BERLIN (AP) — It’s lunchtime at Tauro and the restaurant staff are bustling to keep up with orders for marinated pork ribs, spinach-filled crepes and chicken breast with ricotta and pine kernels.

The 800-seat eatery caters to Berlin’s affluent Prenzlauer Berg district and when the evening crush starts owner Gerd Spitzer needs all hands on deck — including the apprentices he’s relieved to have found after receiving no suitable applicants last year.