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Ristorante Da Lino $$$
( 631 751; bul 6 Septemvri 135; mains 9-15 lv; )
Plovdiv's best place for Italian
food, Da Lino occupies a converted monastery; however, prices are high and portions
small.
ITALIAN
Malâk Bunardzhik $$
( 446 140; ul Volga 1; mains 5-10 lv; )
Quality Bulgarian cuisine is served at this
popular place with garden dining and live music most nights.
BULGARIAN
XIX Vek $$
(19th Century; 653 882; ul Tsar Kaloyan 1; mains 6-10 lv; 7am-midnight; )
Pro-
nounced
devetnaystee vek,
this local favourite in a garden near the pedestrian mall offers
traditional
satch
(stew baked in a clay pots) dishes, charcoal-grilled shish kebabs and
more. Its walls are decorated with 19th-century village decor.
BULGARIAN
Drinking
Plovdiv's nightspots are widespread. However, several good places occupy the district
called Kapana, meaning 'the trap', referring to its tight streets (the areas north of pl Dzhu-
maya, between ul Rayko Daskalov to the west and bul Tsar Boris Obedinitel to the east).
Note that clubs undergo sporadic name changes, sometimes closing and reopening un-
der new management - double-check locally with a free nightlife booklet like
Pro-
gramata
.
BAR
Naylona
( 0889496750; ul Giorgi Benkovski 8, Kapana; noon-4am; )
They say that the
owners of this Kapana dive bar purposely didn't fix the roof, so that the rain would trickle
in; whatever the story, this damp, bare-bones place usually playing classic (and other)
rock remains the unwashed, long-haired antithesis of Plovdiv style.
Art Bar Maria Luiza
BAR
