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Bon appétit! 2In the vicinity of the Kremlin 6Christ the Savior Cathedral, the Bolotny Island 12Old and New Arbat 18Best summer terraces of Moscow 24

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day, but the lucky ones had to stand in line for hours. That was a record for McDonald’s: the Moscow restaurant was the biggest outlet of the com-pany with unprecedented traffic. Since then practically all the large in-ternational caterers – KFC, Subway, Starbucks and many others – have come to Moscow. Popular Burger King, Dunkin’s Donuts, Wendy’s and Country Chicken made their appearance in 2010. The Subway fast food chain surpassed McDonald’s by the number of outlets in late 2011 and became Russia’s biggest.Domestic fast food restaurants – Kroshka-Kartoshka, Yelki-Palki, Grabli, Mu-Mu, Teremok and others – are also very popular with Russians and foreign tourists. Russian fast food outlets are based on national cuisine: potato with various stuffing (Kroshka-Kartoshka), pancakes with salmon, salmon caviar, meat and other original stuffing: salad, cooked ham, cheese and so on, nutritious buckwheat porridge with various additions (meat, cheese or mushroom), and sweet porridge Guriev for dessert (Teremok). Mu-Mu and Grabli present traditional Russian cuisine: sauerkraut soup, borsch, fish soup, solyanka, dumplings, pies, fish and meat main courses, salads, and hot and cold starters.

Moscow is a rapidly developing megalopolis and an international tourist center.A boom on the Moscow public catering market started in the early 2000s, and the turnover has enlarged by ten times since then. The devel-opment has been particularly intensive in the economy-class café and bar

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segment. It grows with new cafes and bars and with outlets of interna-tional catering groups.McDonald’s opened its first fast food restaurant in Moscow on Pushkin-skaya Square on January 31, 1990, and made a real sensation for the Russian public. The restaurant had 30,000 visitors within one

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city opens numerous summer verandas and terraces: the ones on pontoons on the Moscow River and canals, on the roofs with spectacular views of the city skyline, and in green and shady backyards of downtown mansions are particularly attractive.One can hardly stay hungry in Moscow – there is a public catering outlet with democratic lunch prices of 500 to 1,500 rubles on the every corner, in every shopping mall. The number of public catering outlets grows year to year. Some 50 cafes more will open on Moscow streets before the end of 2012.

Sushi bars, pizza restaurants, coffee houses, beer bars and pubs are democratic segment darlings of Muscovites and Moscow guests. Japanese cuisine won the hearts of Muscovites in the early 2000s and still remains popular. Many catering networks (Yakitoria, Planeta Sushi, Dve Palochki, Wabi Sabi and so on) and separate small cafes stick to

this genre. Besides, practically every restaurant has sushi and rolls on its menu. Coffee houses are also very popular in Moscow: Shokoladnitsa, Coffee House and Coffein can be found on practically every corner to have a cup of coffee, eat dessert or have a substantial lunch.Although the world tags vodka the Russian national drink, Russians are big fans of the alcoholic foamy drink, beer. Pubs where jolly and noisy crowds gather to drink beer and watch sport on TV are invariably popular in the Russian capital city.When summertime starts, the

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Tverskaya Street. Such zero-risk dishes as beef medallions in porcini sauce, fettuccini with salmon and salmon caviar are the house specialties. A unique Soviet-epoch spot, the Spetsbufet 7 café 8 , is opened in the legendary House on the Embankment, on the other side of the Kremlin walls. It serves Soviet-era «defi cit» dishes – boiled beef tongue with horseradish «Politagitator», sturgeon «Kremlin style from the VCIK special buffet», and pork chop «Bei Burzhuyev».

FINE RESTAURANTSAVERAGE CHECK UP TO 3,000 RUBLESMore refi ned dining options are not far from the Kremlin either. GUM’s Bosco 9 is the only café with a veranda overlooking the Kremlin towers. It serves fi ne Italian and Russian dishes, among them beef carpaccio with arugula, mushrooms and parmesan, fi llet of beef with

DEMOCRATICAVERAGE CHECK UP TO 1,000 RUBLESCanteen №57 1 on the third fl oor of the GUM department store is one of the most democratic places offering tasty and inexpensive meals in a break between excursions. The café is stylized as a Soviet-era canteen with walls depicting peoples’ friendship scenes. It serves Soviet cuisine classics: borsch Moskovsky, chicken Kiev and dressed herring.There is a budget café, Drova 2 , just two steps away from Red Square, on Nikolskaya Street, offering hearty meals of sushi and rolls and European dishes.A cluster of fast food restaurants and budget cafes –Sbarro 3 and Il Patio 4 serving European dishes with a focus on Italian cuisine, a broad range of pizzas included, and Planeta Sushi 5 with a long Japanese menu – is located on the ground fl oor of the Okhotny Ryad shopping mall on Manezhnaya Square near Alexander Gardens. The opposite side of Manezhnaya Square houses an international cuisine outlet Eat&Talk 6 with free Wi-Fi, 24/7 service and culinary hits – chicken Hong Bao, breaded shrimps and banana, and Young Chow fried rice. The To da Se 7 budget café serves traditional Russian and European dishes and popular sushi and rolls at the beginning of

The Kremlin and Red Square – the heart of Moscow, the historic fortress, the cradle of Russian statehood and the offi cial residence of the President of the Russian Federation – are a must for every tourist route, either individual or group. There are plenty of places to dine or share a cup of coffee or tea with friends, both democratic and fi ne, within a walking distance from the main sightseeing spot of the city.

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www.il-patio.rosinter.ruOpen: 10:00–22:00Cuisine: ItalianCapacity: 250 seatsAverage check: 1,000 rublesParking: noAccessibility for people with disabilities: noWi-Fi: yes

PLANETA SUSHIMetro Teatralnaya, Ploshchad Revolutsii, Alexandrovsky Sad1 Manezhnaya Square , building 2Okhotny Ryad shopping mall+7 (495) 730–2251www.sushiplanet.ruOpen: 24/7Cuisine: JapaneseCapacity: 320 seatsAverage check: 1,100 rublesParking: noAccessibility for people with disabilities: yesWi-Fi: yes

EAT&TALKMetro Biblioteka im. Lenina First fl oor, 7 Mokhovaya Street Mokhovaya Business Center+7 (495) 961–2193www.eattalk.ruOpen: 24/7Cuisine: Russian, Chinese, Thai Capacity: 200 seatsAverage check: 1,000 rublesParking: noAccessibility for people with disabilities: yesWi-Fi: yes

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DROVAMetro Ploshchad Revolutsii5 Nikolskaya Street+7 (495) 698–2696www.drova.ruOpen: 24/7Cuisine: European, JapaneseCapacity: 250 seatsAverage check: 700 rublesParking: yesAccessibility for people with disabilities: yesWi-Fi: yes

SBARROMetro Teatralnaya, Ploshchad Revolutsii, Alexandrovsky Sad1 Manezhnaya Square, building 2, Okhotny Ryad shopping mall+7 (495) 785–3875www.sbarro.ruOpen: 10:00–24:00Cuisine: ItalianCapacity: 240 seatsAverage check: 400 rublesSummer terrace: yesParking: noAccessibility for people with disabilities: yesWi-Fi: no

IL PATIOMetro Teatralnaya, Ploshchad Revolutsii, Alexandrovsky Sad1 Manezhnaya Square, building 2, Okhotny Ryad shopping mall+7 (495) 225–7488

is on the other side of the Kremlin. In spite of its name, this is not a coffee house but a place offering square meals of European and Japanese cuisine, such as chicken fi llet in orange sauce or shrimp and saffron spaghetti. The café is opened 24/7.

CANTEEN NO57Metro Ploshchad Revolutsii3rd fl oor, 3rd line, GUM, 3, Red Square+7 (495) 620–3129www.gum.ruOpen: 10:00–22:00Cuisine: Russian, European Capacity: 168 seatsAverage check: 350 rublesParking: yesAccessibility for people with disabilities: yes

arugula salad and sauce balsamic and Bosco raspberry cake.A short walk away from the Kremlin, down Nikolskaya Street, brings you to an atmosphere café, Cup&Cake 10 . The cozy outlet serves fi ne coffee and pastry, as well as European and pan-Asian dishes. The house specialties include Tom Yum Goong soup with shrimps and turkey, chicken Italian, and smoked eel and cuttlefi sh ink risotto.A bit farther, on Teatralnaya Square, one may dine at the Burgomeister 11 café with a vast predominantly German and American menu and some Russian dishes. The interior resembles a good old German beer restaurant or a British pub. Broad tables can accommodate a big jolly crowd gobbling lavish servings of smoked pig ears or rack of lamb. There is an open-air wooden terrace, too.A homely restaurant Chocolate 12

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+7 (495) 621–2125www.ginzaproject.ruOpen: 11:00–24:00Cuisine: European, Japanese, original Capacity: 70 seatsAverage check: 800 rublesParking: noAccessibility for people with disabilities: yes (access ramp)Wi-Fi: yes

BURGOMEISTERMetro Teatralnaya5 Teatralnaya Square, Building 2, +7 (495) 983–0092www.burgermeister.ruBeer bar, pubOpen: 11:00–24:00Cuisine: European Average check: 1,000 rublesParking: noAccessibility for people with disabilities: yes (access ramp)Wi-Fi: no

BOSCOMetro Teatralnaya, Ploshchad RevolutsiiGUM, 3, Red Square +7 (495) 620–3182 www.bosco.ru/restoration/bosco_cafeRestaurantOpen: 09:00–24:00Cuisine: Italian, Russian Capacity: 180 seatsAverage check: 4,000–5,000 rublesParking: yesAccessibility for people with disabilities: yesWi-Fi: yes

CUP&CAKEMetro Ploshchad Revolutsii, Teatralnaya10/2 Nikolskaya Street

TO DA SEMetro Teatralnaya, Ploshchad Revolutsii7 Tverskaya Street+7 (495) 629–7219www.todase-cafe.ruOpen: 24/7Cuisine: internationalCapacity: 120 seatsAverage check: 1,000 rublesParking: noAccessibility for people with disabilities: noWi-Fi: yes

SPETSBUFET NO7Metro Borovitskaya2 Serafi movicha Street+7 (495) 959–3135www.specbufet.ruOpen: 12:00–24:00Cuisine: Russian, EuropeanCapacity: 58 seatsAverage check: 1,500 rublesParking: noAccessibility for people with disabilities: noWi-Fi: no

CHOCOLATEMetro Borovitskaya6, Volkhonka Street+7 (495) 697–2515www.chocolatemoscow.ruOpen: 24/7Cuisine: Japanese, EuropeanCapacity: 70 seatsAverage check: from 800 rublesParking: noAccessibility for people with disabilities: noWi-Fi: no

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Bersenevskaya Embankment with a whole bunch of cafes, bars, coffee houses and summer terraces to fi t any taste and budget. The Zarya bar 5 on the ground fl oor of the three-story brick building of the former Krasny Oktyabr factory culture center has one of the most spectacular views of the lamp-lit embankment and the cathedral. The interior with a light Soviet style touch in black and red is an example of modern loft trend. Guests are recommended the chef’s pig tibia or New Zealand lamp stew

DEMOCRATIC. AVERAGE CHECK UP TO 1,500 RUBLESA small glass pavilion of the Japanese Bread’s Papa 1 confectionary chain widely spread in Asian countries is located on Gogolevsky Boulevard, opposite the Christ the Savior Cathedral. It is a takeaway selling yummy Japanese natural vanilla profi teroles. A bit farther, down the boulevard, there is a cozy Bulgarian restaurant/café with a terrace, Baba Marta 2 . It has a folk-style interior and a menu of nutritious Bulgarian dishes, such as shopska salata and sach (sizzling plate) dishes.The Jurfak café 3 works for artistic clientele in Bolshoy Afanasyevsky Side-Street not far from Gogolevsky Boulevard. The European and Japanese menu has the Nostalgia Back in the USSR section presenting the Soviet-era fl avor, from mayonnaise eggs with green peas to sprat in tomato sauce. The Litsa café 4 is nearby, in a pre-revolutionary house on Ostozhenka Street. It has a classic interior and atmosphere – the three-meter-tall wooden entrance door, stucco work and soft classic music. The menu is miscellaneous, featuring European classics – sauerkraut, for instance – and rodeo grill.A walk from the Christ the Savior Cathedral along the Patriarchy Bridge will bring you to the

The second most popular sight on Moscow classic tourist routes is the vicinity of the Pushkin Fine Arts Museum and the Christ the Savior Cathedral with the spectacular Patriarchy Bridge across the Moscow River. There is a variety of public catering places to fi t any taste and budget on adjacent streets.

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JURFAKMetro Kropotkinskaya 3 Bolshoi Afanasyevsky Side Street +7 (495) 737–3238 www.jurfak-cafe.ruCafeOpen: 7:00–23:00; Saturday-Sunday 12:00–23:00Cuisine: European, JapaneseCapacity: 60 seatsAverage check: 1,500 rublesSummer terrace: noParking: noAccessibility for people with disabilities: yes Wi-Fi: yes

LITSA Metro Kropotkinskaya 8 Ostozhenka Street +7 (901) 545–4075CaféOpen: 9:00–23:00; Saturday-Sunday 11:00–23:00Cuisine: European, Japanese, ItalianCapacity: 135 seats Average check: 1,000 rublesSummer terrace: noParking: no

The bar is famous for its creative atmosphere, the trendy design combing Art Deco, Italian and Scandinavian features of the 1960s–1970s, and a well planned international menu. One of the city’s best rooftop terraces overlooking the Moscow River opens on the bar roof in summer.

BEARD PAPA’S Metro Kropotkinskaya 6 Gogolevsky Boulevard+7 (495) 961-7718www.beardpapa.ru Confectioner’s shopOpen: 24/7Capacity: 10 seats Average check: 250–300 rublesSummer terrace: noParking: yesAccessibility for people with disabilities: noWi-Fi: no

BABA MARTA Metro Kropotkinskaya 8 Gogolevsky Boulevard +7 (495) 232–9209www.babamarta.ru RestaurantOpen: 12:00–23:00Cuisine: BulgarianCapacity: 116 seatsAverage check: 1,500 rublesSummer terrace: noParking: noAccessibility for people with disabilities: noWi-Fi: yes

There is the Kelya pub 9 nearby, in Sivtsev Vrazhek Side Street, treating its guests to Belgian beer Leffe, Chimay and Hoegaarden and other beer brands. Lavish servings of monastery-style pikeperch or pig fore-shank would be a good supplement to abundant drinks of beer.The Hands Up lounge & bar 10 on Lenivka is not just a pub but also a club of the 1990s fans patronized by a music band with the same name, which was popular in those years. In contrast to the 1990s, the menu is devoid of total defi cit. It is plentiful, in fact, with rib eye stake, dorado in spicy herbs, black cod, and tiger shrimps in pesto sauce.The new place on Prechistenskaya Embankment, Kalina Café 11 , immediately won popularity with its panoramic view of the Krasny Oktyabr factory and waterbuses. It has an original Italian and Japanese menu of chef Michele Lanzani: langoustine tartar with strawberries and wasabi, radicchio souffl é with bagnacauda dip and black truffl e, tagliatelle with salmon cream, caviar and vodka, and sea bass ravioli with vongole sauce. There is the Strelka bar 12 on the other side of the Moscow River, in Bersenevsky Side Street, on the premises of the ambitious city project, the Strelka Institute of Media, Architecture and Design.

with roasted potato, Bulgarian paprika, celery, eggplant and tomato.In the same Krasny Oktyabr building there is a café with a simple name, Produkty 6 . The café focus is simple and delicious Italian food (the bestsellers are Milanese soup and pink tuna stake) and the amicable family atmosphere.There is a noteworthy place nearby, the coffee house «Colony. Coffee. Symbols. Words» 7 . It is known not only for the open-air summer terrace with a nice view of the Christ the Savior Cathedral but also for an impressive exhibition hall presenting Soviet-era painting.

FINE RESTAURANTS. AVERAGE CHECK UP TO 3,000 RUBLESAn Asia 8 network outlet is located at the beginning of Gogolevsky Boulevard. Guests are offered a vast menu of sushi, rolls, soups, Asian ragout and chicken, pork and curry rice dishes.

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KALINA Metro Kropotkinskaya17 Prechistenskaya Embankment +7 (495) 695–1639www.kalinacafe.ru RestaurantOpen: 12:00–06:00 Cuisine: original, European, Italian, JapaneseCapacity: 120 seatsAverage check: 2,500 rublesSummer terrace: noParking: yesAccessibility for people with disabilities: noWi-Fi: yes

STRELKA Metro Kropotkinskaya14 Bersenevskaya Embankment, building 5 +7 (495) 771–7416www.barstrelka.com RestaurantOpen: 09:00–24:00; Saturday-Sunday 12:00–24:00Cuisine: EuropeanCapacity: 390 seatsAverage check: 1,000 rublesAccessibility for people with disabilities: yesParking: yesAccessibility for people with disabilities: noWi-Fi: yes

Capacity: 100 seatsAverage check: from 1,200 rublesSummer terrace: yesParking: yes Accessibility for people with disabilities: noWi-Fi: yes

COLONY.COFFEE.SYMBOLS.WORDS Metro Kropotkinskaya, Novokuznetskaya, Tretyakovskaya2 Bersenevsky Side Street, building 1, +7 (499) 788–6229www.colony-artspace.ru Art-café, café, coffee-house, galleryOpen: 09:30–23:00 Cuisine: EuropeanCapacity: 45 seatsAverage check: 400–500 rublesSummer terrace: noParking: yesAccessibility for people with disabilities: noWi-Fi: yes

ASIA Metro Kropotkinskaya 3/2 Gogolevsky Boulevard+7 (495) 221–8382www.coffeehouse.ru/asiaCafeOpen: 24/7Cuisine: Asian, JapaneseCapacity: up to 50 seatsAverage check: 500–1,000 rublesSummer terrace: noParking: noAccessibility for people with

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ZARYA Metro Kropotkinskaya 3/10 Bersenevsky Side Street, building 8+7 (495) 755–3424www.zaryabar.ru RestaurantOpen: Sunday-Thursday 09:00– 24:00; Friday-Saturday 09:00–03:00Cuisine: European, Japanese, MediterraneanCapacity: hall – 100 seats; veranda – 110 seatsAverage check: 1,500–2,000 rublesSummer veranda: yesParking: yes Accessibility for people with disabilities: hall onlyWi-Fi: yes

PRODUKTY Metro Kropotkinskaya 5 Bersenevsky Side Street, building 1,8 (903) 789–3474CafeOpen: from 12:00 to the last guest Cuisine: Italian

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KELYA Metro Kropotkinskaya 3/18 Sivtsev Vrazhek +7 (495) 697–6841RestaurantOpen: 12:00–24:00Cuisine: EuropeanCapacity: 60 seatsAverage check: 2,000 rublesSummer terrace: noParking: noAccessibility for people with disabilities: noWi-Fi: yes

HANDS UP Metro Kropotkinskaya3 Lenivka Street+7 (495) 697–3060 www.rvbar.ru RestaurantOpen: Sunday-Thursday 12:00–24:00; Friday-Saturday 12:00–06:00Cuisine: European, Japanese, Russian, Caucasian, Asian, ItalianCapacity: 100 seatsAverage check: 1,200 rublesSummer terrace: no

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restaurant Prague, which is closed for refurbishment, you will wander into a cluster of diverse cafes, some of them exotic. The Vietnamese café Zu 5 deserves a special mention. Malaysian and Shanghai cooks make crusty dim sams and boil lamb fi llet. All the dishes are tasty and quick to cook, even Peking duck and General Tso’s chicken (with water chestnut).The Éclair café 6 of the Etazh city restaurant network has the same address. It presents a black-and-orange interior, soft armchairs and sofas, tasty pastry, reasonable prices and a special atmosphere.A coffee-house of the world’s biggest network Dunkin’ Donuts 7 with its famous donuts and muffi ns is nearby.

FINE RESTAURANTS. AVERAGE CHECK UP TO 3,000 RUBLESThere is a quiet and homely café, Bukle 8 , in a historical building dating back to 1911 amidst the noisy pedestrian Old Arbat. The family atmosphere and cuisine, live music and theme night concerts attract selected clientele,

The area of Old and New Arbat is the invariable point of attraction of Muscovites and visitors. The pedestrian zone of Old Arbat has an atmosphere of old Moscow: antique mansions, street musicians and numerous relaxed cafes and souvenir shops. New Arbat is a modern highway with Soviet-era high-rises and large shopping malls and restaurants. This is a place, which must be visited to get acquainted with the capital city. Old and New Arbat have plenty of cafes, bars and restaurants to any taste, a route for gastronomic journey.

Old and New Arbat DEMOCRATIC. AVERGE CHECK TO 1,500 RUBLESFrenchCafe 1 with a French and Japanese menu and round-the-clock working hours is located in the Smolensky Passage shopping mall on Smolenskaya Square near the Smolenskaya metro station. The house specialties are Lobster bisque soup, black cod salad, La Mare salad, Pavlova meringue and Mille-feuille.This café is the starting and fi nal leg of Moscow night club tours of trendy youngsters.After taking a walk along Arbat, one may stop over at Le Pain Quotidien 2 bakery café. The café focus is freshly baked bread: sweet and unsalted baked goods, desserts and snacks – tartines and tapas. There are zucchini, eggplant and mozzarella bruschettas on wheat bread and tartines with goat cheese and sesame. The café also serves salads and hot courses. It has a wine bar in the basement, where ancient brick vaults create an atmosphere of the old Moscow center.Another bakery on our way is Cinnabon 3 world-known for its delicious cinnamon and cream cheese buns. An outlet of the world burger chain Wendy’s 4 recently opened on Arbat. It makes burgers of juicy beef and offers light salads, sandwiches, drinks and ice cream.If you go round the acclaimed

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Fast food restaurantCuisine: fast foodCapacity: 100 seatsAverage check: 250 rublesSummer terrace: yesParking: noAccessibility for people with disabilities: noWi-Fi: yes

ZUMetro Arbatskaya, Smolenskaya 17 Novy Arbat Street +7 (495) 989–6573 www.zucafe.ruRestaurantOpen: Sunday-Wednesday

LE PAIN QUOTIDIENMetro Arbatskaya32 Arbat Street+7 (495) 989–4560www.lpq.ruCoffee-houseOpen: Monday-Friday 07:00–23:00; Saturday-Sunday 9:00–22:00Cuisine: EuropeanCapacity: 80 seatsAverage check: 1,000 rublesParking: noAccessibility for people with disabilities: noWi-Fi: yes

CINNABONMetro Arbatskaya 28 Arbat Street, building 1 +7 (499) 241–1081www.cinnabonrussia.comRestaurantOpen: Monday-Friday 08:00–23:00; Saturday-Sunday 10:00–23:00Cuisine: AmericanCapacity: more than 100 seatsAverage check: from 300 rublesSummer terrace: yesParking: noAccessibility for people with disabilities: noWi-Fi: yes

WENDY’SMetro Arbatskaya 16/2 Arbat Street, building 3+7 (495) 695–6940www.wendys.ruOpen: 10:00–24:00

statuettes and dolls in ethnic clothes. Cuisine is authentic: the menu is a creation of a Bangkok chef who took residence in Russia more than a decade ago. Yet European tastes are respected – waiters ask guests how spicy their dish would be.The Dandy café 12 on New Arbat is a joint venture of Ginza-project and MTV VJ Artem Korolev. The menu is centered on all kinds of sandwiches and prices are more than democratic. The place is famous for an open kitchen, a house bakery that makes the most delicious bread and pastry, and a small caramel workshop making caramel sculptures and holding master classes. The place quickly won popularity with Moscow active young people and became a tourist attraction.

FRENCHCAFEMetro Smolenskaya 3 Smolenskaya Square+7 (495) 937-8424www.frenchcafe.ruRestaurantOpen: 24/7Cuisine: European, French, AsianCapacity: 120 seatsAverage check: 1,100 rublesParking: yesAccessibility for people with disabilities: yes (access ramp)Wi-Fi: yes

celebrities included. Guests are offered homemade potato and mushroom dumplings and borsch with garlic buns.Harat’s Pub 9 – a genuine Irish pub with a vast selection of beer and whiskey, live music, lavish Irish cuisine, a theme interior with darts and other games and a special team spirit – is ideal for friends’ reunions. The Vesna café adjacent to the Vesna 10 shopping mall is an outlet of Moscow acclaimed restaurateur Arkady Novikov. It serves time-tested culinary hits – burrata cream cheese, salmon tartar, asparagus and truffl e salad, the house specialty – Vesna roll of eel, avocado, cucumber and lattice – to choosy clientele.The Om Thai café 11 is located in the basement of a New Arbat high-rise: there is a many-armed elephant in the middle, bronze

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OMMetro Arbatskaya, Smolenskaya15 Novy Arbat Street, building 1+7 (495) 691–8617www.om-cafe.ruOpen: 12:00–24:00Cuisine: ThaiCapacity: 50 seatsAverage check: 1,500 rublesSummer terrace: yesParking: yesAccessibility for people with disabilities: yes Wi-Fi: yes

DANDYMetro Smolenskaya+7 (495) 690–053828 Novy Arbat Streetwww.dandytimes.ruOpen: 24/7Cuisine: Japanese, European, Russian, Italian, BritishCapacity: 148 seatsAverage check: 800–1,500 rublesSummer terrace: noParking: yesAccessibility for people with disabilities: no Wi-Fi: yes

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HARAT’SMetro Arbatskaya, Smolenskaya23 Stary Arbat Street+7 (965) 377–0136www.harats.ruOpen: from 12:00 to the last guestCuisine: Irish, EuropeanCapacity: 60 seatsAverage check: 1,500–2,000 rublesSummer terrace: yesParking: noAccessibility for people with disabilities: noWi-Fi: yes

VESNAMetro Arbatskaya, Smolenskaya19 Novy Arbat Street+7 (495) 783–6966www.novikovgroup.ruOpen: 09:00–24:00; Saturday until 02:00Cuisine: Italian, European, JapaneseCapacity: 192 seats Average check: 2,000–3,000 rublesSummer terrace: yes

www.dunkindonutsmoscow.ruOpen: 24/7Capacity: 60 seatsAverage check: 320 rublesSummer terrace: yesParking: yes Accessibility for people with disabilities: yes Wi-Fi: yes

BUKLEMetro Arbatskaya, Smolenskaya 27/47 Arbat Street +7 (495) 691–6538www.cafebukle.ruOpen: 11:00–23:00; Saturday-Sunday 12:00–23:00Cuisine: Russian, European, Armenian, GeorgianCapacity: 50 seatsAverage check: 1,000 rublesSummer terrace: no

11:00–01:00, Thursday-Saturday – round-the-clockCuisine: pan-AsianCapacity: 40 seatsAverage check: 700 rublesSummer terrace: yesParking: yesAccessibility for people with disabilities: noWi-Fi: yes

ÉCLAIR Metro Arbatskaya17 Novy Arbat Street +7 (495) 690–2555www.etaj.ruCoffee-house, confectioner’s shopOpen: 24/7Cuisine: EuropeanCapacity: 40 seatsAverage check: 250–500 rublesSummer terrace: yesParking: yes Accessibility for people with disabilities: noWi-Fi: yes

DUNKIN’ DONUTSMetro Biblioteka im. Lenina, Arbatskaya17 Novy Arbat Street +7 (495) 697–4889

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GIPSY Metro Kropotkinskaya¾ Bolotnaya Embankment, building 2+7 (495) 669–8693Bar, restaurant, clubOpen: 12:00–06:00 Cuisine: European, Asian, Indian, Russian, AmericanAverage check: 1,000–1,500 rublesAccessibility for people with disabilities: yes

BONTEMPIMetro Kropotkinskaya 12 Bersenevskaya Embankment, building 1 +7 (495) 669–1387www. bontempirest.ruRestaurantOpen: Money-Wednesday, Sunday 12:00–24:00; Thursday-Saturday 12:00–06:00Cuisine: Italian, originalAverage check: 2,000 rublesAccessibility for people with disabilities: yes

BALKONMetro Smolenskaya 8 Novinsky Boulevard (seventh fl oor, Lotte Plaza shopping mall)+7 (495) 788–8298www.ginzaproject.ruRestaurantOpen: from 12:00 to the last guestCuisine: Italian, European, AsianAverage check: 2,000 rubles Accessibility for people with disabilities: yes

VERANDA 32.05Metro Chekhovskaya, Tverskaya, Pushkinskaya3 Karetny Ryad Hermitage Garden +7 (905) 703–3205www.veranda3205.ruRestaurant/bar

Open: in summer 11:00–06:00Cuisine: European, RussianAverage check: 1,200 rublesAccessibility for people with disabilities: no

ANTRESOLMetro Tsvetnoi Boulevard15 Tsvetnoy Boulevard, building 1+7 (495) 234–1717www.ginzaproject.ruRestaurantOpen: 11:00– 24:00Cuisine: original, European, RussianAverage check: 1,500–2,000 rublesAccessibility for people with disabilities: yes PRICHALMetro Krylatskoye2nd kilometer, Ilyinskoye Highway +7 (495) 635–4032www. novikovgroup.ruRestaurantOpen: from 12:00 to the last guestCuisine: Italian, Japanese, Chinese, RussianAverage check: 3,000 rublesAccessibility for people with disabilities: yes

CARLSONMetro Novokuznetskaya20 Ovchinnikovskaya Embankment, Building 1+7 (495) 280–0428www. ginzaproject.ruRestaurantOpen: Friday-Saturday 12:00–06:00; weekdays, Sunday 12:00–24:00Cuisine: MediterraneanAverage check: 3,500 rublesAccessibility for people with disabilities: no

MANON CAFÉMetro Krasnopresnenskaya1905 Goda Street, 2

+7 (495) 651–8100www.manon-club.ruRestaurantOpen: from 12:00 to the last guestCuisine: originalAverage check: 3,000 rublesAccessibility for people with disabilities: no

SHATERMetro Chistyye Prudy12a Chistoprudny Boulevard +7 (915) 400–4141www.cafeshater.ruCafeOpen: 24/7Cuisine: Italian, Chinese, JapaneseAverage check: 2,500 rublesAccessibility for people with disabilities: yes

O2 LOUNGEMetro Teatralnaya, Okhotny Ryad 12th fl oor, 3 Tverskaya Street+7 (495) 225–8888www.ritzcarltonmoscow.ruBar/restaurantOpen: 12:00–02:00Cuisine: Asian, EuropeanAverage check: 3,500–4,000 rublesAccessibility for people with disabilities: yes

BOSCOMetro Pushkinskaya3 Red Square, GUMwww.bosco.ru+7 (495) 620–3182 RestaurantOpen: 09:00–24:00Cuisine: Italian, Russian Average check: 4,000–5,000 rubles. Accessibility for people with disabilities: yes