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Eating and drinking
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It's no problem finding good food and drink in Moscow these days. In fact, the problem is choosing where to go. For the homesick there are numerous American bars and steakhouses, plus American coffee bars. Nonetheless, the wide gap between the top and bottom ends of the market and the relative shortage of places in between means that good, affordable restaurants are often full in the evenings, so reserving in advance is advised. Most places have a member of staff with a rudimentary grasp of English, and many offer some kind of entertainment in the evening. Most cafes serve plentiful and excellent food, at much lower prices than full-blown restaurants, and seldom require bookings, making them a boon for budget travellers. Many middle-range and more expensive places now take a variety of credit cards.
In recent years a large number of small rock clubs and bars have opened up, offering great food at amazingly cheap prices. Ordinary Russians tend to buy alcohol in a shop and drink it at home, but there are more and more Western-style bars springing up all over the place. In this list we have weighted the selection towards more traditional Russian eateries - after all, why come to Russia to eat Indian? - and the cheap but high-quality places. Caucasian food (Georgian, Armenian) is almost always good in Moscow, and the more Caucasians you see in there, the better the joint.
A full list of literally hundreds of worthy places can be found in the
Moscow Times
supplement,
The Beat
, updated weekly. Other useful information
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