What is Köbes?
{{Orphan|date=May 2009}} [[Image:Koeln-Brauhaus-Frueh-10-10-04.JPG|thumb|200px|A Köbes.]] A '''Köbes''' (pronounced like 'kur-bess') is a waiter 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. He serves beer and food to guests and replaces empty beer glasses with full ones until the customer either places a beermat on his glass to signal that he doesn't want any more, or until the customer asks to pay. The word ''Köbes'' comes from the name Jakob in a local dialect. == Books == * 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}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kobes}} [[Category:German culture]]