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 26^th and 28^th 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