# Döner Guide
> A long-form encyclopedia of German döner — the Berlin sandwich, the spit, and why the shop is small.

## Pages

- [A guide to German döner](https://donerguide.com/index.md): Long-form chapters on the Berlin sandwich — what it is, how it differs from gyro and shawarma, and why the shop is small.
- [What is a German döner?](https://donerguide.com/what-is-german-doner.md): What is a German döner? The authentic Berlin-style kebab explained: history, ingredients, and why it is arriving in the US.
- [Döner vs gyro vs shawarma](https://donerguide.com/doner-vs-gyro-vs-shawarma.md): Döner vs gyro vs shawarma — how they differ in meat, spices, bread, and origin, and what sets the German döner apart.
- [Berlin in the 1970s](https://donerguide.com/berlin-1970s.md): German döner was built by Turkish guest workers in Berlin as an imbiss — a small shop, a spit, a sandwich you eat standing up.
- [The spit](https://donerguide.com/the-spit.md): A döner spit is a vertical rotisserie. Meat is stacked, the outside browns, and a cook shaves the edge to order.
- [Bread](https://donerguide.com/bread.md): German döner is served in toasted pide or sesame fladenbrot, not a soft gyro pita. Toasted pide quarters are also a side.
- [Meat and halal](https://donerguide.com/meat-and-halal.md): Proper döner meat is meat — Zabiha, organic, no soy or breadcrumbs. Commodity gyro cones list wheat and soy, which is why that meat is not gluten-free.
- [Sauces](https://donerguide.com/sauces.md): Classic Berlin döner sauces are yogurt-garlic, herb, and chili. US shops vary. Döner Haus uses white garlic and habanero.
- [The döner box](https://donerguide.com/the-doner-box.md): A döner box is spit meat on fries, salad, or rice — the same sandwich fillings without the bread, or with less of it.
- [How Germans eat döner](https://donerguide.com/how-germans-eat-doner.md): Germans eat döner standing, late, with fries, on the way somewhere. It is everyday food, not a cuisine course.
- [How to order a German döner](https://donerguide.com/how-to-order.md): Meat, bread, vegetables, sauce. What to say at the window, what you can leave out, and what a shop that is actually this food will and will not do.
- [Late night](https://donerguide.com/late-night.md): Germans eat döner after a drink. The weekend rush after 11 is half the reason the shop is small and stays open.
- [German döner in the US](https://donerguide.com/german-doner-in-the-us.md): Americans already eat gyros and shawarma. Authentic German döner — small shop, toasted bread, real meat — is still rare.
- [Vegetarian and vegan döner](https://donerguide.com/vegetarian.md): The German döner is a meat sandwich. Some shops sell a salad box or falafel. Vegan protein is rare. Sauces are usually the dairy problem.
- [Calories and nutrition](https://donerguide.com/calories.md): A German döner can be a balanced meal of roasted meat, a large vegetable pile, and bread. Portions and sauces decide the number.
- [Döner across Germany](https://donerguide.com/across-germany.md): Berlin invented the sandwich version. The rest of Germany eats it too, with regional tells — bread, sauce, and whether you stand.
- [FAQ](https://donerguide.com/faq.md): Short answers on German döner — the word, the bread, gyro vs shawarma, halal, gluten, and the small shop.
- [About](https://donerguide.com/about.md): Döner Guide is a long-form encyclopedia of German döner.
- [Privacy](https://donerguide.com/privacy.md): Döner Guide does not run ads or a user account system. Server logs are the only routine data.