"Yes the Merch-the shirts and cups," they say pointing to the "Merch" section. Ooo Merchandise. I am of the next generation over, millenials. 
So, I guess in addition to having lunch of healthy Quinoa, salads of all types of homemade veggies, homemade sandwiches and freshly made daily baked goods, the "Merch" is something we must take home with us! The sweatshirts are always a good idea when Prague is cold and you're in shorts.
And the Minions, my favorite, remind me of all my friends. If you want to eat a cupcake that looks like a couple of your silliest friends, come here.
These babies could last me an entire week of healthy eating. Most of these are made gluten-free. The cookies and cakes and cupcakes are gluten-free, too. Just ask and they can show you some options. Every night the bakers work all night making these fresh and the team comes in at 5:00 am to prepare the rest of the accessories to the cupcakes, etc. They're always fresh and homemade. It is definitely an indulgence here at the Bakeshop.
A special Birthday Cake.
A special Birthday Cake.
If you're hungry, upstairs has some pretty good food, too. Just saying. 
"I grew up in Chicago. It is the home of Morton's, Maestros, Steak 48 the best of the best in America and perhaps the world. I know how to make a great steak. We totally focus on steak and brisket. I know we're the only place in Prague, maybe in all of Czech, that has BOURBON BRISKET. I know my bourbon too, and have a whisky tasting that I personally do every Wednesday, if you're interested," he says. Interested?
Yes of course I am. Love my Sprits. 
"It helps that we're right down the alley from tram 9 and from tram 22, right at the Karlovo Namesti, which is on the opposite side of the cool mall they added there. They're putting in a 5 Guys Burger place there pretty soon, too," says Max yet I tell him no worries mate, they can't compete with Max's Steakhouse! No way! 
"You know me & my son went to 5 Guys in America recently and we saw all of these Idaho potatoes bags to the ceiling. The fries are great and I wanted those potatoes. So I worked with my supplier and for a little extra cost, we now have the big potatoes that we peel everyday for our french fries," says Max when I tell him I love steak and I love french fries. So, of course we have to have the REAL BIG BEEF BURGER.
So, now, where we eating with elegance and steaks? To Max's Steakhouse boys. Max is an expert sommelier, too. "People in America know how to drink wine. They're sophisticated and they know what temperature a red wine is supposed to be at. People in Europe think room temperature so if it is 40 degrees Celsius outside, they're drinking hot wine. It is supposed to be at 16 degrees. So I have special cases that keep the temperature a couple of degrees above that and after it is given to you and opened, the wine breathes. The temperature gradually adjusts to the perfect drinking level. That is the type of service you experience at Max's," Says Max. 
And of course the beauty of the Old Town of Prague, Czech Republic is absolutely amazing.
The very first words as we sat down at the airy fresh garden terrace from Riccardo today is, "O it is half/assed here, the ventilator for our top class steaks hasn't come, the street is torn up and the staff is as green as you can get, but everybody pushes me, "When do you open, When can we come?" So, we opened 4 days now and mostly the fresh handmade dough pizza and the freshly made hand crafted pasta we make right in front of the guests. They can't wait for my steaks and brisket on the Grill!" Riccardo, by the way is totally down-to-earth and refreshingly honest!
And when you own, La Bottega, La Finestra Bottega, La Bottega II, & Laboratorio; along with your award winning La Finestra Fine Dining and Aromi, you have a plethora of places to choose your finest ingredients from. 
La Finestra, at Platnérská 
I love dressing up and feeling special like Breakfast At Tiffanys or an American in Paris. 
And the ever elegant AROMI 
Honza's famous split hotdog that he says he borrowed the style and recipe from the Famous Austin Texas "Franks" when he took his family on vacation there about 10 years since! 
I keep saying how proud I am of Honza, as if he is my kindergarten child! when I see the beauty of his new project. Yet he keeps reminding me that he has been in the fine dining restaurant business many years. Some work out & some do a little less than had hoped. However, Honza says, "My baby & my dream has always been FAT CAT. That is me. I am a very down-to earth person & the pandemic has just made me more down-to earth than I already was. I love people to come to my places that I have made to experience love." 
I met and chatted with Honza's team at FAT CAT II and they all seem to be the same happy and professional team that he always hires! "We love the Jalta FAT CAT," they say laughing as they show me around. "We have 1/2 hotel guests and the rest are Czech or tourists. They love the food, of course because everybody loves our burgers, and they love Czech beer. It seems to be much more popular since we reopened in December the new location," they tell me. I laugh as a group of 6 Americans all come in asking for tables outside. I tell them to try the beer and they say that is what they came for! So I see them sit outside and order a round of Czech beers and the server tells me they all want to try Honza's specialty burgers. I tell the Czech servers that Americans love burgers and they're always building new ones so they're probably going to take the recipes and make them at home! 
Above is the very swanky SOUL LOVE FAT CAT II in the Jalta Hotel & below is the very comfortable FAT CAT PUB. A little bit of something for everybody! 
https://www.fat-cat.cz/?lang=cs
https://www.fat-cat.cz/?lang=csI always remember the first time walking into Fat Cat Brewery and meeting my friend, Honza Simice. I commented on how funny it is that he named his unique and specialty trendy Pub and Restaurant Fat Cat since his last name was "mice". He didn't know his last name was "mice "in American English and I couldn't beleive how clever and funny he is, yet doesn't see the simple ideas of to do lists. Mr. Simice is always a little too humble for a advertising public relations dream and we have to coax him a little to have him see the greatness of his ideas! Since Honza is a big guy his only response was, "Hmm I never thought about it yet the real reason I named Fat Cat that is because I am a big Fat Cat!"
IT IS ABOUT THE BEER AT FAT CAT PUB SINCE IT IS NAMED FAT CAT BREWERY AND PUB!
"People come for the burger, the beers, the nachos & the chicken wings. That is why they come. To have a good casual night out, or a nice lunch. We do have a all you can eat breakfast that is amazing & we serve over 100 people everyday. "
Okay, but you have to admit that a person named MR SIMICE naming his place Fat CAT is pretty cute.
He still has the sign outside that brings so many tourists inside everyday with a smile on their face that reads: "HUSBAND DAY CARE, 
Leave your husband with us." And people sometimes do.The girls go have some shopping & some treats & the guys can stay around the pub trading stories. A place that has gotten a great reputation for its food the last 5 years, as well as its beer & sports.
Leave your husband with us." And people sometimes do.The girls go have some shopping & some treats & the guys can stay around the pub trading stories. A place that has gotten a great reputation for its food the last 5 years, as well as its beer & sports. Guess who has GUINNESS? That is right, O'CHE'S 
The newly revamped O'CHE's in PRAGUE is owned by Phil and Rachel from Liverpool! Go figure! A Pub in Liverpool England, well I never heard of such a prosperous idea! Yet here it is... a Cuban Irish Pub in Prague previously owned by Jonathon a financial Londoner and now promptly bought and revamped by a Liverpool couple. And it is GORGEOUS.
The newly revamped O'CHE's in PRAGUE is owned by Phil and Rachel from Liverpool! Go figure! A Pub in Liverpool England, well I never heard of such a prosperous idea! Yet here it is... a Cuban Irish Pub in Prague previously owned by Jonathon a financial Londoner and now promptly bought and revamped by a Liverpool couple. And it is GORGEOUS. 14, Liliová 946, Staré Město, 110 00 Praha
Don't know where it is YES YOU DO- Know where the Charles Bridge is? Walk towards the Clock Tower Old Town on Karlova street make your first right and there it is next to TGIF.
So if you can't afford to fly to Walt Disney tonight, you can always come to O'Che's... 
Take a stroll around the Clock Tower in Old Town Prague and hear the fascinating stories of the clock maker.
It's about the years of experience & knowledge of wine itself & particularly Puglia region of Italy that the Czech born & a little couple of years resided in Apulia region, Veronika, literally brings to the table that will keep you coming back. It is such a relaxing enjoyable evening to chat with her & her husband & the cook (Peter & Mourad), all who are right on the other side of the wooden counter that serves as a serving table & place setting in the intimate wine bistro. 
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MINCOVNA RESTAURANT
For reservations: +420 72 795 56 69
The restaurant is very busy and reservations are recommended.
Welcome to Mincovna, which is located on the famous Clock Tower Square in Prague, Czech Republic.
Good to know the team loves the beer, too
Since the Czech people can claim that they consume more beers per person than any other country in the world, as usual, Libor sticks to tradition and the historical significance with presenting Pilsner as his choice of local Czech beer. Famous around the world and from the city of Pilzen, Pilsner is a delightful light beer that I personally love, too. 
Say hi to Libor, the big boss of the lovely Micovna in Prague. Located at: Staroměstské náměstí 930/7, http://www.restauracemincovna.cz/ , the one thing that you will notice immediately upon entering the beautiful restaurant besides the lively and loud conversation of the local Czech people mingling with tourists from around the world, is the stunning interior design. Libor bought the restaurant and wanted to keep the history of the building intact for visitors.. Since it was the old Mint, he has framed pictures along with old mint machines in the restaurant and it is rather fun to walk around admiring the handy work. Opposite the Clock Tower Square is the Hard Rock Cafe, so whether you love browsing for famous quitars or a little bit of money history, you can find it here all within walking distance. 
Libor has three restaurants and each one he lovingly keeps to the tradition of the historic building such as the mint house here transformed to the Mincovna Restaurant. Where his chef creates from old traditional Czech cookbooks with modern presentations and huge portions, Libor uses the structure and old mints from the 18th and 19th century on drawings and in sculptures. Plus Pilsner is in the house with domestic wines!
Located at Uruguayska 3 in Prague 2.
Jakub is a 3 time Czech number 1 champion of the sommelier, the maximum times you can win the championship and thus says, "Okay so I decided to go to Slovekia and try to win this year and I won the Slovekian Championship for sommelier and now I am invited to do the World Class Master Champion Sommelier in London and only 4 people win each year the title of Master Sommelier. There are only 300 Master Sommeliers in the world, such as the 3 Star Michelin awards. It is kind of a big deal!" he says laughing.
"It is a boutique and unique wine bistro. We have little pate and sausage and cheese and it is mainly for little something to compliment the wine. We have fun here, to, and as it is only 2 years old now, I guess we are still in the having fun stage instead of the working stage! It is more fun to be the boss since me and Veronika can decide which wines we want, what degustations we want, what tables and basically everything about the presentation of the wines!"
You know when the first item you see on a instagram account of a famous Italian Mediterranean Fusion Restaurant named GIARDINO is Be a Nice Human, that the people are cool! 
Záhřebská 24
Praha 2
Ariana, the daughter
of the owners of the beautiful fusion inside and outside garden
restaurant in Prague 2, takes me around the restaurant with grace and
sophistication, yet a comfortable affection. It is rare, I say. "O I
don't like snobbiness. I don't like this. I want my guests that have
stress in their days to come here for relaxation. To feel a relief of
the day. To come to my hospitality and all are welcome. We have the
lovely garden that guests prefer in the summer, as it is a oasis of calm
and it is hidden and although we have the linens, we have the
children's playground where the families can come too, to have a nice
evening. In the lunch, business people come, yet we are all family here.
It is nice that you say I am with graciousness."She is one of the gentle souls of a person who is geniunely concerned for your happiness and comfort. Beautiful and graceful. Praha 2
You know what is super cool about the Albert Einstein Pizza on Rumanska, near the International New York University in Prague? The students and teachers around the world with the Student-Teacher Id card receive 2 pizzas for the price of 1. Everyday! And when the pizzas number too many to count, with the average being about 150Czech crowns for an entire pizza, imagine that amount for 2 pizzas. You and your roommate or backpacker buddy can eat everyday here!
Akceptujeme tyto karty
O yes they have beer and wine specials, too, after all what is a pizza college fav without that! The pastas are super good, too, by the way and with a friendly outdoor beer garden and chatty cozy interior, you are promised a fun night! 
And Ondraj must love Tram 22, since you can take the Tram first here to Zitna 52, to Mechanicky Balet, and then have some more beers as you jump, back on the Tram 22 to the Bar Vesna!
"While the menu is fusion American and great bar food, we do have some Czech specialties since the tourists love to try,"says the young nice bartender when he shows me the place and the menu."It's a young team, since my boss is in his early 30s and we have a lot of fun here. Ondraj is always trying to find new mechanical rare items for the bar and even the menu holders he has little tiny vices to held these to attach to the tables. I've been here the entire 3 years and it is a mixed crowd, the young people love the area here to come party and drink some cocktails at night, too, although we are open to midnight only. It is a nice place to meet the young Czechs, though."
And since the bar, "is entirely my building and design and it took me 1-1/2 years to make my restaurant, the bar is made of 100% real bricks and the top is old table wood that I carved and fitted myself," says Ondraj. In fact, what would a great bar be without great bar food! 
Mechanicky Balet is about mechanical parts and "On the wall is a huge Helicopter mechanical engine where the blades would usually go, I bought that piece, which is from a Russian Military Helicopter in Hungary...it was very expensive, yet I loved it. I love going to places to find unusual items such as the stone coal mining cart that I bought and now have trees and dirt in. It is fun to play with my place," says the young and fun owner Ondraj of Mechanicky Balet in Prague. 
"I have my first bar about 5 kilometers from the Center of Prague, yet just take tram 22 to Na Hroude Bar Vesna at http://barvesna.cz/ or take the Metro A to Strasnice, so that way it is easy for the tourists to find it and tell the tourists that while my bar Mechanicky Balet has some pretty cheap beers, say 30 to 40, the bar Vesna is much cheaper since it is in a local district and the locals insist on cheap beers! It has my style, though with the motorcycles and books and collectibles that I find on ebay, for instance!" says Ondraj. located at- Na Hroude 61
Here you can have a beautiful trendy, think San Francisco bar, with very low Czech prices for beers and huge portions of Czech and American food at the locals price...hey it is only 22 , tram ride to it!
They even have American Hotdogs at the place! Or how about 69 crowns of Black Forest Ham with horseradish and pickled cucumber! For 65 Crowns baked spicy Camembert cheese with onion and cranberries! And of course GREAT CHEESEBURGERS with Jim Beam BOURBAN SAUCE! 
Think Clean Cut Industrial, 3 star Michelin Gordan Ramsey trained culinary techniques and you have Thomas of Beers & Cheers. "It is my first and real only baby, although my family has the sports club outside of Prague, here it is all mine. I love my vision, which is come in and eat high quality juicy burgers, the one and only place, perhaps in all of Europe according to you, that has real Philadelphia Cheesesteaks, which they are totally famous for, and Pastrami, which the New Yorkers love," says Thomas as I giggle and giggle. His assistant keeps pointing at me,"See! She sees the humor in your total honest saying what everybody thinks, yet never says, humor!" Yet, Thomas doesn't see his honesty as funny. "It is true. My restaurant is super special with 5 quality drinks that nobody else has in terms of beer and menu items, such as the Fake Lobster Roll, that uses real prawns instead of lobster, that everybody loved at Amori, where I worked with Riccardo. Yet, if they come in and ask me if I have special coffee drinks, I say to them to go to Starbucks. I'm not Starbucks. I'm just being honest. You can eat some great high quality special casual food here and great original beer. That is my place. You want specialty foo-foo coffee go around the corner!" and of course we all start laughing again!
The very opinionated and honest boss of the cool new clean simple yet highest pure quality of Beer & Cheers, Myslíkova 1698/18.
I keep asking Thomas if he is really Ben Affleck and he is just teasing me, and he says that he has never been compared to Mr. Affleck before, although he has done a lot of accounting while building his first dream industrial restaurant! If you wish to see the complete menu as of today, you can click on the link, although Thomas says that within 2 weeks it should be ready...only open a couple of days folks! https://www.facebook.com/pg/beersandcheersprague/menu/?p_ref=pa
The Metallic beer is Vegan and the Chocolate Stout is Organic brewed with well water! 
"I don't want a restaurant where you have to feel the formalness and I don't compare my restaurant to a "working class" restaura
nt. It is mine, unique and has some items on the menu that will be constantly evolving. The fact that the frier has been here and is a huge and expensive frier has made a challenge to me to use my culinary skills and building my menu around it. It has been fun and I pride myself on the specialty sandwiches that are only represented in all of Prague here." Cool. https://www.facebook.com/beersandcheersprague/
nt. It is mine, unique and has some items on the menu that will be constantly evolving. The fact that the frier has been here and is a huge and expensive frier has made a challenge to me to use my culinary skills and building my menu around it. It has been fun and I pride myself on the specialty sandwiches that are only represented in all of Prague here." Cool. https://www.facebook.com/beersandcheersprague/ One of the companies that Thomas choose is the funky Delirium Beer, and another is the Metallica Beer that is rather expensive, yet definitely worth it. My Smith's chocolate stout somebody else enjoyed since they thought it was for them! Yet it looked scrumptious since Chocolate beer is my favorite...intriqued? Come on in! 
"It is fun to own my first restaurant since when I was a young child I always wanted to be a cook. I attended Culinary School and I worked in London under the Master Chefs of Gordan Ramsey's restaurant, went to the Island of Jersey and worked in a Michelin restaurant, and came back and worked under the Royal Seal of Approval. I believe that I learned a lot during all of my years and although if somebody came in and asked if I could cook him or her a Michelin level breakfast, I could say that yes I COULD do that, yet at my restaurant I don't cook breakfasts for people! 
"We are one of only a couple of craft beer pubs, yet besides the Prague Beer Museum Pub, we are the only one that is totally focused on the Czech Craft Beer Market. I have a couple of fruit beers that are coming that I am excited about too. You should try the blueberry one," he says and of course I do. LOVED IT.
"The front entrance is light and open to bring people in. I wanted it to be a little funky and inviting so you can come up and order from the tap draft, of which we have a total of 10 beers on draft, and about 22 in the bottles. People see inside with the big open windows and it looks friendly and fun and they come in. The Beer Story name itself is friendly. As you said, everybody feels comfortable with that name since everybody loves to hear and tell stories. It is a conversational name and a unintimidating name. You can come here to taste Czech beers and eat Czech food."
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The food is all from South Italy and although both of the restaurants are side by side, with fancy hotels that Matt Damon stays at when he is in Prague, or Kurt Russel, for example, or the hostel that is right smack in the middle of the alley of Pizzeria Pulcinella(hey a added plus...when you are hungry at 22.00 pm!), they are a little tiny bit different. "We have the same cooks, the same kitchen and the same pizzeria, yet a little bit different. We, as people run back and forth to both!" laughs Paolo as he gives me like 6 minutes then runs away!
Marco, pictured below; however, stays and gives us the BEST PIZZA EVER! 
Marco and Angelo are brothers.
Usually when you start a story in Ireland it is with, "two men walked into a bar..." in Germany, "two liters of beer we drank within the first 5 minutes of Okterfest", and in Italy, "two of my family..." they are real Italian brothers from Naples and they are the nicest friendliest real people you can find. That is the way with Italians. They are smart, and know when tourists love their food, their culture and when they appreciate both.
"Vidlička is the name of the original owner of Forky's in Bruno and he named it since his name literally translates to Fork!" says Viktoria. located at : Veleslavinova 93/10
above the "NOT DOG" as opposed to hot dog!
"You should try the healthy Vegan burger or the Cheeseburger and the street food Vegan which is fattening, yet Vegan, or the Asian inspired Vegan, of which we have 3 or the healthy superbowls." says Viktoria.
THEY TASTE GREAT!
and they are INEXPENSIVE! 
"Me and my boyfriend, Jan, really own the Forky's here and we try to introduce food from different cultures, such as Asia, which we have 3 specials from, including Viet Nam," says Viktoria. "My favorite; however, is the SuperBowl
which is very healthy." And although the little one knows how to use chopsticks instead of Forks, I believe that she loves the food!
which is very healthy." And although the little one knows how to use chopsticks instead of Forks, I believe that she loves the food! "Yes, " says Jan, "The children eat the food not really knowing or caring that it is vegan and they love it. That is important, healthy, planet conscious food and your kids eat!" (no pun intended)
"Why should you come to City Bike Tours? Simple...we're the first and best bike tour company in Prague. We're number one and have been adding tours and bikes especially Treks since the last 15 years. We're hilariously funny and have crazy fun guides. If you want to have fun come here or go home! And we have private tours and every tour imaginable plus electric bikes for lazy people!"says the owner who is only open from April 1 to end of October. At Kralodvorska 5, tel 7 761 80 284"
"Can you come tomorrow?"asks the hurried Owner of City Bikes? Ï am a little crazy today it has been opened since April 1 and everybody wants to ride bikes...we have almost all of the bikes out now..."I say we must write the article today for all of the people to come tomorrow! Älright alright alright,"he says, "let's do it"
Had a lovely guide last night his name was Jarad or Jada I can't figure out his pronuciation and when he spelled it nope still didn't get it sorry. We had fun and the guide is very funny and informative from the stories of ghosts in Prague that almost always have a beautiful woman involved in it! Aaa let's just say that the Prague men of the 13th centuries didn't play around...I can let you take the tours to understand that! O and a funny henchman follows you around and scares you! The henchman was so convincing that the police came to ask him what he was doing with a AX! and a Head chopped off standing on the sidewalk! SERIOUSLY! The guide said, "um, I hope he is okay," as we walked away.Mine is named Ghosts and Legends of Prague and while my phone took great pictures, especially of the guide, for some strange reason it won't let me upload the photos GHOSTLY ENCOUNTERS of the third kind.
LIVE TRADITIONAL LORE 3 HR. SHOW EVERY NIGHT AT RESTAURANT in PRAGUE.
Welcome to the internet presentation of Restaurant Michal!...MOST FAMOUS INTERACTIVE DANCE SHOW IN PRAGUE...INVOLVING FOLKLORE!
Restaurant Michal is situated in one of the oldest parts of
historical Prague on the right bank of Vltava river in Náprstkova
Streett the interior suggests that its roots go
back to the early Gothic period.
Our restaurant offers an extraordinary experience in Prague;
in the interior, our guests can see contemporary paintings and graphic
works of prominent Moravian painters (Joža Úprka, Antoš Frolka, etc.)
and displays of hand made historical folk costumes from Western Bohemia
across Eastern Slovakia which were professionally and sensitively
restored by girls from Uherský Ostroh led by Mrs. D. Štěrbová.
Welcome to the internet presentation of Restaurant Michal!...MOST FAMOUS INTERACTIVE DANCE SHOW IN PRAGUE...INVOLVING FOLKLORE!
The restaurant is famous for its
show, a 3 hr. folklore unparalled in all the world...with the
traditional displayed hand sewn wedding dresses from the Moravian region
that take literally 2 years to sew. The girls wear 6 changes of
costumes throughout the evening now with interacting playing games with
the audience, songs and music plus all the food that you can eat(and
drink!)...
Restaurant Michal is situated in one of the oldest parts of
historical Prague on the right bank of Vltava river in Náprstkova
Streett the interior suggests that its roots go
back to the early Gothic period.
Our restaurant offers an extraordinary experience in Prague;
in the interior, our guests can see contemporary paintings and graphic
works of prominent Moravian painters (Joža Úprka, Antoš Frolka, etc.)
and displays of hand made historical folk costumes from Western Bohemia
across Eastern Slovakia which were professionally and sensitively
restored by girls from Uherský Ostroh led by Mrs. D. Štěrbová.
"I've been doing it since 13 years at the restaurant and before that
about 27 years. Me and my wife drove everywhere and found these
costumes. Such as from Czech and Moravia and Slovekia. We would drive to
the villages and find the women that make such beautiful costumes and
we would purchase these. Some take about 2 years to complete. It is all
handmade. The villages each have their own traditional outfits and my
girls change the dresses about 5 to 6 times per night. They do
interactive playing games with audience and music and dance.
The
food is wonderful and make sure that you say that each and every
product that we use including the marmalade is fresh and handmade."Says
the laughing charismatic blue-eyed owner named Michal. "The fish is
fresh, the lamb is fresh, the beef is fresh, and the bread we bake here.
Let me show you..." he says as he shows me the kitchen. "Me and my wife
are at every show. It is wonderful to see the response and each show is
different. I love to introduce the folklore to the people." he says.
"We work with all of the travel agencies and big groups too. Yet families and tourists come in all the time. Sometimes we have maybe 8 seats open and the people can be lucky and walk in and find a seat...I would call ahead for reservations since we can make tables for you if you want to see the show.
"We work with all of the travel agencies and big groups too. Yet families and tourists come in all the time. Sometimes we have maybe 8 seats open and the people can be lucky and walk in and find a seat...I would call ahead for reservations since we can make tables for you if you want to see the show.
The
entrance to Corto is literally right in front of the mercatos which is
about 150 meters from the famous Clock Tower....Great location!
