barrio
august2014
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PortoPraga
StefanaOkrzei 23, +48 (22)
6985001, portopraga.pl
This200-year-oldsteammill is
nowhost toPraga’smosthigh-end
diningexperience.Spearheaded
byRichardWinkler (theWolfgang
PuckofPoland,with restaurants
across thecountry), theartdeco
interior isaknockoutanddishes
lean towardsambitiouscarnivorous
creationssuchasveal shankand
roastduckwith
pearpurée.
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SkladButelek
11 Listopada22, +48 (22) 602
338824, skladbutelek.pl
TwinsistersOlgaandMagdaown
thiscandlelit, slightlyGothicbar,
whichseems tohavenoconcept
of closing timeandoffers film
screenings, livemusicnightsand
disarminglystrongcocktails.Ask
thegirls tomakeyou thehouse
special ofwatermelon, lemon,
apple juiceanda fearsome
herbal vodkaZoladkowa.Or if
youpreferhomebrew, thebar
evenhas itsownbeer,Skladowe.
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Koneser
VodkaFactory
Zabkowska27/31,
+48 (22) 67001 56,
monopolpraski.pl
Built in the late 19th
century toprovide
vodka to the
legionsof
Russian
soldiers
stationed in
theseparts,
thishandsome
red-brickcomplex
isnowhome to two
contemporaryart
galleries,a theatre,
avintagedesigner shopand
anarrayof sculptures in theback
yard, includingonebyJozef
NowakofAmyWinehouse,carved
outof a tree trunk.
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PodKarpiem
Stalowa37, +48 (22) 619 1357,
podkarpiem.eu
This restaurant’s retro 1970s
Socialist-chic look (thinkclunky
woodcarvingsof folkminstrels
plus linoleum floorsandplywood
walls)mighthaveseemed
utilitarianat the timebut it
oozescharm thesedays,as
does themenuof salads,
schnitzelsandsteaks.
Aparthotel Stalowa52
isPraga’sfirst
boutiquehotel
WarsawZoo is the
city’sgreenoasis
