P. like Portugal or Paris, sometimes also P. like party or pirate, when rum just happens to be added to the bar range. The slate at the entrance reveals how the changeable P. in the name of the Le Petit P. wine café is to be interpreted on the respective day. In mid-January, the small bar moved into Thalkirchner Strasse opposite the slaughterhouse. P. How permanent would this newcomer on the edge of the Dreimühlenviertel district, where the gastro concepts are currently playing tree change, be wished for.
The four operators and friends, two architects and two engineers, live in the district themselves and have fulfilled a long-cherished dream with Le Petit P. With no additional employees, in addition to their full-time jobs, they run the business on the weekends, where at least one of them is behind the bar from Friday to Sunday evenings. When it came to the concept, it quickly became clear to them: “You don’t need to start with beer in this district, there’s enough of that here,” says part owner Birant Sencan. So it should be a wine bar.
The four have no gastro experience, but that doesn’t detract from the service. The carafe of water that goes with the wine comes without being asked, and if you like, you can nibble on tremoços, yellow lupine seeds the size of a bean, which can be “picked” out of the shell in a similarly satisfying way as Japanese edamame. And if you can’t make up your mind despite the limited wine list, the bar will help you with tasting sips.
When tasting the three red wines, for example, the Pinot Noir “Chat Sauvage” from the Rheingau emerged as the personal winner (5.60 euros for the 0.1 glass), with the Tuscan Chianti (4.90) or the Vernatsch from South Tyrol (4th place). Euro) deliver a close race. There are also three white wines to choose from, including Pinot Blanc (4.70) and Riesling (5 euros), and there are two rosé wines to choose from. Each wine can also be ordered in a 0.2 glass (between 8 and a good 11 euros) or as a bottle (23 to 35 euros).
Enjoy your meal: a mixed platter with Prosecco Mate.
(Photo: Florian Peljak)
In the back room there is space for a few tables and self-painted pictures.
(Photo: Florian Peljak)
The drinks menu is supplemented by a small selection of lemonades (3.40), Aperol and Mate Spritz (each 7 euros) and the coffee basics Americano (2.80) and espresso (1.50). Since none of the site’s predecessors were ever tied to a brewery, Sencan and its three partners were free to choose the beer brand. For example, Le Petit P. has Portuguese Super Bock (3.50). The cold kitchen offers various platters of bread with beer and wine, such as the mixed platter with cheese, ham and olives (14 euros) or the vegan platter with vegetable sticks and hummus (9 euros).
The creative quartet’s professions have come in handy during the six-month renovation period. They built the bar counter themselves, painted the mosaic look freehand on the floor and exposed the walls down to the brick or sealed the old layers of plaster with colorful resin. All of this is spread over three small rooms: in the front with corner counters made of dark wood, a large window seat, bistro tables made of old wine barrels and lots of real candlelight, without any indirect designer lighting. There is space for a few tables and Sencan’s self-painted pictures in the back room, and live music occasionally plays in the small hallway.
Le Petit P. Weincafé, Thalkirchner Straße 57, telephone 0176 62784217, opening hours: Friday 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday 2 p.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., no reservations possible.