In the location's words:

Café Zikade was founded in 1980 by a French chef.

The concept was modeled on the typical bistro-cafés of the 1960s in Provence: functional furnishings, tasty snacks, quiches, fresh juices, lots of salads but also main courses, coffee and cakes. She gave her store the name "Cicada" - hordes of customers would feast on the fresh food like the locusts that gave it its name until there was practically nothing left.

We don't know what happened to the typical bistros in Provence back then - but the Zikade in Cologne has certainly stood for home-made, fresh and healthy food for over 40 years. Lots of vegetarian and vegan dishes and occasionally something with fish or meat.

The imported concept has been a success and the menu has been and continues to be expanded. The chefs came from France and the Netherlands, so the recipes were internationally influenced right from the start, without spurning regional dishes.

This has not changed to this day: Olivier Bartmann, a connoisseur of French cuisine with Swiss genes, is once again the owner and chef of the Zikade. The current cooking crew is also international and quite fond of traveling, as the menu shows.

Catering

We are also happy to cook and bake for your party, wedding, company celebration and any other occasion.
All our salads, hot dishes and cakes can be ordered on request.
Please let us know in good time so that we can plan ahead.