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There are certainly specific smells that permeate the city come summer, and most of them are not nice. Granted, we’ve had a bit of a cool patch recently, but there’s still hope yet for a return to seasonal temperatures, and hopefully nothing too far above that. It may be easy to grumble about these dark, drizzly days, but let’s at least be grateful for having thus far avoided one of Prague’s more unfortunate olfactory phenomena.
Anyone who’s been on an even slightly crowded bus or tram in temperatures above 25° C will know what I’m talking about. When it’s the depths of winter, however, my dreams of summer seem to always conveniently leave out the wafts of B.O. and buzzing mosquitoes that the warmer months inevitably bring, and all I can think of is lazy, light evenings and sitting under a chestnut tree, cold beer in hand. It’s worth the winter hype, of course: While you may not be really allowed to spray your fellow passengers’ offending pits, at least you can douse yourself in bug spray against the smallest offenders.
Photo courtesy of Jiří Sedláček.
Once you’ve left said transportation and have stepped out, gasping, into the muggy air, you might catch a whiff of a restaurant’s outdoor grill, as many places around the city stock up on charcoal and both equipment and menus of varying sizes in order to entice people off the street. And what better food for summer than cheap, grilled steaks, vegetable skewers or some grilled hermelín cheese?
Here is a sampling of restaurants around town that have their supersize grills revved up for summer. There are many, many more out there for the finding, though: including many local hospodas, where you can get a casual meal or snack. So if this cold spell ever breaks and we can all go back to sitting outside, make like a cartoon character and follow the wafts.
Lví dvůr
U Prašného mostu 6, Prague 1. Tel. 224 372 361. www.lvidvur.cz
It’s all for the pig at this rustic-style restaurant, a stone’s throw from Prague Castle. Grill specialties include beef steaks, rib-eye steaks, pork tenderloin, vegetable skewers and even pineapple. A beautiful terrace overlooks the Royal Gardens and the up-close dramatic outline of the castle and St. Vitus.
La Rotonde
Štěpánská 40, Prague 1. Tel. 222 820 000. www.alcron.cz
Chef Roman Paulus takes on board the concept of Sunday Funday, and offers at his La Rotonde restaurant just off Wenceslas Square an all-you-eat menu of grilled meats and seafood, as well as side salads and veggies. The price of 899 Kč includes an unlimited amount of beer, wine and soft drinks, which makes for a great deal.
Magická Zahrada
Nuselská 159/114, Prague 4. Tel. 261 214 252. www.magickazahrada.cz
The Magical Garden gets even more magical for a summer’s evening with a special menu off the grill, available Monday through Friday. The menu includes Uruguayan beef, ostrich steaks, salmon skewers and (just in time for Swiss National Day, Aug. 1) grilled Raclette cheese and baked potatoes.
Cowboys
Nerudova 40, Prague 1. Tel. 296 826 107. www.kampagroup.cz
Granted, this sort of fare is old hat to Cowboys, part of the Kampa Group, as its theme is grilled meat in all shapes and sizes. But their summer terrace is one of the nicest in Malá Strana, making it all the more timely to visit for one of their succulent steaks or a burger.
La Galerie
Na Slupi 2b, Prague 2. Tel. 236 071 028. www.lagalerie.cz
This Nusle restaurant, which specializes in veal raised on its own farm in Switzerland, has an outdoor open grill on their relaxing patio to add further levels of flavor to their already great steaks.
Žofín Garden
Slovanský ostrov, Prague 1. Tel. 277 000 777. www.zofingarden.cz
A summer-long grill menu next to a beautiful late-Baroque chateau, on an island of the Vltava? Yes, it’s Žofín. The skilled chefs whip up burgers, steaks, skewers and sausages at the open grill in front of guests — although they are most likely too busy admiring the view.
Cloud 9 Sky Bar
In the Hilton Prague, Pobřežní 1. Prague 8. Tel. 224 842 999. www.cloud9.cz
One of the best deals of the summer is atop the Prague Hilton, at its swanky sky bar, which has breathtaking views over the city. Every Friday and Saturday, for 490 Kč, you can eat all that you can of grilled burgers, lamb chops and steaks. The price includes one of the cocktail bar’s signature cocktails.
Il Giardino
In the Hotel Mövenpick, Mozartova 1, Prague 5. Tel. 257 151 111
Daily between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m., the garden at this restaurant hosts an open grill, featuring specialties such as tuna, salmon, swordfish, squid, tiger prawns, lamb, veal or classic filet mignon steaks.
If you’re looking for a bistro or a romantic date a good place to start is with word-of-mouth referrals. Usually these types of diners tend to be more high-end and require reservations in advance to get into. So if you are considering this as an option for a first date you need start making plans [...]
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As if the town of Mělník, the beautiful, wine-producing regional capital for Central Bohemia, needed much more going for it. Just an hour north of Prague, the town is a great day trip, is the gateway to the stunningly beautiful Kokořin National Park, and now it has Buffalo American Restaurant, a friendly place just off the main square with kick-ass burgers, quesadillas, chicken wings and other Stateside specialties.
Like with the opening of Blackdog Cantina in Beroun, which has garnered rave reviews from many Czech media outlets and foodies in the local blogosphere, there’s apparently enough growing interest and demand for reasonably priced, authentic American fare outside of Prague. Mělník’s Buffalo was busy with locals and families on a recent Indian summer weekend visit, and adds to the town’s already interesting options for food and drink (For more on Mělník, here’s a travel piece I wrote a while back).
It was served at the proper level; I just couldn't resist a big gulp before taking this picture.
I first heard about the place over the summer after reading an entry in Grant’s Bike Blog, and when I went there myself it was after an appetite-boosting hike in Kokořin rock maze and a trip up to the terrifying Houska Castle. That was just a few weeks ago, and while the weather may be turning more decisively cold at the moment, Buffalo’s garden is worth wrapping up in a few layers for come a sunny day: It’s a sprawling portico of covered seating with a great kid’s area, complete with little trucks and playhouse for children to tool around with while parents can enjoy a pint of Holba 11° lager for 22 Kč.
Indoors is inviting, too, with brick accents and wheat-colored walls that hark back to the address’s previous incarnation as a Czech pub cum restaurant.
Buffalo’s menu is the type that expats — or any fan of pub-style American grub — will go wild over: chicken burgers, double burgers, bacon and cheese burgers, wings served by the kilo; ribs, burritos … as well as a pizza menu, which on our visit we were told apologetically by the waitress wasn’t running yet. There’s also a comprehensive kids’ menu, as well as an obligatory amount of Czech staples to pacify the culinary nationalists.
Our party of four, hungry after the day’s adventures, ordered a starter of nacho chips. I wasn’t expecting much from these, but suspiciously they tasted of homemade. Hot and salty, served with bowls of both a piquant salsa and — gasp! — hot cheddar cheese sauce, needless to say it was gone within seconds. Even the crumbs didn’t last; I’m pretty sure I piggily licked my thumb and mopped them up. It was a refreshing change to the almost ubiquitous store-bought variety found here, and the cheese goo was a welcome surprise.
30 wings = 15 chickens.
The Buffalo chicken wings come in two sizes: 15 pieces or 30 pieces, and do justice to the restaurant’s name. For around 130 Kč (Unfortunately I don’t have the exact prices as I assumed, wrongly, that the restaurant would have the menu online, which it doesn’t yet), the larger portion was an amazing deal for those with amazing appetites, or to share. The sauce was laced with fire-engine tones, tasting of an actually skilled preparation to the marinade and sauce as opposed to just baking with chili flakes. I found the heat too unrelenting for my taste: the kind that burns the taste-buds beyond recognition and gives you heartburn afterward. But my friend who had ordered the plate lapped up all of it and said it was much like the wings he missed from the States, with an authentic-tasting barbecue sauce.
It also came with a cooling and light blue-cheese sauce that tempered the heat well, as well as carrot and celery sticks. A hand bowl certainly would have been appreciated with this dish.
"The name's Casey … Casey Diaz."
The chicken quesadilla, at around 115 Kč, was really good. The tortilla was crisp and flavorful, and the vegetables (red and green peppers, red onion) were perfectly cooked, the chicken tender and in manageable pieces, and the sauce was lightly spicy. Bowls of salsa and sour cream provided some options for each bite.
Would you like a side of mayo with that mayo?
I was, to start, slightly wary of ordering one of Buffalo’s burgers. Firstly, because I had a cast on my right hand that meant it would have to be managed one-handedly, and secondly because it said it came with mayonnaise and barbecue sauce on it, which sounded even messier and not particularly appetizing. I was proved wrong on both fronts.
Up close and personal.
Once I had cut it in half, the burger held together so well that I was able to eat it with one hand. The sauce, mayo and barbecue sauce mixed together, ended up being excellent, a tangy and unique blend that set off the smokiness of the beef. The bun compacted enough with a good grip to hold on to the fixings. There was also real cheddar cheese, caramelized red onions, lettuce and tomato onboard. Needless to say, I came away from that burger excessively proud that it had ended up in my stomach and not on the floor or all over my shirt.
We also tried the chicken burger, which was the same deal but with a tender, nicely grilled patty of chicken breast. The french fries that accompanied many of the dishes were the one downside: While acceptable, they were pretty generic, slim-cut style in the line of McDonald’s fries. Nothing wrong with that, but they hardly elicited any wows like the other dishes.
Although there are plenty of places that serve American food in Prague, it’s nice to know there’s now a place in Mělník serving some great grub. Now I just need to find an excuse to go back.
There are certainly specific smells that permeate the city come summer, and most of them are not nice. Granted, we’ve had a bit of a cool patch recently, but there’s still hope yet for a return to seasonal temperatures, and hopefully nothing too far above that. It may be easy to grumble about these dark, drizzly days, but let’s at least be grateful for having thus far avoided one of Prague’s more unfortunate olfactory phenomena.
Anyone who’s been on an even slightly crowded bus or tram in temperatures above 25° C will know what I’m talking about. When it’s the depths of winter, however, my dreams of summer seem to always conveniently leave out the wafts of B.O. and buzzing mosquitoes that the warmer months inevitably bring, and all I can think of is lazy, light evenings and sitting under a chestnut tree, cold beer in hand. It’s worth the winter hype, of course: While you may not be really allowed to spray your fellow passengers’ offending pits, at least you can douse yourself in bug spray against the smallest offenders.
Once you’ve left said transportation and have stepped out, gasping, into the muggy air, you might catch a whiff of a restaurant’s outdoor grill, as many places around the city stock up on charcoal and both equipment and menus of varying sizes in order to entice people off the street. And what better food for summer than cheap, grilled steaks, vegetable skewers or some grilled hermelín cheese?
Here is a sampling of restaurants around town that have their supersize grills revved up for summer. There are many, many more out there for the finding, though: including many local hospodas, where you can get a casual meal or snack. So if this cold spell ever breaks and we can all go back to sitting outside, make like a cartoon character and follow the wafts.
Lví dvůr
U Prašného mostu 6, Prague 1. Tel. 224 372 361. www.lvidvur.cz
It’s all for the pig at this rustic-style restaurant, a stone’s throw from Prague Castle. Grill specialties include beef steaks, rib-eye steaks, pork tenderloin, vegetable skewers and even pineapple. A beautiful terrace overlooks the Royal Gardens and the up-close dramatic outline of the castle and St. Vitus.
La Rotonde
Štěpánská 40, Prague 1. Tel. 222 820 000. www.alcron.cz
Chef Roman Paulus takes on board the concept of Sunday Funday, and offers at his La Rotonde restaurant just off Wenceslas Square an all-you-eat menu of grilled meats and seafood, as well as side salads and veggies. The price of 899 Kč includes an unlimited amount of beer, wine and soft drinks, which makes for a great deal.
Magická Zahrada
Nuselská 159/114, Prague 4. Tel. 261 214 252. www.magickazahrada.cz
The Magical Garden gets even more magical for a summer’s evening with a special menu off the grill, available Monday through Friday. The menu includes Uruguayan beef, ostrich steaks, salmon skewers and (just in time for Swiss National Day, Aug. 1) grilled Raclette cheese and baked potatoes.
Cowboys
Nerudova 40, Prague 1. Tel. 296 826 107. www.kampagroup.cz
Granted, this sort of fare is old hat to Cowboys, part of the Kampa Group, as its theme is grilled meat in all shapes and sizes. But their summer terrace is one of the nicest in Malá Strana, making it all the more timely to visit for one of their succulent steaks or a burger.
La Galerie
Na Slupi 2b, Prague 2. Tel. 236 071 028. www.lagalerie.cz
This Nusle restaurant, which specializes in veal raised on its own farm in Switzerland, has an outdoor open grill on their relaxing patio to add further levels of flavor to their already great steaks.
Žofín Garden
Slovanský ostrov, Prague 1. Tel. 277 000 777. www.zofingarden.cz
A summer-long grill menu next to a beautiful late-Baroque chateau, on an island of the Vltava? Yes, it’s Žofín. The skilled chefs whip up burgers, steaks, skewers and sausages at the open grill in front of guests — although they are most likely too busy admiring the view.
Cloud 9 Sky Bar
In the Hilton Prague, Pobřežní 1. Prague 8. Tel. 224 842 999. www.cloud9.cz
One of the best deals of the summer is atop the Prague Hilton, at its swanky sky bar, which has breathtaking views over the city. Every Friday and Saturday, for 490 Kč, you can eat all that you can of grilled burgers, lamb chops and steaks. The price includes one of the cocktail bar’s signature cocktails.
Il Giardino
In the Hotel Mövenpick, Mozartova 1, Prague 5. Tel. 257 151 111
Daily between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m., the garden at this restaurant hosts an open grill, featuring specialties such as tuna, salmon, swordfish, squid, tiger prawns, lamb, veal or classic filet mignon steaks.
A sample search of the map
If you’re looking for somewhere to eat out in Prague but aren’t sure which restaurant to choose, you can make use of this new interactive map of restaurants reviewed by The Prague Post food writers.
The map features the location and contact details of each restaurant plus a link to all the latest reviews, going back to January 2010.
Bookmark the map at this handy shortlink:
(WIBW) – A Lawrence restaurant has been closed by the state for not paying taxes.Jefferson’s Restaurant, 743 Massachusetts St., was seized by Kansas Department of Revenue and Alcohol Beverage Control officers Tuesday morning.The Department of Revenue says owner Jason Franklin and the parent company FatLab, Inc., owed nearly ,000 in state sales taxes. The delinquent amounts were from June 2009 .. more …
Former NBA player Jason Miskiri is trying to slam dunk the downtown Silver Spring restaurant scene.Miskiri plans to open an American and Caribbean food restaurant on Georgia Avenue in April or early May. The place, called Society, is going to be more than just a restaurant, though, Miskiri said. He envisions what he calls a “restaurant/bar/sports bar/lounge/ home” with a contemporary atmosphere.”I .. more …
Hehehe, i will give it a try Pedro. Hope that i will not look like a total fool 
Thanks for the comment.
