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A Maze in Tchaiovna – Not Your Average Teahouse

On: January 23, 2017

In: Activities and Lifestyles, Arts, Features, Prague Food, Restaurants and Cuisine, Reviews, Travel

Tagged: art, beer, board game, book club, chai, chess, class, coffee, connect, doors, event, events, experiences, hidden, house, language, music, pivo, poetry, secret, share, social, tea, tea house, theatre, workshop

If you haven’t been here before, you have got to check this place out. This teahouse is more than just a teahouse —- The name “A Maze in Tchaiovna” is a play on the words “amazing + maze” and “tchaiovna” which means teahouse in Czech. Why maze? This teahouse is filled with many hidden doors (book-shelves that you must push/pull to reveal doorways), and secret entrances which lead to a collec-tion of rooms that you would not have imagined to be there. A great place if you need a place to hideout if it ever comes down to it. What makes this place even more special is that it brings people together. Their mission is to keep people connected andRead more.

Cafes in Prague (Part 3) – Dobra Trafika

By: Alysa Yamada

On: January 23, 2017

In: Activities and Lifestyles, Features, Prague Food, Restaurants and Cuisine, Reviews

Tagged: book store, books, bookshop, bookstore, cafe, caj, chai, coffee, drinks, eat, english, espresso, expat, food, gifts, hidden, jiriho z podebrad, kava, kavarna, language, namesti miru, outdoor, outside, post cards, postcards, shop, smoker, smoking, tea, teacher, terrace

This spot seems to be popular for language teachers and expats. Come here in the afternoon and you’ll easily overhear a few English (or Czech) lessons going on at once. Conveniently located between Jiriho z Podebrad and Namesti Miru metro stops (the green line A), it’s no wonder it’s a hit amongst expats in the area. This coffee shop comes a small bookshop and mini everything-goes kind of gift store at the entrance. You can find postcards, Czech literature, mugs, pottery, crafts, packs of gum, cigarettes, pretty random things in case you’ve been needing them. This cafe can be easily missed and mistaken for the tea shop located right next door. I’ve done it quite a few times. The entranceRead more.

Cafes in Prague (Part 2) – Monolok

By: Alysa Yamada

On: January 23, 2017

In: Activities and Lifestyles, Features, Prague Food, Restaurants and Cuisine, Reviews

Tagged: cafe, caj, chai, coffee, drinks, eat, english, food, kava, kavarna, monolok, outdoor, outside, tea, terrace, vinohrady

Another pretty great cafe that you should know about when living (or just passing through) Prague is Monolok. Good coffee? Check. Good breakfast? Check. Did you say breakfast? Hell yeah. Double check. Not only do they have good food and drinks, but they also have an outdoor terrace in which you can sit and work from as well. Outside they have a small waterfall running down a sleek wall to give you a pretty nice overall atmosphere. This cafe is two levels. It seems that not too many go downstairs to work, probably because it’s much darker, but the feel is still nice downstairs if you’re looking for a quiet spot to work. Upstairs is always wrapped up in aRead more.