Ristorante Sale E Tabacchi

What Ristorante Sale E Tabacchi does

Sale e Tabacchi is a single-location traditional Italian restaurant operating since 1995 at Rudi-Dutschke-Straße 25 in the Berlin-Kreuzberg arts district, legally registered as S+T Ristorante und Gastronomie GmbH (HRB 250772 B). Founded by Piero de Vitis and designed by architect Max Dudler, the venue features a six-meter-high-ceiling interior and serves as an established dining destination for locals, tourists, and the Berlin art-scene community, with a daily changing lunch menu and traditional Italian dinner service. The restaurant accommodates up to 140 guests for group events and operates Monday through Saturday from 12:00h to 01:00h, with additional Sunday openings during Gallery Weekend.

The underlying technology footprint is minimal and customer-facing rather than core to operations: a marketing website hosted by IONOS SE, an embedded resmio GmbH online reservation widget for table bookings, Google Maps for location services, and locally installed Google Fonts. There is no proprietary software, no mobile application, and no API surface. Booking automation and a group reservation request form are the only digital workflows; all food preparation, service, and reservation handling remain manual.

The business model is a conventional dine-in F&B operation. Revenue is generated exclusively from on-premise food and beverage service (transactional) with no published menu pricing. Direct-to-consumer distribution is the sole channel, with the physical storefront as the primary point of sale. Group event bookings (20+ guests) operate on custom-menu coordination with tiered cancellation penalties (€10 per person for groups of 10–20 with under 24 hours notice; €20 per person for groups of 21+ with under 5 days notice). There is no delivery, no catering arm, no retail product, and no evidence of external investment. Customer segments span art-scene visitors, tourists, local regulars, and group/corporate event organizers.

Name

Ristorante Sale E Tabacchi

Legal name

S+T Ristorante und Gastronomie GmbH

Website

https://sale-e-tabacchi.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sale e Tabacchi is a single-location Italian restaurant in Berlin-Kreuzberg, founded in 1995 by Piero de Vitis, serving traditional cuisine and daily-changing lunch menus to locals, tourists, art-scene visitors, and group events up to 140 guests.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Italian Restaurant

NAICS

Caterers (72232), Special Food Services (7223)

SIC

Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Brasseries, Bistros & Trattorias (THAFACAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Full-Service Catering (Off-Premise) (HSACAGAA)

Keywords

• Italian restaurant dining
• Fine dining services
• Group event hospitality
• Traditional Italian cuisine
• Lunch menu service

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Food and Beverage Service: Traditional restaurant revenue from serving Italian cuisine. Daily changing lunch menu and full dinner service. Kitchen closes at 23:00h. Group dining packages available for parties of 20+ with custom menus.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ristorante Sale E Tabacchi is a sit-down Italian restaurant in Berlin-Kreuzberg serving traditional Italian cuisine made with regional ingredients. Its core daily offerings include a changing lunch menu (Mittagstisch) plus full à la carte service from Monday to Saturday (12:00–01:00, kitchen closing at 23:00), with additional Sunday openings during Gallery Weekend. Beyond regular dining, the restaurant hosts group events of up to 140 guests and applies tiered cancellation fees (10 EUR per person for 10–20-person groups with less than 24 hours' notice; 20 EUR per person for groups of 21 or more with less than 5 days' notice).

Product overview

Sale e Tabacchi is a traditional Italian restaurant founded in 1995 by Piero de Vitis, located in Berlin-Kreuzberg. The core offering is authentic Italian cuisine with a daily changing lunch menu using regional ingredients. The restaurant operates as a unified product with several integrated service modules: the Online Booking Tool for individual reservations, Group Reservation Service for events of 20+ guests, and a specialized Lunch Menu targeting the local art community. The restaurant features a six-meter-high ceiling interior designed by architect Max Dudler and accommodates up to 140 guests for group events.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Italian à la carte dining service Sit-down Italian dinner service featuring traditional Italian cuisine prepared with regional ingredients, served Monday to Saturday from 12:00 to 01:00, with the kitchen closing at 23:00, and aimed at individual diners in Berlin-Kreuzberg. The interior is a Max Dudler-designed space.
• Daily changing lunch menu (Mittagstisch) A lunch menu that changes daily and serves traditional Italian dishes to walk-in and booked lunch guests, recognized by ART BERLIN as 'Der Mittagstisch der Kunstszene'. Available within the standard opening hours of Monday to Saturday 12:00–01:00.
• Group dining and private event hosting (up to 140 guests) Reserved dining for groups of up to 140 guests, including additional Sunday openings during Gallery Weekend. The restaurant applies a tiered cancellation policy: 10 EUR per person for 10–20-person groups with less than 24 hours' notice, and 20 EUR per person for groups of 21 or more with less than 5 days' notice.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• resmio GmbHcoreTechnology or Integrationresmio GmbH provides an online reservation application widget that enables customers to reserve tables directly through Sale e Tabacchi's website. Resmio collects and processes personal data (name, email, phone) for reservations based on user consent. The partnership enables the restaurant's digital booking infrastructure.
• IONOS SEcoreTechnology or IntegrationIONOS SE provides website hosting services for Sale e Tabacchi's website at sale-e-tabacchi.de. The hosting includes server log file collection and technical infrastructure for website availability.

Scale indicators2 records

Regional players

• Cookies Cream: Vegetarian fine-dining restaurant in Berlin-Mitte recognized internationally, comparable as a single-location Berlin fine-dining concept with strong design identity, though differing in vegetarian-only menu positioning.

Direct peers

• Pauly Saal: Berlin restaurant set in a former school gymnasium with high ceilings and architectural significance, directly comparable to Sale e Tabacchi's Max Dudler-designed six-meter-ceiling interior as a design-led premium Berlin dining venue.
• Trattoria Felice: Berlin trattoria specializing in regional Italian cuisine with multiple locations, comparable as an authentic Italian casual-upscale dining concept in the Berlin market competing for similar clientele.
• Borchardt: Iconic Berlin fine-dining institution near the Brandenburg Gate serving classic German/European cuisine with celebrity clientele. Comparable as a long-established, single-location premium Berlin restaurant with strong brand recognition and political/cultural cachet.
• Al Contadino Sotto Le Stelle: Authentic Italian trattoria in Berlin-Charlottenburg with seasonal regional menus, directly comparable as a long-established Italian restaurant emphasizing regional Italian ingredients and traditional preparation in the Berlin market.
• Lutter & Wegner: Traditional Viennese-style restaurant in Berlin-Mitte operating since 1829, comparable as a heritage, single-location fine-dining destination with strong tourist appeal and similar full-service traditional cuisine positioning in central Berlin.
• Ristorante Da Mario: Long-running Italian restaurant in Berlin-Kreuzberg serving traditional Italian cuisine, directly comparable as a heritage Kreuzberg Italian dining venue targeting locals and tourists with similar product offering.

Broad incumbents

• Restaurant Tim Raue: Two-Michelin-star Berlin restaurant by celebrity chef Tim Raue, comparable as a Berlin premium-dining destination with international recognition, though operating at a higher price point and Michelin-tier positioning.
• Grill Royal: Upscale Berlin steakhouse and seafood restaurant on the Friedrichstraße, comparable as a high-end Berlin single-location dining destination with similar celebrity/tourism appeal and architectural interior focus.

Others

• resmio GmbH: Restaurant reservation software provider that supplies the booking widget powering Sale e Tabacchi's online reservation channel, comparable as an enabling technology partner rather than a dining competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ristorante-sale-e-tabacchi

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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