Berlin built fourteen market halls in the 1880s and four still sell food. Which one is worth your afternoon depends on the day and the hour, so here is how to pick.

Museum Island has five museums and almost no restaurants. Every museum café shuts on Mondays, the Humboldt Forum rooftop shuts on Tuesdays, and Hackescher Markt is closer to the Bode-Museum than the Humboldt Forum is. Here is where to eat by the door you leave, the day and the time you have.

Pariser Platz is one of the worst places in Berlin to eat. A local guide to the cheap eats, the sit-down escapes, and the picnic move, all a few minutes from the Brandenburg Gate.