Rubizhne Restaurants

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The name of this tiny bar implies Little Cossack.
It is located in the central market area, between the bus stop in Liberators Street and the second hand market. The Thirteen Chairs pub is behind the fence.
This bar has a wagon-style hall where you can order your drinks and a small terrace with several tables where you can sit.
It's a good place for people watching for the bar is at the crossroads of two paths to/from the central market.

Favorite Dish: beer with pistachios and anchovies :-)

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The locals recommend this restaurant as a very suitable place to celebrate an anniversary or your personal holiday.
Ms.Liudmilla Stephanova, the chef, creates masterpieces of cooking.
You can have a break and play a game of pool in the entrance hall.
There is enough space for dancing for a company of twenty friends.
The clientelle is very diverse: from young people who have come to have a cup of coffee and to dance to respectable middle-aged ladies and gentlemen who are regular customers here.

Favorite Dish: Caprice salad

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This restaurant is located next to Lenin Square and the city council building.
There is a big hall, a VIP hall and a Russian billiards hall.
This cafe is known for its good DJ parties that take place on big holidays.

Favorite Dish: assorted meat and vegetables

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This downtown summer cafe with such a special name is located opposite the main square.
It has a tent hall and a summer terrace.
You can have a snack and a beer or two with your local friends there or even order a meal.
Most customers there only have a snack and a beer.
The cafe is nice for it is in a quiet place close to all the main downtown sights.

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This new restaurant is located in what we call the Seventh Microdistrict.
It's a high end city cafe with a big banquet hall and two smaller ones inside and a spacious terrace outside.
Like many locals, we just sat at the terrace having some beer with pistachios and enjoying the views.

Favorite Dish: "Stanitsa" meat Cossacks' style;
"Europe" salad;
Cossacks salad.

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This cafe's name would sound as cookery in English.
It used to be my local during my school years.
We were cool guys coming here during a lunch break (instead of walking down to the school basement to the school canteen) to have some cold cocoa and a cake. Thirty copecks were enough for that.
The cafe's name has remained unchanged since then.
I revisited this cafe in 2001 and in 2010.
They have completed the refurbishment and now this cafe offers a lot of ready-made dishes which you can see at the counter. They can heat them for you.
They also offer a lot of popular pies and cakes. I liked the plum pie. According to my old tradition I also ordered a glass of cold cocoa.
There is one big drawback: they have no air conditioning and it was very hot during the summer heat ordeal...
Picture 3 : the employees asked me to take a picture of their famous and beloved image on the wall and wished me to have so much money on my table at home, too... Thanks, fellow countrymen!

Favorite Dish: cold cocoa with cakes;
pork chop

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There are six cafes and bars in the central market area:Thirteen Chairs
Little Cossack
Roman
Boatswain
Nick
ZanziBarThis is the exact order of a bar crawl that you could undertake one day.
All these cafes and pubs are frequented by locals who mostly come here for a drink or two. My friends and I used to frequent Boatswain Cafe for it is close to the bus terminal and is located in the main street.
Nick Cafe is perhaps the only cafe in the city that is open at 7 a.m. and till 8 p.m. This is where you can manage your hangover (if any) in the morning and proceed with your shopping at the market.
This cafe is often reserved on weekends for weddings and other parties. It is known for its inexpensive "hot lunches".

Favorite Dish: shish kebab

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This cafe is conveniently located between the central market and the bus terminal.
This is where you can have lunch waiting for your bus to arrive.
The cafe has "African design" (even a couple of African beehives on the terrace), a big round hall inside and a summer terrace with a dozen of tables outside.
I have observed that the majority of customers only order beer, drinks and small snacks here. Banquets are rare. But the Zanzibar ice cream is a must here.
It would be nice to pay a visit to this cafe for a change.

Favorite Dish: Company dishes:
lavash meat roll;
silver shish lebab'
Zanzibar ice cream;
milkshake.