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reasonable food and brunch at
weekends. From the same
entrepreneurs who brought you
Bohemia Bagels
(see p88)
.
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Karmelitská 23 • Map C3
Rock Café
Prague's music scene is
teeming with so-called “revival
bands , most of whom take the
stage here and entertain
audiences with tributes to
everyone from Jimi Hendrix to
Sade. There are also several bars,
an internet café and a screening
room where you can watch films
of various past rock concerts.
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Národní 20 • Map L6
Industry 55
grown hip-hop. It's also
impossibly smoky, so don't wear
anything that can't be washed or
thrown away.
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Rokycanova 29,
Δi≈kov • Map B6
Mecca
The proprietors of Mecca
have turned this former factory
in the Hole√ovice warehouse
district into a giant dance-and-
dining emporium. The food is
nouvelle cuisine, the crowd
trendy and the parties wonderful.
A little off the beaten track -
take a taxi - but the trip is worth
it. The restaurant serves food
until 2am.
d
U Pr∞honu 3, Hole√ovice
• Map B5
Lucerna
Local “big-beat” acts are the
mainstay at this Wenceslas
Square music bar, but it
occasionally hosts big names in
jazz such as Maceo Parker, as
well as where-are-they-now
relics. (A separate adjoining
venue, the Velk† sál, or large hall,
hosts bigger acts such as Wynton
Marsalis.) The club's 1980s night
is one of the biggest dance
parties in town.
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Vodi≤kova 36
• Map F4
Jo's Gará≈
A club chronicler in the mid-
1980s wrote that Jo's had its
finger on the pulse of Prague's
“expat scene . Little has changed
here since. The backpack set still
bump eagerly to pop tunes on
the cramped cellar dance floor. If
you're hungry, upstairs is a
restaurant serving passable Tex-
Mex food.
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Malostranské nám∂stí 7
• Map C2
U Malého Glena
The shoebox-sized cellar at
“Little Glenn's” has to be
Prague's smallest jazz venue. The
music ranges from African-
inspired drumming to blues to
modern jazz, and most of it is of
a high standard. Upstairs is a
café where you can get
Wall mural, Guru
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