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Cafés in Ehrenfeld

Roasters on Körnerstraße, Schamong on Venloer Straße since 1949, and the 1970s armchairs of Café Franck in Neuehrenfeld.

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Ehrenfeld began in 1845 as a suburb on Venloer Straße, became a town in 1879 and joined Cologne in 1888, by which time it was an industrial district; the Helios lighthouse tower of 1885, which never guided a ship, is still its landmark.1 The DITIB Central Mosque, designed by Gottfried and Paul Böhm, opened here on 29 September 2018.1

For coffee, Ehrenfeld is roaster country. Its specialty bars cluster on Körnerstraße and Venloer Straße, between baklava and simit shops, ice-cream parlors and living-room cafés with 1970s furniture.

Local tip: Körnerstraße has three coffee stops within 30 house numbers: Van Dyck at 43, Café Sehnsucht at 67 and zwoo’s window at 73, which opens at 10:00 on Saturdays and Sundays.

At a glance

75Cafés listed
41With opening hours
06:00Earliest opening
00:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Gran Sasso, from 06:00 (Daily 06:00–19:00).
  • Closes latest: Café Sehnsucht, until 00:00 (Mon–Thu 09:00–22:00 · Fri–Sat 09:00–00:00 · Sun 09:00–20:00).
  • Most common features: outdoor seating (32%), indoor seating (21%), partial wheelchair access (16%).

Tulpe & Toast

  • Ehrenfeldgürtel 147
  • Mon–Fri 07:00–18:00 · Sat 10:00–18:00 · Sun 11:00–18:00
  • Indoor seating
  • Partial wheelchair access
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Wohncafe

  • Vastersstraße 2
  • Mon 11:30–14:00 · Tue 11:30–18:00 · Wed–Fri 11:30–14:00
  • +4922192161914
  • Wheelchair access
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Café Herzhäuschen

  • Mathilde-Herz-Weg 32
  • Wed–Thu 10:00–18:00 · Fri–Sat 10:00–20:00 · Sun 10:00–18:00
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LAIZZINI & WAICHOLD

  • Körnerstraße 56
  • Wed–Fri 10:00–18:00 · Sat–Sun 11:00–18:00
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Lebensart

  • Wißmannstraße 40
  • Mon Closed · Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00
  • Partial wheelchair access
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Coffee chains in Ehrenfeld

Getting to Ehrenfeld

Köln-Ehrenfeld station is served by S-Bahn lines S 12 and S 19 and by regional trains including the RE 1, and Stadtbahn lines 3, 4, 5 and 13 cross the district, with lines 3 and 4 stopping underground at Venloer Straße/Gürtel.1 About 37,800 people lived in Ehrenfeld at the end of 2021, roughly 10,200 per km².1

Körnerstraße’s roasters

Van Dyck was founded on Körnerstraße in summer 2010.2 Its café at number 43 occupies a former barber’s shop, the “Figaro von Ihrefeld”, and keeps its 1950s charm; all the coffee is roasted in-house from fair-trade and organic green beans.3

Thirty numbers further along, zwoo Kaffeeröster at Körnerstraße 73 sells through a window and gives each coffee a mascot: a rhino, a sloth for the decaf, a giraffe for beans grown at altitude.3 It opens 09:00–18:00 on weekdays and from 10:00 at weekends. Café Sehnsucht at number 67 stays open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.

Venloer Straße and Neuehrenfeld

Schamong, a family business at Venloer Straße 535, has roasted coffee in Ehrenfeld since 1949.4 Cologne’s Roastery at number 425a has Wi-Fi and opens at 08:00 on weekdays, and Coffee Lab at 241–245 serves from 07:15 to 22:00 Monday to Friday.

In Neuehrenfeld, Benson Coffee on Eichendorffstraße is the small shop of Benjamin Pozsgai, twice German champion in coffee roasting and third at world level; it pours espresso, flat whites, filter coffee and cold brew and sells beans to take home.3

Café Franck, further along Eichendorffstraße at number 30, has orange cord armchairs and 1970s wallpaper and turns into a cocktail lounge after 19:00 on weekends. Café Fridolin has been in the community center on Venloer Straße since 2020 and is known for its carrot and walnut cake.5

Early and late in Ehrenfeld

Gran Sasso on Marienstraße opens at 06:00 every day, and Expresso Point on Lenauplatz and Tulpe & Toast on Ehrenfeldgürtel open at 07:00 on weekdays. Late, Jaely’s on Venloer Straße serves until 23:00 every day, Café Fridolin until 23:00 from Thursday to Saturday, and Dag’s on Försterstraße until midnight Monday to Saturday.

Between the two, Café Café at Venloer Straße 206 opens at 08:00 on weekdays and Schwesterherz at 239 at 09:00, and Lumos on Lichtstraße bakes vegan cakes, Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00. St. Mocca on Am Rosengarten stays open until 22:00 on Fridays.

Sources

  1. Köln-Ehrenfeld, Wikipedia (German), accessed October 2026
  2. Van Dyck Kaffee, Van Dyck Kaffeerösterei, accessed October 2026
  3. 11 Cafés in Köln mit richtig gutem Kaffee (Christin Otto), Mit Vergnügen Köln, accessed October 2026
  4. 11 Kaffeeröstereien, die ihr kennen solltet (Christin Otto), Mit Vergnügen Köln, accessed October 2026
  5. Historical Cologne cafés that coffee lovers won’t want to miss (Kirsten Niemann, January 26, 2024), KölnTourismus magazine, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Ehrenfeld cafés: questions

Where are the coffee roasters in Cologne-Ehrenfeld?

On and around Körnerstraße and Venloer Straße. Van Dyck, founded on Körnerstraße in 2010, roasts in-house and has a café in a former barber’s shop at number 43; zwoo Kaffeeröster sells through a window at number 73. Schamong roasts at Venloer Straße 535, and Benson Coffee is on Eichendorffstraße in Neuehrenfeld.

Since when has Schamong roasted coffee in Cologne-Ehrenfeld?

Schamong, a family business at Venloer Straße 535, has roasted coffee in Ehrenfeld since 1949. Ehrenfeld itself began as a suburb on Venloer Straße in 1845, became a town in 1879 and was incorporated into Cologne in 1888.

Which cafés in Cologne-Ehrenfeld are open late?

Jaely’s on Venloer Straße serves until 23:00 every day, and Café Fridolin until 23:00 from Thursday to Saturday. Dag’s on Försterstraße stays open until midnight Monday to Saturday, Coffee Lab on Venloer Straße until 22:00, and Café Sehnsucht on Körnerstraße until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.

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