Ac - Späti & Backshop — Späti in Neukölln, Berlin

Ac - Späti & Backshop sits on Falkstraße in Neukölln, a spati that opens at 7 am and does not shut until 1 am, seven days a week. What you notice first is what is missing: there is no alcohol on the shelves, and the shop keeps it that way.

The stock covers a wide range of things for young and old, so you can put together a late snack or pick up the everyday goods you came out for at any hour the shop is open. Drinks are the easy purchase, at roughly €2 to €4.

Prices on everyday goods are fair, and the staff manner is friendly and welcoming, which is what makes a quick stop here feel easy rather than transactional. You come in, find what you need, and are out again.

With a 1 am close every night of the week, the shop works as the last stop of an evening without any planning around a closing time. The no-alcohol rule is the shop's own choice and shapes what the shelves hold.

It is a small neighbourhood spati rather than a full grocery run, so come for a drink, a snack or the item you forgot, not a week's shop. Anyone keeping a late evening in Neukölln, or heading out early, has a shop on Falkstraße that is already open.