Pubs and bars - The Rough Guide to Prague - page 288

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JOSEFOV
Barock Pařížská 24 222 329 221, barockrestaurant.cz ; metro Staroměstská; map . This
is the café-bar of choice for the upwardly mobile locals who shop on fashionable Pařížská -
the tagline is the cringe-inducing “delicious meal and beautiful women”. Daily 10am-1am.
Tretter's V kolkovně 3 224 811 165, www.tretters.cz ; metro Staroměstská; map . Smart
and sophisticated (but not exclusive) American cocktail bar, with very professional staff and
a glamorous ambience. Live jazz on Tues. Daily 7pm-3am.
U Rudolfina Křížovnická 10 222 328 758; metro Staroměstská; map . A bona-fide Czech
pivnice very close to Charles Bridge, serving expertly kept Pilsner Urquell and typical pub
grub that gets more expensive as the day progresses. Daily 11am-11pm.
Kolkovna V kolkovně 8 224 819 701, kolkovna.cz ; metro Staroměstská; map . Justifi-
ably popular with passing tourists, this Pilsner Urquell pub has plush decor, excellent pub
food and unpastuerized Pilsner on tap. Daily 11am-midnight.
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NOVÉ MĚSTO
American Bar Obecní dům, náměstí Republiky 5 222 002 786, americkybar.cz ; metro
Náměstí Republiky; map . Underused and overpriced, the bar in the basement of the Obecní
dům is nevertheless one of the city's architectural treats, dating from 1911. Daily
11.30am-11pm.
Branický sklípek Vodičkova 26; metro Můstek; map . Convenient downtown pub decked
out like a pine furniture showroom, serving typical Czech food and jugs of Prague's Braník
beer. The rough-and-ready Branická formanka next door opens and closes earlier. Mon-Fri
9am-11pm, Sat & Sun 11am-11pm.
Bredovskýdvůr Politickýchvězňů12 224215427, restauracebredovskydvur.cz ; metro
Hlavní nádraží; map . Virtually tourist-free brick-vaulted city pub, off Wenceslas Square,
serving standard pub food helped along with Pilsner Urquell or Velkopopovický kozel beer.
Mon-Sat 11am-midnight, Sun 11am-11pm.
Novoměstský pivovar Vodičkova 20 222 232 448, npivovar.cz ; metro Národní třída;
map . Outstanding microbrewery that serves its own well-tapped misty 11° home brew,
plus monster portions of Czech sustenance, in a series of twelve sprawling beer halls and
rooms, some of which are Gothic affairs deep underground. Mon-Fri 10am-11.30pm, Sat
11.30am-11.30pm, Sun noon-10pm.
Pivovarský dům Ječná 14 296 216 666, pivovarskydum.com ; metro Karlovo
náměstí; map . Busy wood-panelled microbrewery pub dominated by big, shiny copper vats,
servinghighlyquaffablelight,mixedanddarkunfilteredbeer(plusbanana,coffeeandwheat