A tiny blini café near Taganka open since the early 1960s, with a giant samovar of hot water on the counter and student-canteen prices. Besides yeast blini with sour cream or condensed milk there are pelmeni, sausages with stewed cabbage and beef stroganoff, cooked the way Soviet canteens did forty years ago.
- Address
- Vorontsovskaya ulitsa 8, bldg 1, Moscow
- Hours
- not verified (KP reported Sun-Thu until 23:00, Fri-Sat until 24:00 in 2023)
- Best time to go
- Afternoon, Evening, Late night · About 30 min
- Price
- Three blini RUB 105, topping RUB 25, sour cream RUB 30, blini with red caviar RUB 480, pelmeni RUB 220 (RUSSPASS Journal, 2025)
- Price level
- ₽
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Come for the atmosphere rather than gourmet blini: Afisha Daily called it overrated in 2021 and KP found the blini average
- On Maslenitsa week regulars order blini by the dozen to take away (KP)
- Alcohol is officially not allowed