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in the former USSR - from gooseberry or fir-needle juice to chestnuts and Crimean rose
petals.
The emphasis is on the most unusual and hard-to-find ingredients, which unfortunately
makes the place quite pricey.
BAR
BEAVERS & DUCKS
This convivial bar is run by two joyful women who mingle with the punters and invent
risque names for cocktails, that we will not cite here for decency reasons. The place is open
round the clock and starts serving breakfasts at 4am, which lures in herds of hungry party
animals at the most ungodly hours.
ANTICAFE
TSIFERBLAT
quent hrs R80; ; Kitay-Gorod)
How often do you head to a cafe just because you need somewhere nice to spend some time
in, not because you are desperate to get a coffee? Tsiferblat was the first establishment in
Moscow that put the idea of a coffeeshop upside down. Here you pay for time, while coffee,
as well as lemonade and cookies, are free.
They call it an 'anticafe'. Looking like an old flat, this place is good for chatting with
friends or for fiddling with your gadgets, but it might be slightly too noisy, if you need to do
some real work. Enter at the back of the building, then walk to the 2nd floor.
Basmanny
CAFE
TSURTSUM CAFE
Synonymous with Vinzavod, where it is located, Tsurtsum is a watering hole where all the
beasts of the post-industrial savannah at the back of Kursky vokzal gather to sit on the ver-
andah and plot new start-ups, performances and revolutions. Great for people-watching and
nonmalicious, self-educating eavesdropping - if you speak Russian.
CAFE
OMG! COFFEE
8.30am-11pm Mon-Fri, 11am-11pm Sat & Sun;
Krasnye Vorota)
