Serve up some tasty cold beers (including Waldhaus and Astra), pump in some great 60s soul and mod…read moreand r&b, make the place look at least 40 years old in 4 days, maybe add some foosball (Kicker for you Germans). And put tabletops on empty kegs... and you've got the Teng. This most-recent (I think) addition to Freiburg's bar scene has been a hole-in-one with me, and with more than a few other people around here, judging from the crowds on weekend evenings. Of course on the weekends in the evening they stop playing the great old-school stuff... but they don't sell out. Unlike other bars (El Pi... ahem ahem) which will start drowning you in mainstream pop and hip-hop as soon as it's 11 or so, The Great Rang Teng Teng's staff makes the music a bit more modern... but still palatable to us music snobs. Mostly accessible indie with some classics thrown in here and there. Also, be sure to pick up their calendar of upcoming events -- they feature live music regularly as well. And, to make sure this is an authentic old-school dive bar experience, it's in a basement... so your cell phone won't work! After just a few weeks of existence, this is already my favorite bar in Freiburg. Music listened to while writing this review: Minor Threat - Screaming at a Wall Feb 8th 2011: Still my favorite bar in Freiburg! The concerts are quite regular these days and usually quite good. Note that there's a 2EUR entry fee on Saturday nights now (mainly to keep it from being so ridiculously overflowed as before, I think).

Dive bar meets cocktail culture…read more This is it, the insider's tip, the little hidden bar one is hoping to find when visiting a city... Speaking of Freiburg the name of this place is Erika. When moving from Vienna to the lovely yet small city of Freiburg, the first thing I needed to find was a cool place to become my new friendly neighbourhood bar in town. Since Freiburg is a student town and I am not very fond of these typical student hangout bars, this was not quite easy but eventually I found this small dive bar a little bit off the crowded city center, easy to miss when one doesn't know where to look for it. But once I found my way in, I knew I had come to the right place. This bar is full of atmosphere due to good music, friendly bartenders and a very obvious love for details which one finds not only in the decoration but also in their excellent cocktails! The Bartender Kadda is a gold mine of information about all kinds of spirits and knows how to mix them right to come up with a fancy, tasty cocktail - either classic ones or custom made ;-) I also very appreciate the fact that they offer a small selection of craft beers - this alone was reason enough for me to make Erika my favorite bar in Freiburg!

From the owner: "Ein starkes Bier, beizender Toback, das ist nun mein Geschmack" ...lässt Goethe seinen Faust…read moresprechen, und frei nach diesem Zitat legen unsere Gäste besonders viel Wert auf frischgezapfte Premiumbiere. Und da Geschmäcker so verschieden sind wie die Charaktere unserer Gäste selbst, bieten wir gleich neun verschiedene Fassbiere an und noch viel Biergartenmehr Gerstensaft aus der Flasche. Es lohnt sich also, mal durchzuprobieren