On your way from
the airport, near ???? visa support agency, washroom - yes, expant corner of
Moscow, chances are you are within walking distance, M. Belorusskaya, most of
C/N and Vera apartments are around there. $3-5 will get you full.Check out
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"By
The Treyakov Gallery" cafe, Bolshoi Tolmachevsky 3. Not an aluminum fork
establishment but I included it here because of its quintessential old Moscow
character. Run by tetechkas and babushkas, this place includes an antique shop and a
translator's office. Food is "standard Russian" except for truly great pastries..
Vegetable
soup is usually available and the vegetable dish is rather substantial - see
vegetarian Russia. Also
ask for their own sauerkraut. In the summer heat seat outside, in the shade of
old lime-trees. Humble, cozy, complete with a cat.
"Nikon" Cafeteria, Paveletskaya pl. 1.
A tetechki-operated establishment, eternally greasy aluminum forks have not been replaced by plastic, to use the washroom you ask the waiter who then goes to their director and upon her return announces that you've been granted the permission. Plastic table covers of the sort I've only seen in all-you-can-eat for $4Can Indian restaurant in Toronto 20 years ago.
Places of cultural interest nearby: Lenin Funeral Train and Bakhrushin Theatre Museum. A few steps from the Riverside Towers, one of Moscow's bigger business centers.
Prices:
Entirely alright Turkish coffee - 10R (33 cents)
Moscow Brandy, 50g (1 1/3 oz.) - 30R ($1)
Small vegetable salad - 25R (under $1)
Fried potatoes - 10R (33 cents)
Squid - 57R ($1.60)
I came out slightly drunk and overfed for 250R ($7) including a small tip.
Several other similar establishments on the Kozhevnicheskaya side of the Peveletsky Square but Nikon is best in its time-capsule capacity.
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A full meal for two will cost $12-15. A serious snack can be had for $5. Clean, efficient service. OK washroom. Hearty vegetarian options, and tetechkas and babushkas will understand your request.