Don’t be fooled by the bare wide parking lot as you approach Spasska pier, to which Khutorok is moored. (You can also arrive on foot, walking along the Dnipro from Poshtova Ploscha metro station, as we did, or along Skovorody street from Kontraktova Ploscha.) As soon as you descend toward the restaurant, you enter another world. Continue reading ‘Riverside Khutorok’
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Kyiv is a city that rarely misses an opportunity to remind us just how eclectic it really is. The Pechersk district, whose visual landscape boasts an abundant array of new high-end real estate and also some of the city’s most recognizable Soviet and Orthodox
cultural and historical monuments, Continue reading ‘SSSR eatery welcomes you’
Every new season brings with it new needs and, consequently, new expenses. Of course, during the summer you won’t need to buy an expensive new mink fur coat or anything, but there are, of course, some indispensables, like sunglasses, for instance.
Since the rainy days are now mostly over, Continue reading ‘Go shopping for sunglasses’
With summer looming and the first days of real heat expected any time now, the beer season in Kyiv can be officially considered open (though when or whether it officially closes is another matter altogether). Continue reading ‘Search for Ukraine’s best beer suds’
THURSDAY 25
“Fedir Pryymachenko’s Signs of Polissyaâ€
Artist Fedir Pryymachenko, whose works were once highly estimated by President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko himself, presents his new exhibition “Fedir Pryymachenko’s Signs of Polissya.†Continue reading ‘7 Days in Kyiv’
To acknowledge that Ukraine is a European country after all, Europe Day will be held here for the fourth time now, taking place in Kyiv on May 20 as well as two regional cities – Zaporizhzhya and Kharkiv. As usual, apart from simply reminding Ukrainians that they are a European nation, Europe Day will Continue reading ‘Celebrate Europe Day!’
When I heard that a new Ukrainian music magazine “Mixer†was coming out, I was pretty excited – finally Ukraine would have a local publication that would cover the music scene professionally by knowledgeable writers. Of course I didn’t expect it to be anything really high-grade, Continue reading ‘Pop Notes: New Music Magazine is already out’
Okay, let’s get this out of the way now: Nobu is overpriced. It just is. A single piece of yellowtail will run you almost $5 and a six-piece California roll with only a fake crabstick and vegetables inside will cost you about $13. What’s more, the only sake (Japanese rice wine) they sell is Hr 140 for 150 grams. Continue reading ‘Delicious sushi found at Nobu’
Last summer I met a girl with lovely eyes and I got her phone number. Our first meeting was in a park, and I thought that was rather nice and that maybe next time she’d like to go to a bar or a restaurant. Continue reading ‘City’s best seat’
