Posted by Cat Contiguglia on April 25, 2011
My trip to U Staré Studny happened a bit by accident – I had been planning to go to a different wine bar in the area that ended up being closed, and stumbled across this place. It had the looks of prettier version of your underground cave bar, but the menu and its location are [...]
Posted by Cat Contiguglia on April 25, 2011
In our Night & Day Section April 20, we featured a cocktail recipe for the Green Geisha from SaSaZu‘s Michaela Bubenová. Check out the video below to see how a few simple ingredients can combine to create an aperitif that looks as good as it tastes. In the question and answer below the video, learn [...]
Posted by Cat Contiguglia on April 12, 2011
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, [...]
Posted by Cat Contiguglia on April 1, 2011
One of the hardest parts about going out in Prague can be trying to figure out how to get home… so I’ve put together a list of some ways you can try and plan how to get home after the regular public transportation closes… Night buses and trams: This is obviously the cheapest option after [...]
Posted by Cat Contiguglia on March 31, 2011
To be completely honest, I’m not huge into clubbing. So I wasn’t sure how an interview with the owner of M1 Lounge at Masna 1 in Old Town was going to go, like whether I’d be able to be convincing as someone who could talk about clubs or whether I would come off as a [...]
Posted by Cat Contiguglia on March 27, 2011
The weather is finally warming up and some of the beer gardens will start to be opening soon – so here is a roundup of Prague beer gardens to prep yourself for the transition from underground to outside beer drinking.
Posted by Cat Contiguglia on March 17, 2011
In our Night and Day section March 16, we featured a recipe for the Mezkalinha from Las Adelitas‘ Patricio Franzoni. Check out the video to see how Franzoni takes the traditional Mexican liquor mezcal and makes a refreshing cocktail that can complement any Mexican dish, and in the question and answer below learn more about [...]
Posted by Cat Contiguglia on March 10, 2011
So I know I said I was going to write about American Bar today… but, I went, and it was closed. So we will travel from the beautiful architecture and ambiance of Obecní dům to a tiny not-so-nice bar with some of the cheapest beer in Prague 1. Minirest at Havlíčkova 6 – it’s just [...]
Posted by Cat Contiguglia on March 9, 2011
It’s slowly warming up outside and it’s certainly got me all excited about activities that don’t involve drinking vast amounts in dark caves. As a perfect addition to your spring cleaning, you can go to free courses on how to fix your bike, and as if that wasn’t enough to make you feel better and [...]
Posted by Cat Contiguglia on February 28, 2011
I have found where Bacchus resides, and it’s in a small little wine bar in Vinohrady on Budečská 40. There’s no other explanation for Vínečko 33, where the most happy man alive resides over his small universe of five tables surrounded by wall murals of half naked medieval winery maidens and flocks of peasants jeering [...]