CAPVIN ROSENHÖFE: THE NEW TASTE OF NAPLES
words by MAGDALENA ROE
From Naples to Berlin, CAPVIN ROSENHÖFE is entering a new chapter, and it feels a little different this time. The courtyard just off Rosenthaler Straße came alive for the reopening of its Berlin-Mitte location, where Neapolitan pizza met a new take on hospitality. A full-house affair: pizza came straight from the oven, drinks flowed, and Berlin DJs Salimata and Chelo brought their sound to the space, while founders Jan Hunke, Berlin-based entrepreneur, and Diego Demme, former Bundesliga footballer, welcomed guests into the new CAPVIN. It was one of those evenings where you come for the pizza and somehow get swept up in the people and the energy in the room.
CAPVIN founder and Berlin-based entrepreneur JAN HUNKE (left) with his business partner DIEGO DEMME (right) at last Friday’s reopening of CAPVIN Pizzeria at the Rosenhöfe
all photography by TESSA BOZEK
It marked the first full expression of a new direction for CAPVIN, one that has been taking shape since March, with the brand undergoing an extensive reworking across its identity, interiors, communication, service and food concept. The ambition is straightforward: to build something that feels like more than a pizzeria.
At the heart of CAPVIN is its airy Neapolitan dough, Italian ingredients and traditional recipes, with pizzaioli from Naples bringing the city’s flavours to Berlin. Alongside the signature CAPVIN pizza, the new menu introduces a more traditional style based on a family recipe from Neapolitan pizzaiolo Vincenzo Capuano. The familiar gold scissors remain, with pizzas cut tableside as part of the ritual.
Capuano is central to the story. CAPVIN’s origins date back to the winter of 2019, when Hunke and Demme travelled to Naples in search of the city’s best pizza. After visiting countless pizzerias, they found their favourite: Vincenzo Capuano, whose family has been making pizza for generations. Just days after meeting Capuano, Demme moved to Naples to play for SSC Napoli. A friendship developed into a shared idea: bringing the pizza, generosity and atmosphere they had discovered in Naples back to Germany. CAPVIN was born.
Six years later, the brand is entering a different phase. The new Rosenhöfe interior moves away from the visual language of the traditional pizzeria towards a more considered atmosphere. The intention is to create a place that can carry an entire evening: dinner, drinks, music and good conversation. “Good Food. Great Hospitality. A Place to Stay.” is less a tagline than a philosophy for the new CAPVIN, and above all, a little piece of Naples in Berlin.
