[1] The restaurant operated in a "gasthaus" (converted house) at 12th Avenue and Powell in southeast Portland's Brooklyn neighborhood.

[2] Karen Brauer was a co-owner of the Berlin Inn, which opened in 1992 and operated for 21 years.

[7] In June 2013, Brauer confirmed plans to close and reopen under a new name, The Brooklyn House Restaurant, but retaining the same staff and European-style dining.

[9] The restaurant's menu featured dairy-free,[10] gluten-free, and vegan "European-style" comfort food.

[14] In 2016, Grant Butler included the Berlin Inn in The Oregonian's list of "97 long-gone Portland restaurants we wish were still around", writing: "This Brooklyn neighborhood German restaurant was the place to go if you wanted sausages and schnitzel without a side order of singing waiters and Deutschland kitsch.