Former owner Claudia Rose (74) and her successor Pejman Darvish (39) are standing in front of the Olympic Bridge snack bar Photo: Charles Yunck
By Sara Orlos Fernandes
After 35 years, the snack bar Olympische Brücke has closed. Sausage icon Claudia Rose (74) hands over to one of her regular customers.
New owner Pejman Darvish (39) has big plans. A container is to replace the old building, but the tradition will live on inside. “I love this shop. This is real Berlin and we want it to stay that way,” he says.
That’s why he learned all of Claudia Rose’s secret recipes and looked over her shoulder while she was sizzling. They also touched the secret curry sauce together.
Demolition work began on Monday. The old booth has to go by order of the district. A container building will replace them Photo: Charles Yunck
It should taste the same as before, the menu remains the same. “There will also be chicken nuggets for children and possibly burgers,” reveals the Berliner.
For Rose, the handover is emotional because a piece of history comes to an end. In 1987 she opened the snack bar with her husband. “I remember how we used to knead meatballs here in the morning,” she says. Today everything is different, only the clientele has remained the same.
1994: Claudia Rose (left) in 1994 with her partner at the time and a tourist from France (right). In 2006, the snack bar became the Olympic Bridge Photo: Ralf Lutter
Doctors, BSR employees or Laubenpieper or driving school instructors came to her every day. Frank Zander and Michael Preetz also liked to order.
Three generations met and ate currywurst with fries. And then there was football. The booth is only a few hundred meters away from the Olympic Stadium. She will never forget highlights like the DFB Cup final and the World Cup. “I’m still in tears, it was great,” says Rose.
The new container snack bar is scheduled to open in mid-January. The Hertha Union derby should sizzle here again by January 28 at the latest. Until then, there is still a lot to do on the Olympic Road.