by Monica Hartlief
Bermann & Bermann is a coffee shop annex cafe that opened a few months ago in Casona. Casona is an “interior design center and concept store” with great furniture, fabrics, and art. It is located on Avenida 25 between 26th and 28th street. This means it is away from the main tourist area, and right in the middle of Villas del Carmen, where many expat “locals” live. A perfect location to build up a clientele consisting of many “regulars”, and a regular is exactly what I’ve become in the last few months.
Casona - interior design center and concept store
Casona - interior design center and concept store
Bermann & Bermann terrace
An interesting fact about Bermann & Bermann is that the owner, Isac Bermann, is the son of the owner of the Babe’s restaurants, a long time Playa favorite. At Babe’s they serve specialty Thai noodles with a Swedish twist and although the menu at Bermann & Bermann is completely different you do taste the Asian influences in many of their dishes.
This is what’s on the menu at Bermann & Bermann at the moment:
soup of the day – 43 pesos
wraps – chicken, salchicha, meatball, or veggie – 48 pesos
lasagna – meat or veggie – 63 pesos
special – beetroot salad with Swedish meatballs – 43 pesos
the special of the day 43 – 68 pesos
the soup combo – 68 pesos
Bermann & Bermann meat lasagna
The combo is my favorite, it is a wrap with a cup of the soup of the day. I’ve had 4 different soups there so far: spicy carrot-coconut, potato & leek, tomato, and mushroom & broccoli. All four of them were fantastic, but the spicy carrot – coconut is my favorite. I’ve become a real Bermann & Bermann soup-freak and I don’t even really like soup, but guess I can’t say that anymore because the soup is the main reason I go there. The wraps are freshly made, so it does take a while, I love the falafel wrap which, I’m sure, will have a permanent place on the menu soon. It is filled with crunchy fresh vegetables, hummus, mildly spicy feta or tzatziki sauce, and falafel, mmm very good.
Bermann & Bermann falafel wrap with potato & leek soup
There is one more food item on the menu you absolutely have to try: the Swedish chocolate truffle! Chocolate at its best. With an espresso or a cappuccino. Fantastic. Yes, I’m a fan. You’ll be a fan too, I promise.
Bermann & Bermann is open Monday through Friday from 11 AM to 8 PM
Casona, Avenida 25 entre calle 26 y 28, Playa del Carmen
