Yar (restaurant)
The Yar (Russian: Яр, from French "yard") was a restaurant and theatre in 19th Century Moscow frequented by Pushkin, Tolstoy, Chekhov and Maxim Gorky. It was famous for its Sokolovsky gypsy choir.[1] The Yar ran from 1826 to 1925 on the street known as Kuznetsky Most.[2]
The second Yar was opened on the St. Petersburg chaussée built by Adolf Erichson 1909-1913. The restaurant became popular among Russian elite. It was visited by Leonid Andreev, Konstantin Balmont, Anton Chekhov, Maxim Gorky, Alexander Kuprin, Savva Morozov, Grigory Rasputin, and Fyodor Shalyapin.[3]
The current Yar is in the Sovietsky Hotel on Leningradsky Prospect.[4]
References
- ^ Moscow: A Cultural History - Page 192 Caroline Brooke - 2006
- ^ My Life - Page 562 Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya, Andrew Donskov - 2011
- ^ Э. Зинде (2012). "Воспоминания о еде" (PDF). Московское наследие (in Russian). 18. Москва: Департамент культурного наследия города Москвы: 38–39.
- ^ The Rough Guide to Moscow - Page 328 Dan Richardson - 2001