At one time, Regina was Moscow’s most scandalous art gallery. It was covered in mud, a live pig was butchered there, dogs were milked, and vodka was poured. These days, there is no dearth of violence, perversion and abnormality, but one also finds Sergei Bratkov’s humanistic horizons, Pavel Peppershtein’s romantic, utopian cities, and Ivan Chuikov’s conceptual letters.

In this most fashionable of all of Moscow’s bookstores, the miserly collection of novels is offset by the variety of designer knick-knacks and gifts. The second floor has a large selection of book-albums on many subjects and a decent cafe.

Restoratsia is named in honour of the legendary restaurateur Lucien Olivier, creator of the Salad Oliver, one of the most well-known and most loved dishes of Russian cuisine — in spite of the fact that the original recipe for this dish remains unknown. That, however, didn’t stop Lucien’s chef from coming up with several variations on the salad’s theme — with crayfish, veal, river fish and caviar.

BRANDS: Appiani, Bisazza, Ceramica Bardelli, Cottoveneto, Fornasetti, Horus Art, Panaria, Rex, Sicis, Viva, Zafra

BRANDS: Appiani, Bisazza, Ceramica Bardelli, Cottoveneto, Fornasetti, Horus Art, Panaria, Rex, Sicis, Viva, Zafra

BRANDS: Appiani, Bisazza, Ceramica Bardelli, Cottoveneto, Fornasetti, Horus Art, Panaria, Rex, Sicis, Viva, Zafra

BRANDS: Appiani, Bisazza, Ceramica Bardelli, Cottoveneto, Fornasetti, Horus Art, Panaria, Rex, Sicis, Viva, Zafra

BRANDS: Appiani, Bisazza, Ceramica Bardelli, Cottoveneto, Fornasetti, Horus Art, Panaria, Rex, Sicis, Viva, Zafra

BRANDS: Artemide, Baleri, Baxter, Boffi, Cappellini, Cassina, Driade, Edra, Flos, Kartell, La Murrina, Meridiani, Minotti, Missoni, Moooi, Porro, Sawaya&Moroni, Valcucine, Venini

Official partner of i Saloni WorldWide Moscow 2009

Official partner of i Saloni WorldWide Moscow 2009

Salambo’s menu is founded on the best fish dishes of Mediterranean cuisine prepared with virtuosic style by Tunisian chef Zituni Abdessattar. The menu features several specialties from the chef’s native country: couscous, masfouf, shorpa and brik.

This hotel first opened its doors in 1913. Nowaday two different interior styles are distinguishable. Architect Victor Velichkin used Empire and Rococo in fulfilling a commission from the firm «Salamander». By the way, the image of this amphibian is still used as a symbol of this hotel. Inside ceiling moulding and painting from the early 1900s remain intact. The hotel was named after the French duchy of Savoy, which in Imperial Russia was associated with wealth and luxury. In 1958 the hotel was renamed the «Berlin». Following reconstruction in 1989 the hotel’s original name was restored.