Moscow restaurateurs: list, rating. The most popular restaurants in Moscow

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Moscow's restaurateurs are deservedly considered one of the most popular in the country. It is in the Russian capital that a large number of establishments are opened that are attractive to new customers not only for their novelty, but also for their original menu, concept and style. We will talk about several of the most notable representatives of this profession in our article. In this article, we will rank restaurateurs by their popularity.

1. A. Novikov (Novikov Group)

The well-known Moscow restaurateur - Arkady Anatolyevich Novikov. He is a native of the capital, now he is 55 years old. He began his career as a cook at the Universitetsky restaurant. Then he worked in such institutions as "Havana", "Olympic Lights", cafe "Victoria" in Gorky Park (here he already became a chef).

Arkady Novikov opened his first own restaurant in 1992. It was called "Siren", located on Bolshaya Spasskaya. In 1994opened another institution - "Club T". In the mid-90s, he became famous as the owner of the Yolki-Palki tavern, which eventually became a network of democratic domestic restaurants with classic Russian cuisine. He owned the institutions "Royal Hunt", "White Sun of the Desert", "Prisoner of the Caucasus", "Grand Opera".

In 2002, having opened another restaurant called Biscuit, he organized a personal farm, from where he began to supply vegetables for his establishments. Since 2005, Arkady Novikov began to promote the Novikov brand, which guaranteed consumers the purchase of exclusively environmentally friendly and high-quality products.

Currently, he has over 30 completed restaurant projects. This is one of the most famous and successful restaurateurs in Moscow.

A country that doesn't exist

A restaurant with this name is one of Novikov's most unusual establishments, which deserves special attention. In this place you are guaranteed that, despite the name, you will find everything you want here.

The restaurant is located in the very center of the capital, not far from the Kremlin, the State Duma and the Bolshoi Theater, at the address: Okhotny Ryad, 2. The restaurant's menu combines Russian cuisine with Pan-Asian menu and cuisine of the Middle East. There are homemade cakes, and complex meat dishes, and the author's design, and serving.

Visitors are attracted by the open kitchen withbarbecue and grill, which is surrounded by a delicious counter with meat, fresh fish, vegetables and fruits. Anything you choose can be cooked right in front of you.

If you find yourself in a restaurant in the summer, then there is a great opportunity to relax on a cozy veranda, enjoying the seasonal menu and beautiful views.

2. I. Bukharov

Restaurateur Igor Bukharov has recently become a prominent and public figure. This happened after she started running the TiliTeleTesto program together with Larisa Guzeeva.

This is a show in which amateur cooks compete with each other for the title of the best. The presenters come up with various challenges for them - from cooking kulebyak according to an old Russian recipe to gingerbread fights and pancake battles.

Igor Bukharov is 58 years old. He is a Muscovite, since 1997 he has been the president of the Russian Federation of Hoteliers and Restaurateurs, he teaches at the Synegria University and the Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.

He started his career as a restaurateur in Moscow as an apprentice cook at the "Budapest" restaurant. His professionalism and skill were so valued that at the turn of the 2000-2010s, Bukharov headed the Kremlevsky food plant under the administration of the President of Russia.

On television, he was not accidental. Larisa Guzeeva is his wife. They are raising daughter Olga, who is 18 years old.

3. Andrew Dellos

The restaurant house of Andrey Dellos deserves a special mention because thisthe restaurateur managed to win the hearts and stomachs of not only Russians, but also the French. In addition to a large number of establishments in the Russian capital, he opened two restaurants in Paris.

Andrey Dellos is 62 years old, he is a Muscovite, the creator of the iconic cafe "Pushkin". It is still the only Russian who has received the Michelin award. Therefore, Moscow deserves a separate place in the rating of restaurateurs.

He started his career as a restorer, even became a graduate of the 1905 Memorial Art School. During perestroika, he went to France, where he painted, and unexpectedly opened a restaurant business.

In 1996 he opened the first restaurant called "Bochka". He also owns the Le Duc, CDL, Turandot, Manon, Casta Diva, Orange, Fahrenheit, Kazbek, Volna, Matryoshka restaurants, the Mu- Mu". In New York, in Manhattan, his restaurant called Betony, which has a Michelin star, operates. Now its total staff is about 4.5 thousand people.

Cafe "Pushkin"

Cafe "Pushkin" is one of the most famous catering establishments in the capital. It opened in 1999 at the address: Tverskoy Boulevard, 26a. The institution is distinguished by the fact that it specializes in dishes of Russian noble cuisine, and the interior is made in the style of the XIX century.

In "Pushkin" there are three full-fledged halls, each of which hasown name. These are "Library", "Pharmacy" and "Entresol". In each of them you can find antique furniture and antiques from the century before last. One of the main attractions of "Pushkin" is a rich library with publications dating back to the 18th century.

4. R. Rozhnikovsky

Another well-known domestic restaurateur is called Roman Rozhnikovsky. He owns the Cherry Mio restaurant and the popular Rake chain.

Rozhnikovsky is a Muscovite, a graduate of the Institute of Chemical Engineering. In 1987, he opened one of the first restaurant cooperatives in the country, which was called "Come and Try". A couple of years later, he headed the Soviet-Finnish enterprise Pettinna.

Rozhnikovsky became famous as the founder of the first in our country school of high gastronomy and wines "Nostalgie", as well as the opening of the legendary restaurant of the same name. Over time, his empire included such establishments as the Shater cafe, the Reporter restaurants, Cherry Mio.

From 2008, for several years he developed his own culinary school, which has now ceased to work.

5. Anton Tabakov

Among the heroes of our article was the son of the People's Artist of the USSR Oleg Tabakov, whose name is Anton. Now he is 58 years old. At first, he followed in his father's footsteps and started acting in films. Now he has several dozen roles to his credit. Anton made his debut on the big screen,when he was only 7 years old, in the film for children by Vladimir Krasnopolsky and Valery Uskov "The Seasons".

He played his first notable role in 1976 in the adventure film by Sergei Linkov and Alexander Blank "Timur and his team", playing the title character. After school, Anton became a graduate of GITIS, played in the Tabakerka and Sovremennik theaters.

In the late 80s, he became interested in the restaurant business, since then he has been filming films occasionally, from time to time. Among his latest creative projects is the voicing of the cat Matroskin in the continuation of the serial animated film "Prostokvashino", in the Soviet version of this character his father voiced.

In 2018, it became known that Anton Tabakov closed all his restaurants in Moscow in order to leave for permanent residence in Paris, where his wife and children are.

6. Arkady Levin - farmer-restaurateur

Restaurateur Arkady Levin was born in Moscow in 1962. He is a graduate of the Polytechnic Institute in Vladimir. Like many of his colleagues, he discovered the restaurant business during perestroika.

He is attracted to authentic cuisine. He himself often cooks on his own, adhering to the belief that food is not so much a dish that stands on the table in front of a person as his way of life. In order to develop and make his business interesting and unique, he often goes on gastronomic journeys, from where he brings special recipes, products, unique cookbooks, notices the details thatthen uses in the interior of his own restaurants.

Jovedi

An example of a quality restaurant Levin owns is Jovedi's. The institution is located at the address: Ozerkovskaya embankment, 26, on the territory of the Aquamarine shopping center.

This is an authentic Italian restaurant that serves exactly the cuisine that the natives of southern Italy love and know. Visitors will meet a large number of original recipes, they can taste oysters, and even a goat marinated in white wine. The location is ideal for corporate events, birthdays, weddings and engagements.

The restaurant always has a seasonal menu. For example, in summer they offer crab in sweet and sour sauce with Jerusalem artichoke puree, Sicilian yellowtail fillet, red mullet stuffed with fennel, scallop carpaccio, black spaghetti with mini squid.

Pizza in the restaurant is cooked in a wood-fired oven. The waiter will definitely offer you fisherman's soup with seafood, minestrone, pumpkin soup with shrimp or lamb soup with lentils and fregola. Grilled octopus, tuna steak, barramundi with romanesca, grigliatta mista, ossobuco with polenta, lamb costolette, beef tagliata, Venetian liver are considered speci alties.

The restaurant offers a rich selection of wines and other alcoholic beverages. There are classic sparkling, pink, white and red wines from Italy, as well as France, Spain, USA, Argentina, New Zealand, Chile, Australia. Rich choiceport.