restaurantguide würden an dieser Stelle nun 5 Sterne stehen. echt, Bergerstr. 319, 60385 Frankfurt.

hot summer day

Bekanntlich sprechen die Deutschen gerne vom Wetter. Auch Frankfurt Fashion wird am heissesten Tag des Sommers dieses Thema nicht unbeachtet lassen und widmet diesem hiermit einen eigenen Beitrag. Abkühlung verschafft da wohl nur ein Eis, welches man in der Hasengasse 1-3 geniessen darf ohne schlechtes Gewissen, denn hier wird nur mit Bioprodukten gearbeitet. Im Nordend wird die Eis Christina empfohlen, aber, die kennst sicher auch schon jeder. Für alle, die etwas weiter Richtung Taunus wohnen ist das Eiscafé Monza (Berliner Strasse 31, Eschborn) die richtige Adresse. Neben original italienischem Eis gibt es kleine Pizzen frisch aus dem Ofen, hausgemachte Sandwiches und täglich wechselnde Mittagsmenues. Mehr Eiscafé Tipps dürfen in den Kommentaren hinterlassen werden!

It´s known that Germans like to speak about the weather. Also Frankfurt Fashion won´t let this theme unnoticed and will dedicate it an article. To get cool you have to have ice cream, which you can enjoy without a bad conscience in Hasengasse 1-3, because it´s all from biological products. In Nordend you can go to well known Eis Christina. For all, who live a little bit more directed to Taunus, Eiscafe Monza (Berliner Str. 31, Eschborn) is the right choice. Beside original italian ice cream you get small Pizza fresh from the oven, homemade sandwiches and daily chainging business lunch. More hints about good ice cream can be left in the commentaries.

Ich geb´mir die Kante

Dem Aufruf mir die schönsten Ecken im Nordend zu schicken ist Nils gefolgt und hat sich für mich die Kante gegeben.

"Ganz unten" in der südöstlichsten Ecke liegt am Musikantenweg ein Café, das für mich zu den Highlights des Nordends gehört. Erstens weil es sich angenehm vom sonst so durchgestylten Frankfurter Stil absetzt, der noch an jeder Ecke aus Gemütlichkeit kalte Loungeatmosphäre macht. Im Kante sieht es noch so aus wie vor 50 Jahren. Und zweitens: die Öffnungszeiten. Um sieben Uhr morgens kann man dort schon einen Café bekommen, den man dann auch dringend braucht. Damit kommen wir zur Kehrseite der Medaille: Spätaufsteher finden nämlich nicht unbedingt einen Platz. Und reservieren geht nicht. Dann bleibt nur noch eines der leckeren Hörnchen mitzunehmen und in den chinesischen Garten an der unteren Berger zu gehen. Mein zweitliebster Ort im Nordend.

For me one of the highlights of Nordend is located just at "the bottom", in the southeast corner of the quarter: Café Kante on the corner Kantstraße/Musikantenweg. Firstly because it is quite different than the otherwise fully "Frankfurt"-styled cafés with their coolish lounge atmosphere. Café Kante looks like 50 years ago. And secondly, the opening hours. At 7am you can already get a cup of coffee (which you will desperately need). This brings us to the flipside of the coin: late risers does not necessarily find a place (and you cannot make reservations!). But you can buy one of the most delicious "Hörnchen" (kind of a croissant) in Frankfurt and take them with you to the Chinese garden just at the bottom of Berger Straße. By the way my second favourite place in Nordend.

Shops in Frankfurt: Conmoto

"Warum seid ihr nicht in Berlin mit eurem Laden" werden David und sein Kollege von Zeit zu Zeit von Besuchern ihres Combishops Conmoto (Wallstrasse 22, Frankfurt) gefragt. Neben ausgefallenen Sneakern und Freitag Umhängetaschen kann man guten, starken Kaffeé trinken oder Samstags die Spiele der Frankfurter Eintracht schauen. Und auf die Frage, warum sie denn jetzt genau hier den Shop eröffnet haben und nicht in Berlin antwortet David mit sympathischen Frankfurter Lokalpatriotismus, dass es in Frankfurt einfach noch zu wenig solcher individuellen Konzepten gibt und irgendwer ja mal anfangen müsse etwas zu bewegen.

"Why are you not staying in berlin with your shop" David and his collegue are asked from time to time by visitors in their Combishop Conmoto (Wallstrasse 22, Frankfurt). Besides fancy sneakers and Freitag shoulder bags you can drink a good, strong coffee or watch on saturdays matches of Eintracht Frankfurt. And to answer the question of the beginning, why they opened their store of all things here and not in Berlin David says with the friendly Frankurt local patriotism that Frankfurt has still too little of such individual concepts and one has to be the first to move something.

Table - new Schirn Kunsthalle restaurant

Last Thursday the new restaurant Table opened it doors for editors to look around the new restaurant beside Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt. Since Friday, 17.04.2009 doors are open for everybody. Food by Nykke and Kokki. Interior by Studio Nitzan Cohen. By the way, Nitzan Cohen (second picture) was very likable and explained his concept of the restaurant very well in a relaxed way. The concept of the restaurant sounds really interesting: Every now and then the restaurant will change its interior and design concept - project is called "The ongoing project". Table restaurant, next to Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Römerberg. Lunch, Café, Bar, Cocktails and Dinner.

Frankfurt eat & drink: Avalesque

Avalesque. What a name. Well, but what´s behind? It´s a Kebab house! For years there wasn´t any Kebab shop in the posh part of Frankfurt - Westend. Now, this area has it´s own Kebab shop called Avalesque. But, of course not one of the kind of Kebab shops you find near Konstablerwache. This one looks more like a good restaurant or bar. Dark wooden tables, leather chairs and aswell enough space to sit outside. But of course, good looking is "not everything". How is the taste? Really good! Fresh bread, fresh salad and lamb. Location: Fürstenbergerstrasse 168, Frankfurt - Westend, near Uni Campus Westend.

Frankfurt Fashion visits: Das Eis

Spring is already coming. A good time to test some refreshing icecream in Frankfurt. So, Frankfurt Fashion tested Das Eis (Hasengasse 1-3, next to Kleinmarkthalle). To say it first: Everything from A to Z is organic! Even the fruits for the icecream travel with a ship and not with an airplane because of our environment. What we tested: Hot chili-pepper soup with a cold scoop of pepper-cream icecream, raspberry icecream smoothie and really all sorts of icecream. After 2 hours eating, drinking and testing icecream we decided to love it! Eating healthy in an nice, relaxed environment, modern basic interior, mixed visitors and a nice crew. Here you find some more pictures of our icecream testing.

Where to stay in Frankfurt: 25hours Hotel by Levi´s

Lot of people ask Frankfurt Fashion about an accomodation to stay for a couple of days in Frankfurt. In fact, Frankfurt has so many hotels that it´s hard to figure out a nice hotel room which is near city center. Frankfurt Fashion took a look at 25hours hotel by Levi´s and it´s really a good place to start your city trip. Perfect combination between Fashion, Design and staying in an urban city. The hotel is a member of Design Hotels. With just 5 minutes by walking from Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof and just 10 minutes of walking to the city center 25hours hotel is perfect for a city trip. Guest rooms in different shades of blue feature fashion, design and lifestyle of the 20th century. Only the equipment is contemporary: All rooms come with shower/wc, hair dryer, minibar and safe. Special for a hotel is that all rooms have flatscreens, iPod sounds system and free Wifi. And if you feel hungry you can visit 24hours the restaurant RED TAB by NYKKE & KOKKI downstairs. The Red Tab serves traditional and healthy food with a twist. Farmhouse bread in the morning, fresh soups for lunch or titbits at night. Staying in this hotel is like living in a modern city appartment with some friends. Room rates from 120 € per night, weekend from 90 € per night. Young rate: 15 % discount for young guests up to 25 years.
Location: Niddastraße 25, 60329 Frankfurt.
Reservation via email: reception@ffm.25hours-hotels.com or via phone +49(0)69/2566770.

Frankfurt eat & drink: Das 21. Jahrhundert

Near Eschenheimer Tor you can find the bar & restaurant Das 21. Jahrhundert. During lunch time you can get a daily changing meal incl. table water for 7,90 euro (which is a good price for a restaurant meal incl. a drink in Frankfurt). And after work till late evening you can hum along at the bar with a cocktail. In summer time the 21. Jahrhundert opens its backyard for the guest for chilling in rear building atmosphere. Nice mix of visitors. Here you can find students, creative ones aswell as business people. The staff is well organized even when the bar is totally crowed.
Das 21. Jahrhundert, Oeder Weg 21, 60318 Frankfurt (Mo-Fr: 11:00 - open end, Sa & Sun: 10:00 - open end).

opening ChaCha Thai Street Kitchen

On Thursday, 4.12.2008 Frankfurt Fashion was invited to the opening of ChaCha Thai Street Kitchen. After a short speech and an explanation about healthy thai food all guest could try the dishes. Frankfurt Fashion tasted the vegetable curry. Very nice taste and very spicy. Since Friday, 5.12.2008 everybody can visit ChaCha Thai Street Kitchen in Grüneburgweg 16, Frankfurt (Westendcarree). The soups, curries and salades are made from fresh, healthy and light ingredients. ChaCha is really a healthy lunch alternative.

CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAYS

As already mentioned these days, here the Frankfurt Fashion Give Away special:

CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY NUMBER 1

1 night in a double bed room in 25hours Hotel tailored by Levi´s in Frankfurt

Christmas time is shopping time! Frankfurt is perfect for shopping, sightseeing and going out. If you don´t live in Frankfurt why not travelling to Frankfurt on a free weekend? Don´t know where to stay? 25hours Hotel tailored by Levi´s is a member of Design Hotels and the perfect combination between fashion and interior design. Frankfurt Fashion has to give away one night in a double bet room for your stay on a weekend.

CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY NUMBER 2
"Minnie" handbag by Affentor

Affentor designs bags for every occasion. Every bag is handmade in Frankfurt. The shop in Frankfurt (Fahrgasse 23) is really worth to visit it to find christmas presents. If you have luck, you win this small handbag called "Minnie". And if you don´t live in Frankfurt and you can´t visit the store visit the Affentor online shop under www.affentor.de.

CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY NUMBER 3
Voucher for cocktail at place to be & soup at Souper

If it´s too cold to stay at Frankfurt christmas market for food visit the "Souper". Here you get fresh, homemade soups & cakes and paninis. And after eating your soup, visit the "Place to be" for a fresh cocktail. Frankfurt Fashion gives away a voucher for a cocktail and a soup. Location: Weissadlergasse 3, Frankfurt (city center).

CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY NUMBER 4
5 x 1 Ice cream voucher

It´s always worth to visit DasEis. Even in cold winter month. Here you can have homemade icecream. The best: it´s organic icecream. Eat healthy your icecream in Hasengasse 3, Frankfurt.

CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY NUMBER 5
Book: Design Hotel Yearbook 2008

This book is showcasting more than 160 member hotels of the Design Hotels group with a conceptual focus on architecture and design. Great book for planning the next travel.

What to do to win:

Write an email to Frankfurt Fashion or post a comment. Let Frankfurt Fashion know why you read this blog. Please, leave the town and country where you´re living and your email address. Please send your email to: frankfurtfashion@gmail.com or post your comment here. Latest Friday, 12.12.2008. Good Luck!

Green City Guide to Frankfurt

Mahret from Twoforfashion had the idea to start a "Blogparade" about Green Fashion. So, today a lot of german bloggers blog about Green Fashion. Mahret will collect all posts on her blog. Frankfurt Fashion looked around in the city and collected some addresses for you where to buy Green Fashion and Food. Enjoy it and live healty!

Fashion

American Apparel Kaiserstrasse 23, Frankfurt shirts in all colours and all type of style from organic cotton

Marc O´Polo Steinweg 9, 60313 Frankfurt
Marc O´Polo also sells clothes (scarfes and shirts) from organic cotton. Mostly blue, white and brown colured. High quality level.

Restaurants

Frankfurter Botschaft Westhafenplatz 6-8, 60327 Frankfurt
Modern lifestyle meets organic food.

Obsthof am Seinberg Am Steinberg 24, 60437 Frankfurt
Self planted organic vegetables and fruits you´ll find here on your dish.

Supermarkets

Alnatura Burgstraße 106, 60389 Frankfurt

Basic Leipzigerstraße 11-11c, 60487 Frankfurt

Tegut Berger Strasse 195, 60385 Frankfurt

You have more suggestions where to find clothes from organic cotton or organic food? Feel free to post a comment with the location! The best comment will get a small Frankfurt City Map with the best addresses for clothes, food and art in Frankfurt.

Frankfurt eat & drink: cha cha

On Friday, 5th December will open a new restaurant in Frankfurt. Cha Cha - Thai Street Kitchen. The slogan of the restaurant is "positive eating". For their thai food they only use fresh and bio ingredients. Frankfurt Fashion will be at the opening and will test the food.
Address: WestendCarree, Grüneburgweg 16, Frankfurt

eat and drink: Place to be & Souper

please, sit down here (really, you can sit on me)

lovely details, designed by shop owner

sweets

or do you like to sit here?

shop owner Daniela at "Place to be"

shop owner Daniela at "Souper"

real homemade chocolate cake on a plate brought from southern africa
by the way: Judy from Frankfurt Fashion was allowed to taste this cake: mmh, just say: FANTASTIC

One of the best places to be in Frankfurt

Place to be
Weissadlergasse 3, Frankfurt (city center)
open from Mo - Sat 18:00 - 1:00/2:00

Here you can drink coffee, beer, fritz cola, bionade and so many more. Fantastic: Your hungry? Just order one from the selfmade soups at the Souper beside

Souper
also Weissadlergasse 3
open from Mo - Sat 11:30 - 16:30

everything is selfmade by the shop owner! Soups, sandwiches, cakes. To read the hole storry about the Place to be please click here and here.

fashion scene in Frankfurt: Brückenstraße

On the other side - Dribbe de Bach. That´s the Frankfurt way to say: Sachsenhausen. Here people from Frankfurt spend their money in nice independet-label, go out for a drink in one of the many international restaurants, spending their free-time, playing with their kids outside, hum along with friends. Schweizer Straße is since years well known. Now, there is the focus on Brückenstrasse. Passing through this street feels like dawdle around Prenzlauer Berg/Berlin. Here you find the fashion scene of Frankfurt. Young designers sharing a shop together, nice second-hand-shops, bars, hair-cutters and many more let you spend your money.

Frankfurt River Bank: Meral´s Imbiss

River Bank, Frankfurt/Sachsenhausen side

Frankfurt is one of the lucky cities with a river passing through the city. The bank of the river Main invites you just walking around and watching the skyscrapers, going jogging, relaxing with own brought food and drinks or visit one of the bars beside the river. You´re getting hungry by walking around? Visit:

Meral´s Imbiss
"Kebab boat"

On the Sachsenhausen side of the Main river, between Alte Brücke and Eisener Steg, you can find it. Here you can buy turkish food like döner, turkish pizza and off course, refreshments. The atmosphere reminds you beeing in southern europe. On weekend a crowd of youngsters sitting on the green river bank in front of the Dönerschiff, listening to music, drinking and of course, eating some kebab.

going out: Yachtclub in Frankfurt at river Main

Yachtclub by Hans Romanov

The summer is already in his last few weeks so take the chance to go to Yachtclub in Frankfurt. No, you don´t need to bring your own Yacht. Yachtclub is on a boathouse in the river main, Alte Brück opposite to Portikus. Here you can relax from the early evening (with self made cake) till the late night. On weekends there are changing Dj´s and in the week you can sit for a drink and eat some snacks (italian snacks with fresh bread from a backery in Frankfurt). Visitors are very nice and very mixed. Here Frankfurt art scene meet with students, some tourists and people from party scene. Don´t miss to visit Yachtclub by Hans Romanov. location:

Alte Brück, opposite Portikus
Main river, Sachsenhausen side
60594 Frankfurt