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Packed with revellers, the railway-themed Vokzal looks and feels like a pub that has some-
how grown to the size of a supermarket. The R100 price tag on the trademark beer and
cheap food in the adjoining cafeteria ensure students from the nearby RGGU university
have no doubts as to where to waste their young years.
BAR
KAMCHATKA
10am-1am Sun-Thu, noon-3am Fri &
Sat; Teatralnaya)
Kamchatka is a generic term for all things fringe, and this cavernous pub seems to have
been designed to prove that beer can go for R80 even in a prime location in front of the
TsUM. But make sure you ask for their trademark Kamchatka beer, otherwise you'll get an
expensive one.
Kamchatka is best in summer, when you and your friend the pint can walk out into the
street to enjoy the sunshine with fellow lumpen intellectuals.
CLUB
GOGOL
Fun, informal and affordable (so surprising on swanky Stoleshnikov), Gogol is great for
food, drinks and music. The underground club takes the bunker theme seriously, notifying
customers that their food is ready with an air-raid siren. In summer the action moves out to
the courtyard, where the gigantic tent is styled like an old-fashioned street scene.
BAR
SIMACHYOV
11am-last guest;
Chekhovskaya)
By day it's a boutique and cafe, owned and operated by the famed fashion designer of the
same name; by night, this place becomes a hip-hop-happening nightclub that combines
glamour and humour. The eclectic decor includes leopard-skin rugs tossed over tile floors,
toilet stools pulled up to a wash-basin bar, Catholic confessionals for private dining, and
more.
You still have to look sharp to get in here, but at least you can be bohemian about it.
CLUB, CAFE
ARTEFAQ
495-650 3971;
www.artefaq.ru
;
ul Bolshaya Dmitrovka 32;
24hr, concerts
Fri-Sun;
Chekhovskaya)
