Köbes
A Köbes (pronounced like 'kur-bess') is a server in traditional pubs in the Rhineland part of Germany, especially in Cologne, Düsseldorf and Krefeld.
A Köbes wears a blue apron and blue jacket and has a big leather belt with a leather purse. They serve beer and food to guests and replaces empty beer glasses with full ones until the customer either places a beermat on their glass to signal that they do not want any more, or until the customer asks to pay.
The word Köbes comes from the name Jakob in a local dialect.
Books
[change | change source]- Michael Scuffil: Drink doch ene mit! Der kölsche Köbes, published by Verlag Emons in Cologne, Edition 1, April 2007, 47 pages, in five languages, hardbound, ISBN 978-3-89705-505-6