Ages six and up: 13 old and favorite restaurants in Moscow

If the restaurant in Patriki survived its first birthday, it could be considered a long-liver by local standards. The opening and closing of businesses in Moscow occurs rapidly, there are even “cursed” places where restaurants and cafes close a few months after opening. And they say that many people blessed the plant before the launch.

It’s one thing to make a successful and high-profile project for a year, but to open a place that will remain popular even after six years of existence is already a task with an asterisk.

The Fashion Vibes columnist Anya Baturina crossed the waves of memory and remembered 13 restaurants that did not deteriorate and remained popular even after 6, 7, 17 and even 24 years.

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Remy Kitchen Bakery – 2017 – 6 years

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Over the six years of its existence, the Remy Kitchen Bakery project has grown into a chain of four restaurants under the leadership of chef Ruslan Polyakov. Each one has its own kitchen, bakery and patisserie. Moreover, they all have an open kitchen, that is, you can see not only how the food is prepared (they are already used to this in Moscow), but also how bread or croissants are baked. The menu features a mix of Italy, France, Greece, China and Japan (the capital’s most popular cuisines), but with a chef’s principles – no more than 5-6 ingredients per plate. You’ll be surprised, but the same 5-6 ingredients can sometimes create unexpected and unusual combinations, like pickled figs with stracciatella or tomatoes with scallops.

Address: Tverskoy Boulevard, 7

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Beluga – 2017 – 6 years

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Modern Russian cuisine restaurant that has been following trends for six years. “Beluga” did not deviate from its original idea – as planned, a restaurant serving Russian delicacies and a caviar bar (caviar brasserie – as stated in the 2017 press release). To confirm these words, look at the bar counter, it looks like a huge bowl of crystal caviar. In the hands of chef Evgeny Vikentyev, Russian delicacies are not only interesting to try, but also acquire meaning and character. For example, in the last set, the chef used sea urchins that hit rocks, which don’t usually end up in restaurant kitchens. In the new set, he looks at art through the prism of gastronomy, where black caviar often becomes an ingredient in “shawarma”.

By the way, the wonderful view from the window (Kremlin, Historical Museum) is another plus of the restaurant for both tourists and Muscovites who are always rushing somewhere on business and do not have time to look around.

Address: Mokhovaya street, 15/1с1

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Cutfish – 2016 – 7 years

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We have had our own izakaya in Patriki since 2016, and it seems that Glen Ballis and Alexander Oganezov were the first to decide to move from the sushi restaurant format to something simpler and more intimate at the same time. Like a real “proper” izakaya, it’s noisy, basic (at least in appearance), and cramped in the evenings. They say that seven years ago many guests did not understand the charm of the contact bar counter, but even so, Cutfish was so rocky that in the evening it was necessary to add additional chairs (and hence the classic “Patrick’s” seating). heads” was born). The menu consists of two parts, the first includes Japanese dishes – sushi, rolls, rice. Second – everything that can be cooked on the grill, teriyaki chicken, beef with rice. The bar menu includes Japanese beer and sake.

Address: Bolshoi Kozikhinsky lane, 17, building 1

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Touché – 2016 – 7 years

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The wine bar on the territory of Trekhgorka opened seven years ago in 2016 and has been maintaining its reputation ever since. The wine list has over 250 labels and everything is available by the glass; The menu has a lot of snacks, which chef Taras Kiriyenko tries to update regularly. The cuisine is quite simple but has its own nuances. The age of the restaurant is not an obstacle – the project team offers new entertainment for guests. For example, restaurant tours in different cities or travel to world cuisines. Touche hosted themed brunches from different countries on weekends throughout the summer, accompanied by unlimited sparkling wine. We have already “visited” Spain, Italy and France, and in September it was time to go to Belgium.

Address: Rochdelskaya street, 15, building 22

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AQ Mutfak – 2015 – 8 years

The first letters of the restaurant’s name are the initials of the brilliant Spanish owner and chef Adrian Quetglas, who introduced Muscovites to molecular cuisine and taught the majority of chefs what they can do now. The food at AQ is clear and simple, the emphasis is on comforting dishes, but that doesn’t stop it from being amazing, and it’s all art – this height was set by Ketglas and is continued by chef Anton Tikhy. For example, duckling-shaped poultry pate, which has been the business card of the restaurant for several years, takes its place on all social networks, and this summer its rival was sweet fruit soup in a large ice-cold duck.

By the way, to create the restaurant’s interior and better understand Adrian, designer Natalya Belonogova specially tasted the dishes. That’s probably why even the sight of a restaurant whets your appetite.

Address: Bolshaya Gruzinskaya street, 69

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Kalabasa – 2015 – 8 years

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This cafe-patisserie started with a small dessert display and a bar, but within eight years it has grown into a two-story mansion. You can have breakfast here (flight, what a delicious morning menu they have), stop by for lunch or have a wonderful evening having dinner with a bottle of wine. But the real pride of the project for all these years has been the pasta cakes, there are 25 or more varieties, new flavors are periodically added, replacing the old ones. Owner Stanislava Komarovskaya loves to experiment with flavors and surprises, so there are about six different Napoleon and honey cakes in the dessert display. When you come here, please remember your will, save yourself from the window and go to your table on the second floor and examine the main menu. In addition to desserts there is incredible hummus with meat, green peas and cherries, great sandwiches and toast, and everything else.

Address: emb. Academician Tupolev, 15, building. 26

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Tchaikovsky – 2011 – 12 years

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This is a project of Arkady Novikov, the main star restaurateur of Moscow in the 2000s and 10s. Novikov is still expanding his empire today, but it’s not as loud and flashy. “Tchaikovsky” is a “cultural café” (not to be confused with the theater buffet) located on the ground floor of the Moscow State Philharmonic Orchestra. One of the restaurant halls overlooks Victory Square, the second, more intimate, is built around a rotunda with several private areas behind the columns. It’s great to come here after an evening of music and discuss what you heard about pike cutlets or cabbage rolls with sour cream tomato sauce – you immediately feel like a bit of an intellectual. By the way, “Breakfast of the Aristocrat” appeared here recently. Chef Alexey Chigak has prepared a set of luxurious dishes in the style of Russian traditions and including Profiteroles with caviar, pancakes with salmon, Benedict with duck, cheesecake and, of course, a glass of sparkling wine.

Address: Triumfalnaya Square, 4

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William’s – 2011 – 12 years

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The restaurant is the pioneer of social life in Patriki. Uilliam became a popular spot in the center of Moscow 12 years ago. Long breakfasts, summer gatherings with sparkling wine on the veranda steps and, most likely, even the tradition of taking photographs at the Patriarch’s Ponds arose and fell in love here. The heart of the small room is the open kitchen where William Lamberti once cooked (the format itself is not surprising today, but a great revelation 12 years ago). There are delicious and simple seasonal foods all year round – truffles from Umbria in spring, squash blossoms and interesting wine and full foliage in summer.

Address: Malaya Bronnaya street, 20A

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Modus – 2006 – 17 years

Modus restaurant has been playing the role of a place of power in Khamovniki for 17 years. At first it was not a very large cafe, which the locals call “pak”, but later it became a large, separate mansion with its own red carpet and wrought-iron gates. Three patios are added at once every summer, and a lawn for picnics also appeared in 2023. Brand chef Andrey Zhdanov has created a menu that is, on the one hand, simple and delicious, and on the other hand, full of experiments, such as different scallops with cauliflower puree. The trick is that it contains regular scallops, cock scallops, and mushrooms, which are similar to these in appearance and texture.

The Modus area is just right – little Leo Tolstoy lived nearby and Chekhov got married in the church opposite.

Address: 1st per. Truzhenikov, 6

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Stork – 2006 – I am 17 years old

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Stork restaurant opened in 2006, but its name and location are literally inherited. Since the 50s of the 20th century, there was an ice cream shop of the same name on this site, and the building in which it was located was rebuilt almost identically. For 17 years, Arkady Novikov’s restaurant managed to be rebuilt, and it was an excellent decision. Chef Mirko Dzago’s menu includes not only Mediterranean soups, fish and meat, but also a separate section with rolls and poke and many desserts. And in the spring, pizza appeared in the restaurant – something between the Neapolitan classics and the Roman crunch, still with the same airy leopard print crusts, but they do not stretch loosely, but have a loud crunch.

Address: Malaya Bronnaya street, 8, building 1

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Chito-Ra – 2004 – 19 years old

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“Chito-Ra” is the first khinkal restaurant in Moscow. It seems ambitious, but it’s true. The founders of the network call themselves the people who brought the Khinkali cult to the Russian capital. The spookiest and oldest facility is on Kurskaya. The interior here is reminiscent of a Georgian hut, but that’s not usually something you should pay attention to when it comes to nearly the best khinkali in the city at super reasonable prices.

By the way, when our columnist Anya Baturina fed William Lamberti there – she talked with circles on her Telegram channel about the most peculiar, inconspicuous, sometimes harmful, but delicious food in the city.

Address: st. Kazakova, 10/2с1

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Cafe Pushkin – 1999 – 24 years

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A restaurant where all foreigners who come to Moscow for the first time in 24 years have been taken. Noble interiors with luxurious stucco and Russian cuisine with antique touches by chef Andrei Makhov. Another tradition associated with Cafe Pushkin is drunken breakfast after parties, because the cafe works 24 hours a day. The menu includes dishes that Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin and his contemporaries would eat; It combines imperial Russian and French cuisines adapted to modern times. But such names as “Olivier with small tartlets with salmon pearls”, “Vinaigrette of various varieties with Baltic sprat under vegetable oil” remained pre-revolutionary.

Address: Tverskoy Boulevard, 26A

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Shinok – 1997 – I am 26 years old

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One of the first projects of Andrei Dellos, which immediately after its opening became a gastronomic attraction in Moscow. Today it positions itself as a restaurant with incredibly delicious cuisine, and the menu includes five types of lard, borscht with buns, skoblyanka, forshmak, potato pancakes and legendary pies with cabbage, meat and mushrooms, for which all Moscow once went crazy. . Everything is prepared from products of the country’s best farmers. Behind the glass in the main hall is a mini farm where cows, goats, peacocks, rabbits and other animals live. And sometimes a huge parrot flies around the hall, gently holding the spoon (you saw it yourself).

Address: st. 1905, 2