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JUST. BAR & KITCHEN
About
A cozy gastrobar with simple yet sophisticated food, and a good choice of wine and coctails. The menu is succinct yet has a few delicious salads, soups, burgers, meat and fish main dishes, and desserts. Quirky vintage furniture, shelves piled with board games and magazines, a tiny shop selling lavender tea, local honey and jams make it a great place to chill out and enjoy your meal or drink. The place is usually quiet during the day but gets busier as the evening progresses. The proximity of several theatres guarantees bustling nights after the performances.
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1 Pushkinskaya St. (ул. Пушкинская, д. 1)
+7 960 138 32 28
Mon-Thu, Sun 12pm-1am, Fri-Say 12pm-4am
Menu in English
English-speaking staff
Best for lunch/dinner/wine
Order this: Chef Burger, Ragged Salmon, Pumpkin & Oyster Mushroom Risotto, Carrot Cake, Sea Buckthorn Tea
SEASALT GASTROLOUNGE
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A stylish restaurant with a terrace overlooking one of the central squares of Voronezh, Seasalt is all about seafood. There're seafood starters and salads, fish soup, mains with dozens of types of fish and seafood. The portions are hearty, and beautiful presentation makes it even more favourful. For fish haters, there's a special section with meat and vegetarian pasta, soups and salads. You can also create your own meal by choosingyour favourite kind of seafood or meat and a side.
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40G 25 Oktyabrya St. (Ул. 25 Октября, д. 40Г)
+7 473 239 58 68
Mon-Thu, Sun 12pm-12am, Fri-Sat 12pm-2pm
Best for lunch/dinner
Order this: Wild Kamchatka scallops with blue cheese and truffle butter; Gigantic crab from Russian Far East with spicy potatoes; Sturgeon ukha (Russian fish soup)
VARVARY BISTRO & BAKERY
КУЛИНАРНАЯ ЛАВКА ВАРВАРЫ
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A popular chain of delicatessens, Varvary offers a good variety of comprehensible Soviet and Russian food. There're all sorts of cutlets including Chicken Kiev, sweet and savoury Russian pies and pancakes, salads and desserts, If you're familiar with homemade Russian food you probably won't find anything too extraordinary here. However, if it's still new to you Varvary is a good place to get familiar with it and see what it looks like before you order it.
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2 Feoktistova St. (ул. Феоктистова, д. 2)
61 Karla Marksa Street (ул. Карла Маркса, д. 61)
+7 473 280 22 55
Mon-Sun 9am-9pm
Best for breakfast/lunch/dinner
Order this: Pancakes, pies, cutlets, shchi (cabbage soup), solyanka (meat and cabbage soup), borscht, okroshka (cold soup made with kvass of kefir), golubtsy (stuffed cabbage rolls).
MEAT CULT
МЯСНОЙ КУЛЬТ
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Voronezh farms have long been known for the quality of their meat. No wonder that many restaurants in Moscow and St Petersburg buy their meat here. The first so-called meat boutique Zarechnoye opened in a newly renovated building of the Central Market in summer 2015. A year later they've launched their first street restaurant Meat Cult on a square in front of the market. The owners insist that this is not a food truck or a kiosk but a restaurant because of the food presentation and the service that they provide. Currently there're 8 types of burgers, 2 types of steaks, salads, chips, and local craft beer on the menu. The burgers are definitely the best in Voronezh and possibly among the best in Russia.
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8 Pushkinskaya St. (ул. Пушкинская, д. 8), Central Market Square
Mon-Sun 11am-10pm
Best for a quick bite
Order this: Panasian Burger, Double Cheeseburger, Cheesesteak Sandwich, Machete Steak, Ravencraft beer and mead.
PETROVSKY BOOK CLUB
ПЕТРОВСКИЙ КНИЖНЫЙ КЛУБ
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A cozy café is located in one of the best places in Voronezh, Petrovsky Book Club. It's a place where you can come and browse books and magazines while having lunch or sipping coffee, attend a lecture or a workshop, or buy a book or a souvenir. The café usually attracts local intellectuals, writers, journalists and artists who come here to give lectures, and then stay in a café until late discussing the fate of Russian poetry or medieval French literature. This café is one of the few places in Voronezh which is open for breakfast and offers a good range of porridges, fried eggs, etc. The menu is only in Russian but it has pictures of pretty much all the food they have and most of the staff speak basic English.
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54A 20-Letiya VLKSM St. (ул. 20-летия ВЛКСМ, д. 54А), inside Petrovsky Passage Shopping Mall
+7 473 233 19 28
Mon-Sun 10am-10pm
Best for breakfast/lunch/a quick bite
Order this: Syrniki (cottage cheese cakes) with sour cream and jam for breakfast; Borscht with sour cream and lard; cold soup okroshka with white kvass and beef; Petrovsky dessert with vanilla sponge cake, crashed meringue, berry cream and dark chocolate; homemade cowberry sorbet; buckthorn lemonade
SUGAR BAKESHOP
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A new bakeshop in town, Sugar has opened its doors in May 2016 a stone's throw from Voronezh State University campus. For several years Maria has been making and selling cakes and other desserts online, until she decided to open her first pattiserie mainly aiming for young crowd popping in for the sugar fix between lectures. Maria makes both Russian (kartoshka and bird's milk cake) and American cakes (browines, cupcakes and cheesecakes), and doesn't forget about those on a diet. There're sugarfree desserts and smothies, and healty breakfast options. She also sells delicious homemade granola and unusual fruit and berry preserves.
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29 Taranchenko St. (ул. Таранченко, д. 29)
+7 919 236 30 00
Mon-Fri 9am-9pm, Sat-Sun 10am-10pm
Best for breakfast/dessert
Order this: Vegan cheesecake with dried fruits and sugar-free and dairy-free mousse; buckthorn panna cotta; kartoshka biscuit dessert
PERFETTO CAFFE
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The largest coffeehouse chain in Voronezh, Perfetto Caffé has four joints spread all over the city. The central one is located on the main Revolyutsii Avenue, right next to the Art Commune gallery. It has bigger menu, a sitting area, and some desserts and snacks. Although the do make good quality espresso and latte, their specialty is unusual combinations with coffee and other drinks, syrups, protein, nuts, spices, juices, ice cream etc. Every season they create a new set of drinks, and each barista in Perfetto also has his or her own special drink. Currently, there're 48 drinks on the menu, and it's hard to imagine anything coffee-related that they don't have. There's Chemex and Hario, cold brew, deconstructed coffee, affogato, Greek coffee, soy latte for vegans, lemonades, teas and much more.
Info
Cafe: 39 Revoyutsii Av. (пр. Революции, д. 39)
Kiosk: 1 Tchaikovskogo St. (ул. Чайковского, 1), inside Via Dei Fiori shop;
2 Pushkinskaya St. (ул. Пушкинская, д. 2), inside Salita flower shop;
Alye Parusa Park.
+7 473 222 19 00
Mon-Thu 7am-11pm, Fri 7am-3am, Sat 9am-3am, Sun 9am-11pm
Best for coffee
Order this: Peony Raf (latte with vanilla sugar, cream, and peony syrup); Ice Joe with caramel, spices, blood orange juice and espresso; Peach espresso (double espresso with peach juice); Yuan Yang (black tea, milk, double espresso)
MOLOKO COFFEESHOP
КОФЕЙНЯ МОЛОКО
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A cozy coffeeshop opposite a shady boulevard, Moloko is located in a massive Stalin-era building with high ceilings and period decorations. They make coffees, teas and alcohol-free coctails, nothing too unusual but their latte and cappuccino are among the best in Voronezh. For those who are hungry, Moloko offers a range of cakes, muffins and salads.
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15 Lenina Sq. (пл. Ленина, д. 15)
+7 473 280 14 05
Mon-Sun 8am-11pm
Best for coffee
Order this: Latte, Honey Smile coffee, Ice Cookies coctail
PENKA COFFEE
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A new takeaway coffee joint next to the Voronezh State University main building is a true fortune for weary students who can't wake up for their first class without a cup of coffee. And it's not just a coffee, they do make really nice espresso, cappuccino, latte, flat white and other classics. For those who prefer sweet coffee, they make wonderdful latte with halva and café glacé. There's also a good selection of tea to wake you up in the morning either for lectures or for exploring Voronezh.
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2 Plekhanovskaya St. (ул. Плехановская, д. 2)
+7 960 139 98 41
Mon-Fri 8am-8pm, Sat-Sun 12pm-8pm
Best for coffee/takeaway breakfast
Order this: Halva Coffee, Raf Coffee, Penka Shake
DEPO COFFEE & CRAFT
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This hidden bar inside the Art Commune courtyard proudly calls itself the smallest bar of Voronezh. The place is indeed tiny. There's only one table with two seats and a bar counter which can fit up to three people. During the summer season they also have several tables outside. To get to the bar, you need to dive into a courtyard from the arch on Revolyutsii Avenue, next to Perfetto Caffé. Then turn left, round the wire fence and you'll a shabby timber door of the bar. The place is popular with local hipsters who come here to drink Voronezh craft beer and socialise.
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39 Revolyutsii Av. (пр. Революции, д. 39)
+7 473 294 40 91
Fri-Sat 4pm-10pm
Best for local craft beer
Order this: Brewlok Oatmeal Stout, Brewlok American Pale Ale vol. 1