A dark gloom pervaded the office the other day when we found out Kavárna Medůza shut its doors on March 30. My co-worker, the Post’s food blogger and business editor Claire Compton, mused sadly about her role in the lovely little corner hangout’s demise, as one might at a friend’s funeral.
“I loved that place, but I just never seemed to make it over there,” she said. “And now it’s closed.”
But luckily, she can start down the path of self-forgiveness, because it wasn’t the lack of her 50 Kc glass of wine once a week caused them to shutter the place up, and in a true American movie happy ending, they’re not actually gone forever!
I spoke with Medůza co-owner Lucie Kluzak, who says the cafe had to close rather unexpectedly due to issues with the landlord.To be clear, it doesn’t appear to be noise complaints or anything like that – the landlord said she decided to use the space for something different, though Kluzak said it was apparently a “secret” what that will be. So Medůza management is now on the hunt for a new location in Prague 2, and could potentially re-open within six months.
“We were told we had to get out of the space ten days before we closed,” she said. She said she’s expecting to stick to the same sort of style Medůza had, even if the interior of the new place is a little different. “We want to find a nice space.”
For those of you who haven’t been to Medůza, let me give you a quick description – it was this super comfortable little place near Náměstí Míru where you could go during the day just to have a coffee and read a book, and then in the evening and later into the night, was perfect for meeting up with friends and drinking some wine or beer and talking. The food ranged from meals to a wide variety of snacks, and the desserts were up to par as one might expect from a quality coffee shop.
“The concept will be absolutely the same – we are very unhappy we had to move, but on the other side we were very happy to see the reaction from our customers was so strong!” she said.
She said they would be putting up a website soon, which should be at kavarnameduza.cz when it goes up, where faithful followers can check in and see when and where the new cafe will be – and hopefully I’ll be able to keep you in the loop when that happens as well.
I will miss it while it’s gone, and I think a lot of you will too.. so in the meantime while we wait, I’ve compiled a list of a few other places with sort of the same vibe to hold you up until Medůza returns:
Café Sudička at Nitranská 7 in Prague 3
Týnská literární kavárna at Týnská 6 in Prague 1
Café Duende at Karoliny Světlé 30 in Prague 1
Kaaba Kavárna Trafika at Mánesova 20 in Prague 2
Ouky Douky at Janovského 14 in Prague 7
Thanks for this Cat. I was wondering why they closed. As it was one of my favorite places, I’ll be happy to know when they open in their new location.
I think it had pluses and minuses, personally. Great fun to hangout and drink beer in your grandparents’ living room ( or so it seemed), but it was also smokier than your average black and white movie
Could somebody tell me what “Douky” is in English? I’ve been wondering that ever since The Globe moved out of the Holesovice area, and “Dobre Douky” took its place.
The online translators can’t translate for “Douky”, but can anyone here salve my curiousity?
Thanks
A few years back while in Medusa, we took some photos of ourseleves in the style of those on the wall. I bought an old frames from a charity shop and inserted the sepia print.
On our next visit, we waited until the waitress wasn’t looking and slipped the frame onto a spare nail on the wall. It blended in remarkably well.
A few days later we were back and it was gone. I wonder if it will magically appear in Medusa 2?
yes, I remember it, hope we find them somewhere, than the magic will do the rest!
also a nice one is café Pavlač, víta Nejedlého, Prague 3