Bar owner Korsun (center) in Berlin:A vegan lifestyle
Photo: Gordon Welters / DER SPIEGELIt was one evening a few weeks ago when three women entered a bar in Berlin-Friedrichshain. Without looking at the menu, they placed their order: an Aperol spritz, a margarita and a short. Weekend serenity.
Slavena Korsun owns the bar and opened it with a friend in March. Your concept can be described as radical or provocative. Korsun calls it "a clear focus".
Korsun told the women that all drinks were alcohol-free. At first the women seemed irritated. The walls of the bar are done in dark tones, the wooden chairs are slightly worn and from the flea market. A place that can be found several times on Boxhagener Strasse in Friedrichshain. But the name of the pub is on the window: "Zeroliq", without schnapps. Next to it: "alcohol-free". It sounds like a warning or a promise.
Korsun tells the story a few weeks later. For them it is anecdotal evidence that their concept works. Because the women stayed. They ordered two drinks and a glass of rose wine.
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