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Complex City Guide: The Best Places to Get Drunk in Moscow
Stereotypes are funny. Most Russian impressions of what Americans think of Russia run along the lines of polar bears walking the streets and guzzling bottles of vodka. Most American stereotypes of Russia involve drinking and gangsters. There
Kvartira 44
Kvartira 44
22/2 Bolshaya Nikitskaya
Metro Pushkinskaya
The French bistro-style décor is something of an anomaly in Moscow, and perhaps that
Country Bar
Country Bar
50 Pokrovka Ulitsa
(495) 917-2882
Metro Pushkinskaya
Perfectly fitting the theme of completely unexplainable cultural juxtapositions that permeates Moscow
Squat Cafe
Squat Cafe
12 Rozhdestvenka Ulitsa
Metro Lubyanka
The pornographic French comics that adorn the patio in summer are one of this club
Booze Bub
Booze Bub
5 Potapovsky Pereulok
Metro Chistiye Prudy, Turgenevskaya
In the fashion of a real English pub, Booze Bub has one of the city
Bilingua
Bilingua
10 Krivokolenny Pereulok
Metro Chistiye Prudy, Turgenevskaya
Just down the street from Booze Bub is Bilingua, which features live music most weekend nights and a great menu of Russian drinking snacks. If you haven
Barbarella
Barbarella
3 Bolshoi Spasoglinishchevsky Pereulok
Metro Kitai-Gorod
Slathered with posters in multiple languages for Jane Fonda
Denis Simachev Bar
Denis Simachev Bar
12 Stoleshnikov Pereulok
Metro Teatralnaya, Okhotny Ryad
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